16 Notable alumni of
University of Bayreuth
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The University of Bayreuth is 2116th in the world, 700th in Europe, and 75th in Germany by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 16 notable alumni from the University of Bayreuth sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Alice Weidel
- Enrolled in the University of Bayreuth
- In 2004 graduated with Diploma of Business Administration in Business Economics and general economics
- In 2011 graduated with doctorate in political science
- Occupations
- business consultantpoliticiannon-fiction writereconomistbusiness manager
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Alice Elisabeth Weidel is a German politician who has been serving as co-chairwoman of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party alongside Tino Chrupalla since June 2022. Since October 2017, she has held the position of leader of the AfD parliamentary group in the Bundestag.
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Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
- Enrolled in the University of Bayreuth
- 1992-1999 studied legal science
- Occupations
- juristpolitician
- Biography
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Karl-Theodor Maria Nikolaus Johann Jacob Philipp Franz Joseph Sylvester Buhl-Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg, known professionally as Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, is a German businessman, journalist, podcaster, and former politician of the Christian Social Union (CSU). He served as a member of the Bundestag from 2002 to 2011, as Secretary-General of the CSU from 2008 to 2009, as Federal Minister for Economics and Technology in 2009 and as Federal Minister of Defence from 2009 to 2011.
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Auma Obama
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- writerjournalistscreenwriter
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Rita Auma Obama is a Kenyan-British community activist, sociologist, journalist, author, and half-sister of the 44th president of the United States, Barack Obama. Obama serves as the executive chairwoman of Sauti Kuu Foundation (Strong Voices Foundation), a non-profit organisation that helps orphans and other young people struggling with poverty in Kenya.
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Birgit Malsack-Winkemann
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- judgepoliticianjurist
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Birgit Malsack-Winkemann is a German far-right politician and former judge, and a member of the Patriotic Union. She was a member of the 19th Bundestag from 2017 to 2021 for the Alternative for Germany (AfD), of which she has been a member since 2013. After losing re-election to the Bundestag in 2021, Winkemann returned to her previous position as a judge in the Berlin regional court.
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Damian Boeselager
- Enrolled in the University of Bayreuth
- Studied in 2008-2011
- Occupations
- politicianjournalistbusiness consultant
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Damian Hieronymus Johannes Freiherr von Boeselager is a German business consultant, journalist and politician of Volt Europa. He is member of European Parliament in The Greens/EFA Group since his election in 2019.
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Leo Igwe
- Occupations
- humanisthuman rights activist
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Leo Igwe is a Nigerian human rights advocate and secular humanist. A campaigner both in Nigeria and internationally as part of Humanists International, he specializes in documenting the impacts of child witchcraft accusations in Africa and in combating discrimination against atheists. He holds a Ph.D. from the Bayreuth International School of African Studies in Germany and a graduate degree in philosophy from the University of Calabar in Nigeria.
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Oliver Lepsius
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- juristuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Oliver Lepsius is a German professor of jurisprudence at the University of Münster.
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Ulrike Gote
- Enrolled in the University of Bayreuth
- Studied in 1986-1994
- Studied in 1994-1998
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ulrike Gote is a German politician of Alliance 90/The Greens who served as State Minister (Senator) for Science, Health, Nursing and Equality in the government of Governing Mayor of Berlin Franziska Giffey from December 2021 to April 2023.
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Anette Kramme
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- lawyerpolitician
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Anette Kramme is a German lawyer and politician of the SPD who has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria since 1998.
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Thore Schäck
- Occupations
- politicianeconomist
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Thore Schäck is a German entrepreneur and politician from the Free Democratic Party. He has been a member of the Bürgerschaft of Bremen since 2019 and has been state chairman of the Bremen FDP since 2020.
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Melina Schuh
- Occupations
- biologistresearcher
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Melina Schuh is a German biochemist and Director at the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences. She is known for her work on meiosis in mammalian oocytes, for her studies on the mechanisms leading to the age-related decline in female fertility, and for the development of the Trim-Away protein depletion method.
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Gregor Hagedorn
- Occupations
- biologistbotanist
- Biography
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Gregor Hagedorn is a German botanist and academic director at the Natural History Museum, Berlin.
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Rainer W. Bussmann
- Enrolled in the University of Bayreuth
- 1993-1994 graduated with doctor rerum naturalium
- Occupations
- botanistresearcher
- Biography
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Rainer W. Bussmann is a German botanist and vegetation ecologist, specializing in ethnobotany and ethnobiology, wild food plants, wild crop relatives, climate change, gastronomic botany and preservation of traditional knowledge in the Andes, the Caucasus and the Himalayas. He has worked at the University of Bayreuth, University of Hawaii, University of Texas, the Missouri Botanical Garden, Ilia State University and the State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe; he has founded several international non-governmental organizations, including Nature and Culture International, Saving Knowledge, and Ethnomont.
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Katja Loos
- Occupations
- university teacher
- Biography
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Katja Loos is professor at the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials of the University of Groningen, The Netherlands holding the chair of Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials.
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Christof Geiß
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in the University of Bayreuth
- 1985-1990 graduated with Diplom
- 1990-1993 graduated with doctor rerum naturalium
- Occupations
- mathematician
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Christof Geiß, also called Geiss Hahn or Geiß Hahn, is a German mathematician.
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Nina Buchmann
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- environmental scientistuniversity teacherecologist
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Nina Buchmann is a German ecologist known for her research on the physiology of plants and the impact of plants on biogeochemical cycling. She is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and an elected fellow of the American Geophysical Union.
