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Gerald Hüther

German neurobiologist and author

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He often gives talks to share his findings from neurobiology at conferences like TED, but he said that he will not give many more talks during his lifetime. He also took part on talk shows like Markus Lanz and Precht.

Hüther is a co-initiator of the initiative Schule im Aufbruch (school on the move).

Life

Gerald Hüther was born on 15 February 1951 in Emleben, Thuringia, East Germany (now Germany). According to his own statement, he "[...] ließ die Schule über [sich] ergehen und hoffte, dass sie bald vorbeigehen würde [...]" ("[...] he just endured school and hoped it would pass soon [...]"). He attained his Abitur in 1969 with a grade average of 1.5 and studied biology at the Universität Leipzig. In the late 1970s, he fled from East Germany because it "[...] dort viel zu eng wurde [...]" ("[...] got too tight for him there" [...]") by faking his visa. From 1979 to 1989 he conducted research in the field of brain development at the Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine in Göttingen. In 2016, he ended his university career. He published approximately 150 original papers. Hüther is the initiator and director of the Akademie für Potenzialentfaltung (Academy for developing potential). He was also an author and member of the advisory board of the German online magazine Rubikon, but left it on May 11, 2021.

Hüther has two daughters and a son.

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