In Memoriam: Dr. Hans Laufer, MCB Professor Emeritus, October 18, 1929 – August 17, 2024

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Dr. Hans Laufer.  Hans was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Molecular & Cell Biology at the University of Connecticut since his retirement in 1997.

Hans completed his PhD at Cornell University, his Postdoctoral studies at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, and then became a member of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology at the UConn Storrs campus. During the summer months Hans conducted research as a Visiting Investigator at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole.

Hans’s main research was in the field of crustacean development and hormones.

He was a member of the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering, a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Elected Fellow of the Royal Entomology Society of London. In 2010 was awarded an Honorary Membership of the International Society for Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, where he served as president and was a member since 1978, and editor of the society journal since 1998. 

 Hans was born in Silesia, Germany. In 1939, after Kristallnacht, he and his family immigrated to the United States. Hans gave several presentations on his experience during this time. He was married to Evelyn Green until her death in 2001. They had three children Jessica, Marc, and Leonard, and six grandchildren.

More about Hans and his family can be found on these websites

https://tbewellesley.org/hans-laufer/

http://www.isird.org/members/Laufer_honorary_ISIRD_member.pdf