Fritz grew up in Africa among vast diversity of wildlife. As a kid, he enjoyed collecting beetles, looking into ardvark holes and following ant trails. Not suprisingly he studied biology, however, he did not become an ecologist. Instead, he drifted into microbiology, fascinated by the small stuff.
Now he did his PhD in microbiology, but his heart longs for Africa, his soul lies among African wildlife and the outdoors.
Now he did his PhD in microbiology, but his heart longs for Africa, his soul lies among African wildlife and the outdoors.
In his thesis, Fritz used the beetles found on the reserve in Namibia, in order to exemplify the beauty of diversity at all levels, including in bacteria (image below).
The wildlife reserve Kuzikus, where Fritz grew up, runs a breeding programme for the critically endangered black rhino. Recently a calf needed to be bottle-fed and raised near the farm house. A goat kept company and became the rhinos best friend. Fritz wanted to raise awareness and attention at his university among laboratory-dwelling microbiologists: News on goats, rhinos and bacteria
Meanwhile, Fritz is heavily involved in helping to establish an ecological research station at Kuzikus, BRinK.
