User:Lotus Salvinia

I am a biologist, retired from a university position. My research focusses on biodiversity, taxonomy of plants, biogeography and scanning electron microcopy of biological surfaces. This led to interesting “bioinspired” discoveries with a broad application in biomimetics and bionics (e.g. Lotus Effect).

You find more information about my interests, expertise and publications under my Google-Scholar entry or on our website www.lotus-salvinia.de.

I consider Wikipedia and Google Scholar as highly important sources of basic scientific information for students and researchers. Therefore, I try to contribute to the quality and reliability of some Wikipedia contributions.