Curriculum vitae

Hans-Joachim Schwandt, Ph. D.
1942	Born in Berlin
1963	End of High school
1963 - 1965	Practice as Pharmacist
1966 - 1969	Study of Pharmaceutical Science at the Freie Universität Berlin
1973	Ph. D. in Pharmaceutical Chemisty in Berlin
1974 - 1976	Post doctorate fellowship at UC San Francisco California
1976 - 2000	Laboratory supervisor at the Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde der Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen.
2001	Retirement

Curriculum vitae as herpetoculturist
1974	First reptile excursion into the Californian deserts.
1975	Encounter with "Berta" (Lampropeltis get.cal.baby) in Los Molinos, California. He lived with me for 32 years and died on October 14^th,2007*
1975 - 1977	Keeping of rattlesnakes.
1977 - 2007	Establishment and care of the terrarium with snakes in the entrance hall at the Zentrum für Kinderheilkunde.
1977 - 2000	Permanent keeping and breeding of American and European Colubrid snakes (e.g. Elaphe and Lampropeltis) and European lizards (Lacerta viridis and L. lepida). Keeping of Gila Monsters.
2000	Abandonment of snake breeding. Specializing to breed Heloderma suspectum. Intensive study of the English and scarse German literature about Heloderma. Establishment of breeding pairs.
2002	First copulation of Heloderma suspectum, no egg depositing.
2003	2 clutches of eggs - 100% hatching.
2007	Scientific permit ( § 43 HSOG) of the government of Hessen to keep and breed the genus Heloderma for scientific research
2003 - 2022	Hatchlings each year. 2011 Decision to not reproduce for this year.
2019	Publication of my book "The Gila Monster - Heloderma suspectum" "Die Gila-Krustenechse - Heloderma suspectum"
ff.	Well it goes on! The fascination about these survival artists of the dinosaur age continues.
	* Berta turned out to be a male

Hans-Joachim Schwandt, Ph. D.