Karl Stetter

Karl Stetter
Karl Stetter sitting, smiling and waving
Stetter in 2010
Born
Karl Otto Stetter

16 July 1941
Alma materTechnical University of Munich
Known forDiscovering new archaea
AwardsLeeuwenhoek Medal

Karl Otto Stetter (born 16 July 1941) is a German microbiologist and authority on astrobiology. Stetter is an expert on microbial life at high temperatures.