We mourn the loss of Dr. Stefan Schmidt

It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to our long-time colleague, friend and confidant Dr. Stefan Schmidt, who left us far too early on March 13. Stefan was always a driving force at the ZSM, mostly in the background, but always efficient and goal-oriented, and this in so many things such as collection management, species discovery, digitization and project management as well as the implementation of major national and international projects. He leaves a huge gap, we miss his friendly nature, great sense of humor and wonderful years of great cooperation.