Peter Funch - CV

 

Born 10 November 1965, Copenhagen, Denmark

Married with architect Dorthe Due Theilade. Children: Sander Theilade Funch (1997), Ditte Theilade Funch (2001) and Marie Theilade Funch (2001).

Private address: Brinken 2, 8260 Viby J. E-mail: peter.funch@biology.au.dk

 

Current position

Associate Professor, Ecology & Genetics, University of Aarhus, Ny Munkegade B1540, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark, Phone: + 45 8942 2764, fax: + 45 8942 2722

 

Academic degrees

1992: Cand. Scient (M.Sc.), in Zoology, Univ. Copenhagen

1996: Ph.d. in Zoology, Univ. Copenhagen. (Thesis: “Morphology and Life Cycle of Cycliophora”)

 

Employment

1996: Research assistant, Zoological Museum, Univ. Copenhagen

1996-97: Scientific Director, Arctic Station, Greenland

1998-2000: Assistant Prof., Univ. Aarhus

2000- Permanent employment as Assoc. Prof. (Lektor)

 

Administration and council work

2001- Member of the Danish National Node (DanBIF) of the Global Biodiversity Info. Facility (GBIF). 2001- Chairman/Member of Library Committee, Univ. Aarhus. 2000-2004 Member of Education Committee, Univ. Aarhus.

 

Teaching M.Sc. students: 7. Phd students: 3. Currently 1 student. 2 have attained postdoctoral posts after their degree.

 

Editorial work

2000- Editorial board, Meiofauna Marina

2005- Editorial board, Helgoland Marine Research

Referee for numerous international journals.

 

Research Interests: Evolutionary zoomorphology; animal phylogeny; phylogeography; molecular phylogenetics; polar biology; meiofauna; co-evolution of life cycles and morphology.

                                   

Grants 2001-       

Personal frame grant from Danish Natural Science Research Council for population studies on Cycliophora (grant no. 21-02-0455 and 21-03-0281) (2003-2005). Personal research grant from Knud Højgaards Fond for Galathea 3 project on horseshoe crabs (2006-08). Co-investigator on the " Evolutionary zoomorphology" frame grant from the Danish Natural Science Research Council (Grant no. 51-00-0278) (2001-03); Co-investigator on the “Ecdysozoa” frame grant from the Danish Natural Science Research Council (2004-06) (Grant no. 21-04-0047).

 



Peter Funch - Publications 2001-2006

 

 

Papers in peer reviewed journals (11 papers prior to 2001)

(12) Funch, P. & M. V. Sørensen (2001). Rotifers in saline waters from Disko Island, West Greenland. Hydrobiologia 446/447: 273-282.

(13) Kristensen R.M., P. Funch (2001) Phylum Cycliophora. In: C.M. Young, M.A. Sewell & M. Rice (eds.) Atlas of Marine Invertebrate Larvae, Chapter 11: pp. 231-240.

(14) Berg, P., S. Rysgaard, P. Funch & MK Sejr (2001) The effects of bioturbation on solutes and solids in marine sediments. Aquatic Microbial Ecology 26: 81-94.

(15) Funch, P. & R.M. Kristensen (2002) Coda: the Micrognathozoa – a new class or phylum of freshwater meiofauna? In: S.D. Rundle, A.L. Robertson and J.M. Schmid-Araya (eds.) Freshwater Meiofauna: Biology and Ecology, Chapter 14: pp. 337-348.

(16) Obst, M. & P. Funch (2003) The dwarf male of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora). Journal of Morphology 255: 261-278.

(17) Sørensen, M. V., P. Funch, M. Hooge & S. Tyler (2003) Musculature of Notholca acuminata (Rotifera: Ploima: Brachionidae) revealed by confocal scanning laser microscopy. Invertebrate Biology 122: 223-230.

(18) Sørensen, M. V., S. Tyler, M. Hooge & P. Funch (2003) Organization of the pharyngeal hard parts and musculature in Gnathostomula armata (Gnathostomulida: Gnathostomulidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology 81: 1463-1470.

(19) Giribet, G., M.V. Sørensen, P. Funch, R.M. Kristensen & W. Sterrer (2004) Investigations into the phylogenetic position of Micrognathozoa using four molecular loci. Cladistics 20: 1-13.

(20) Riisgård, H.U., K.K. Nielsen, J. Fuchs, B.F. Rasmussen, M. Obst & P. Funch (2004) Ciliary feeding structures and particle capture mechanism in the freshwater bryozoan Plumatella repens (Phylactolaemata). Invertebrate Biology 123: 156-167.

(21) Sørensen, M.V., H. Segers & P. Funch (2005) On a new Seison Grube, 1861 from coastal waters of Kenya, with a reappraisal of the classification of the Seisonidea (Rotifera).  Zoological Studies 44: 34-43.

(22) Funch, P., M. V. Sørensen & M. Obst (2005) On the phylogenetic position of Rotifera – have we come any further? Hydrobiologia 546: 11-28.

(23) Obst, M., P. Funch & G. Giribet (2005) Hidden diversity and host specificity in cycliophorans; a phylogeographic analysis along the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Ecology 14: 4427-4440.

(24) Obst, M. & P. Funch (2005) The microhabitat of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora) on the mouthparts of its host Nephrops norvegicus (Decapoda: Nephropidae). Marine Biology 148: 945-951.

(25) Obst, M., P. Funch & R.M. Kristensen (2006) A new species of Cycliophora from the mouthparts of the American lobster Homarus americanus (Nephropidae, Decapoda). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 6: 83-97.

(26) Fuchs, J., M. Bright, P. Funch & A. Wanninger (2006) Immunocytochemistry of the Neuro-Muscular Systems of Loxosomella vivipara and L. parguerensis (Entoprocta: Loxosomatidae). Journal of Morphology 267: 866-883.

 

Refereed conference proceedings

(2) Funch, P. (2003) Phylum Cycliophora – Bizarre Organisms on Lobster’s Mouth. Cladistics, 19: 152.

 

Popular science promotion

(1) Funch, P. (2005) Sære, små livsformer bringer bud fra en fjern fortid. Lectures, Folkeunivesitetet i Århus.

 

 

 

 



Tobias Wang - CV

 

Personal Data

Born May 22, 1967 in Aarhus (Denmark). Married with one child.

 

Academic Degrees

1991         Masters of Science in Biology (Aarhus University).

1993         Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Aarhus University).

 

Post doctoral Experience

1993        University of Nevada, Las Vegas (USA).

1994-95       University of California, Irvine (USA).

1995-96       University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada).

Employment

1997         Assistant Research Professor at University of Odense (Denmark).

1998-00   Lecturer at The University of Birmingham (England).

2000-04   Associate Professor, University of Aarhus (Denmark).

2005         Full Professor, University of Aarhus (Denmark).

 

Honours

Presidents medal from The Society of Experimental Biology (1999).

Rømer stipend from the Danish Research Council (2000).

Honorary Professor at School of Biological Sciences, The University of Birmingham (2004).

 

Professional Service

Ad hoc reviewer for more than 25 international journals as well as The Norwegian Research Council, National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration, The Swedish Research Council and National Science Foundation (more than 50 assignments per year).

Editorial board of Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (2001 - )

Editorial board of Advances of Experimental Biology (2004 - )

Editorial board of The Journal of Experimental Biology (2006 -).

Series adv. board for Ecological and Environmental Physiology Series, Oxford Univ. Press.

Convenor of Respiration Group in The Society for Experimental Biology (2003 - 2006).

Has organised or co-organised more than 20 symposia at international conferences and one international conference.

External examiner on PhD theses from Australia, Brazil, Finland, England and Norway.

External member of PhD thesis committee in USA and Canada. External examiner for MSc and BSc courses at Odense and Roskilde Universities.

Various Departmental Seminars and lectures in Brazil, USA,Canada, Denmark, Sweden, England, Ireland, Germany, Italy and Hong Kong.

 

Membership of Societies

Society of Experimental Biology, American Physiological Society, The Scandinavian Society of Physiology and The Physiological Society.

Masters Students (2001-)

Poul Gurholt Pedersen (2003); Morten Zaar (2003); Sine Arvedsen (2004); Marianne Skals (2006); Mette Hagensen (2006); Rasmus Pedersen (2006 ); Torbjørn Søndergaard (2006); Bjarke Jensen (2005- ); Karina Kristensen (2006-); Mette Olesen (2006 -); Melissa Vetter (2006 - ); Henrik Lund (2006 - ); Kristine Østergaard (2006- ).

PhD Students (2001-)

Gamal Badawy (2002); Johannes Overgaard (2003); Johnnie B. Andersen (2003); Gina Galli (2006); Nini Jensen (2004 -).

 

Teaching

Annual guest lectures at University of Birmingham and University of Oslo.

Introduction to Biology (2 lectures).

Human Physiology for molecular biologists (36 lectures). Course leader.

Human Physiology for kinesiologists (21 lectures, 40h theoretical exercises). Course leader.

Comparative Physiology (5 lectures, 24h theoretical exercises and 60h practical exercises).

Scientific writing (Cantho University, Vietnam). Several week courses. Course  leader.

Various PhD courses at Aarhus University and elsewhere.

 

Recent Research and Teaching Grants

Rømer stipend from the Danish Research Council (2000-2004). 4.200.000 Dkr for studies on metabolism in reptiles.

Elisabeth og Knud Petersens Fond (2001). 72.000 Dkr for Development of non-invasive techniques for measurements of heart rate and activity in fish.

American Physiological Society Latin American Initiative Programme (2002). US$ 5.000 for the PhD course ”Biology of the Heart” at UNESP, Rio Claro, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

NOVO Nordisk Fondet (2003). 90.000 Dkr for studies on cardiac adaptations to increased metabolic rate in reptiles.

Velux Fonden (2003). 180.000 Dkr for three PhD courses in comparative animal physiology and toxicology.

Danish Research Council (2005-2007). 750.000 Dkr for studies on “The vertebrate cardiovascular system under stress: Structure, function and evolution”.

Popular science

Popular outreach of science

Various popular science lectures at The Nordic Society of Herpetology (Copenhagen), Linneaus (Odense), Birmingham Natural History Society, Forskningens døgn (2005), Bestil et foredrag (2005, 2006) and Ungdommens Naturforening (Aarhus and Aalborg). Participation in Galathea III.

 

 

 

 

 



Tobias Wang - Publications 2001-2006

 

Editorial

Books

Starck, J.M. and T. Wang (2005). Physiological and ecological adaptations to feeding in vertebrates. Science Publishers Inc., Enfield, New Hampshire. ISBN 1-57808-246-3.

Guest editor on special issues in international journals

The Physiological Consequences of Feeding in Animals in Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry 128A(3), March 2001.

Cardiorespiratory Physiology: Taking the Heat in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 132A(4), August 2002.

The Comparative Physiology of Exercise in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 133A(3), November 2002.

Revisiting the vertebrate invasion of the land in Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 77(5), 2004.

Nitric oxide: Comparative aspects of respiratory and cardiovascular homeostasis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 142A(2), October 2005.

Articles in Peer-Reviewed and International Journals


1.      Jensen, F.B., T. Wang and J. Brahm (2001). Acute and chronic influence of temperature on red cell anion exchange. Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 39-45.

2.      Jackson, D.C., T. Wang, P. Koldkjær and E.W. Taylor (2001). Lactate sequestration in the carapace of the crayfish Austopotamobius pallipes during air exposure. Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 941-946.

3.      Sundin, L., M. Burleson, T. Wang, S. Reid, H. Salgado, A. Abe, M. Glass and W. Milsom (2001). Pulmonary receptors in reptiles: Discharge patterns of receptor populations in snakes versus turtles. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 171: 103-111.

4.      Andersen, J.B., F.B. Jensen and T. Wang (2001). Effects of temperature and oxygen availability on circulating catecholamines in the toad Bufo marinus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 129A: 473-486.

5.      Sanchez, A., R. Soncini, T. Wang, P. Koldkjær, E.W. Taylor and M.L. Glass (2001). The differential cardio-respiratory responses to ambient hypoxia and systemic hypoxaemia in the South American lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 130: 677-687.

6.      Brauner, C.J., T. Wang, A.L. Val and F.B. Jensen (2001). The relationship between Bohr proton release and haemoglobin-oxygen saturation in the blood of two teleost fishes, carp (Cyprinus carpio) and tambaqui (Collosoma macropomum).  Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 24: 97-104.

7.      Cooper, A., E.W. Taylor and T. Wang (2001). Volume regulation of red blood cells from the brown trout (Salmo trutta). Journal of Fish Biology 59: 1098-1103.

8.      Wang, T., E.W. Taylor, D. Andrade and A.S. Abe (2001). Autonomic control of heart rate during forced activity and digestion in the snake Boa constrictor. Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 3553-3560.

9.      Koldkjær, P, E.W. Taylor, M.L. Glass, T. Wang, J. Brahm, D. McKenzie and F.B. Jensen (2002). Adrenergic receptors Na+/H+ exchange and volume regulation in lungfish erythrocytes. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 172: 87-93.

10.  Andersen, J.B and T. Wang (2002). Effects of anaesthesia on blood gases, acid-base status and ions in the toad Bufo marinus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 131A: 639-646.

11.  Brauner, C.J., T. Wang and F.B. Jensen (2002).  Influence of hyperosmotic shrinkage and β-adrenergic stimulation on red cell volume regulation and oxygen binding properties in rainbow trout and carp. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 172: 251-262.

12.  Wang, T. and J.W. Hicks (2002). An integrative model to predict maximum oxygen uptake of animals with central vascular shunts. Zoology 105: 45-53.

13.  Klein, W., D. Andrade, T. Wang and E.W. Taylor (2002). Effects of temperature on breathing pattern during and after CO2 exposure in the lizard Uromastyx aegyptius microlepis. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 132A: 847-859.

14.  Butler, P.J., P. Frappell, T. Wang and M. Wikelski (2002). The relationship between heart rate and rate of oxygen consumption in Galapagos marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) at two different temperatures. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 1917-1924.

15.  Wang, T., J. Altimiras and M. Axelsson (2002). Intracardiac flow separation in an in situ perfused heart from Burmese python Python molurus. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 2715-2723.

16.  Wang, T., M. Zaar, S. Arvedsen, C. Vedel and J. Overgaard (2002). Effects of temperature on the metabolic response to feeding in Python molurus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 133A: 519-527.

17.  Holmberg, A., K. Joanna, A. Persson, J. Jensen, T. Wang and S. Holmgren (2002). Effects of digestive status on the reptilian gut. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 133A: 499-518.

18.  Overgaard, J. and T. Wang (2002). Oxygen binding properties of whole blood, before and after feeding, in the snake Python molurus. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 3327-3334.

19.  Overgaard, J., J.B. Andersen, and T. Wang (2002). The effects of fasting duration on the metabolic response to feeding in Python molurus: An evaluation of the energetic costs associated with gastrointestinal growth and upregulation. Physiological Biochemistry and Zoology 75: 360-368.

20.  Overgaard, J., J. Stecyk, A.P. Farrell and T. Wang (2002). Adrenergic control of the cardiovascular system in the turtle Trachemys scripta. Journal of Experimental Biology 205: 3335-3345.

21.  Andersen, J.B., M.S. Hedrick and T. Wang (2003). The cardiovascular responses to hypoxia and anaemia in the toad Bufo marinus. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 857-865.

22.  Jensen, F.B., J. Brahm, P. Koldkjær, T. Wang, D.J. McKenzie and E.W. Taylor (2003). Anion exchange in the giant erythrocytes of African lungfish. Journal of Fish Biology 62: 1044-1052.

23.  Andersen, J.B., D. Andrade and T. Wang (2003). Effects of pharmacological inhibition of gastric acid secretion on arterial acid-base status during digestion in the toad Bufo marinus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 135A: 425-433.

24.  Andersen, J.B. and T. Wang (2003). Cardiorespiratory effects of forced activity and digestion in toads. Physiological Biochemistry and Zoology 76: 459-470.

25.  Wang, T., J. Altimiras, W. Klein and M. Axelsson (2003). Ventricular haemodynamics in Python molurus: separation of pulmonary and systemic pressures. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 4241-4245.

26.  Wang, T., E.W. Taylor, S.G. Reid and W.K. Milsom (2004). Interactive effects of mechano- and chemo-receptor inputs on cardio-respiratory outputs in the toad. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology 140: 63-76.

27.  Andersen, J.B., H. Gesser and T. Wang (2004) Acidosis counteracts the negative inotropic effects of K+ on contractile properties of ventricular muscle strips from the toad Bufo marinus. Physiological Biochemistry and Zoology 77: 223-231.

28.  Andrade, D.V., L.P. Toledo, A.S. Abe and T. Wang (2004). Ventilatory compensation of the alkaline tide during digestion in the snake Boa constrictor. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 1379-1385.

29.  Zaar, M., E. Larsen and T. Wang (2004). Heart rate hysterises and heat exchange of fasting and postprandial Savannah monitors Varanus exanthematicus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 137A: 675-682.

30.  Stecyk, J.A.W., J. Overgaard, A.P. Farrell and T. Wang (2004). Regulation of peripheral resistance and blood flow distribution in the turtle (Trachemys scripta) during anoxic submergence at 5°C and 21°C. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 269-283.

31.  Overgaard, J., J.A.W. Stecyk, H. Gesser, T. Wang and A.P. Farrell (2004). Effects of temperature and anoxia on functional performance of in situ perfused trout hearts. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 655-665.

32.  Galli, G., E.W. Taylor and T. Wang (2004). The cardiovascular responses of the freshwater turtle, Trachemys scripta, to warming and cooling. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 1471-1478.

33.  Overgaard, J., J.A.W. Stecyk, H. Gesser, T. Wang, A.K. Gamperl and A.P. Farrell (2004). Preconditioning in hypoxia tolerant rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 174: 329-340.

34.  Skovgaard, N. and T. Wang (2004). Cost of ventilation and effect of digestive state on the ventilatory responses of the tegu lizard (Tupinambis merianae). Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology 141: 85-97.

35.  Wang, T. and J.W. Hicks (2004). Why Savannah monitor lizards hyperventilate during activity: A comparison of model predictions and experimental data. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology 141: 261-271.

36.  Brauner, C.J., T. Wang, R. Gonzalez, Y. Wang, Y., J.G. Richards, N.J. Bernier, W. Xi, M. Patrick and A.L. Val (2004). Limited extracellular but complete intracellular acid-base regulation during environmental hypercapnia in the armoured catfish, Liposarcus pardalis.  Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 3381-3390.

37.  Galli, G., N. Skovgaard, E.W. Taylor, A.S. Abe, J.M. Conlon and T. Wang (2005). Cardiovascular actions of rattlesnake bradykinin ([Val1, Thr6] bradykinin) in the anesthetized South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus. American Journal of Physiology 288: R456-R465.

38.  Skovgaard, N., G. Galli, E.W. Taylor, J.M. Conlon and T. Wang (2005). Hemodynamic effects of python neuropeptide γ in the anesthetized python, Python regius. Regulatory Peptides 128: 15-26.

39.  Clark, T.D., T. Wang, P.J. Butler and P.B. Frappell (2005). Factorial scopes of cardio-metabolic variables remain constant with changes in body temperature in the varanid lizard, Varanus rosenbergi. American Journal of Physiology 288: R992-R997.

40.  Galli, G., N. Skovgaard, A.S. Abe, E.W. Taylor and T. Wang (2005). The role of nitric oxide in the regulation of the systemic and pulmonary vasculature of the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus. Journal of Comparative Physiology 175: 201-208.

41.  Overgaard, J., T. Wang, O.B. Nielsen and H. Gesser (2005). Extracellular determinants of contractility in heart muscle from painted turtle (Chrysemys picta): Role of anoxia, temperature and acclimation. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 78: 976–995.

42.  Skovgaard, N., A.S. Abe, D.V. Andrade and T. Wang (2005). Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction in reptiles: A comparative study. American Journal of Physiology 289: R1280–R1288.

43.  Skovgaard, N., D. Warren, D.C. Jackson and T. Wang (2005) Endothelin causes systemic vasodilatation in anaesthetized turtles (Trachemys scripta) through activation of ETB receptors. Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 3739-3746.

44.  Skals, M.G., N. Skovgaard, A.S. Abe, and T. Wang (2005). Venous tone and cardiac function in the South American rattlesnake (Crotalus durissus): Mean circulatory filling pressure during adrenergic stimulation in anaesthetised and fully recovered animals. Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 3747-3759.

45.  Arvedsen, S.K., J.B. Andersen, M. Zaar, D. Andrade, A.S. Abe, and T. Wang (2005). Arterial acid-base status during digestion and following vascular infusion of HCO3Na and HCl in the South American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 142A: 495-502.

46.  Viborg, A.L., T. Wang and S.D. Hillyard (2006). Cardiovascular and behavioural changes during water absorption in toads, Bufo alvarius and Bufo marinus. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 834-844

47.  Milsom, W.K., D.V. Andrade, S.P. Brito, F.L. Toledo, T. Wang and A.S. Abe. Seasonal changes in daily metabolic patterns of tegu lizards (Tupinambis merianae) placed in the cold (17ºC) and dark. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology (in press).

48.  Galli, G.L.J, H. Gesser, E.W. Taylor, H.A. Shiels and T. Wang. The role of the sarcoplasmatic reticulum in the generation of high heart rates and blood pressures in reptiles. Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 1956-1963.

49.  Warburton, S. J., D.C. Jackson, V. Toney and T. Wang. Venous pressures and cardiac function in an amphibian, Rana catesbeiana, and a reptile, Trachemys scripta. Journal of Experimental Biology (in review).

50.  Campbell, H.A., E.W. Taylor, T. Wang, C. Leite, M. Skals, S. Egginton, F.T. Rantin and A.S. Abe. Evidence for a respiratory component, similar to mammalian respiratory sinus arrhythmia, in the heart rate variability signal from the rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus terrificus. Journal of Experimental Biology (in press).

51.  Taylor, E.W, D. Andrade, A.S. Abe, and T. Wang. The unequal influences of the left and right vagi on the control of the heart and pulmonary artery in the rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus. Journal of Experimental Biology (in press).

52.  Zaar, M., J. Overgaard, H. Gesser and T. Wang. Contractile properties of the functionally divided python heart: Two sides of the same matter. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology (in press).

53.  Galli, G.L.J., N. Skovgaard, A.S. Abe, E.W. Taylor and T. Wang. The adrenergic tone in the systemic and pulmonary circulations of the South American rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology (in review).

54.  Skals, M., N. Skovgaard1, E.W. Taylor, C. Leite, A.S. Abe, and T. Wang. Cardiovascular changes during the transition from gill ventilation to air-breathing in Synbranchus marmoratus: Importance of the venous system. Journal of Experimental Biology (in press).

 

Invited Reviews and Book Chapters (all peer-reviewed)


55.  Wang, T., M. Busk, J. Overgaard (2001). The respiratory consequences of feeding in amphibians and reptiles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 128A: 533-547.

56.  Taylor, E.W., M.S. Al-Ghamdi, I. H. Ihmied, T. Wang and A.S. Abe (2001). The neuroanatomical basis of central control of cardiorespiratory interactions in vertebrates. Experimental Physiology 86: 771-776.

57.  Wang, T., S.J. Warburton, A.S. Abe and E.W. Taylor (2001). Vagal control of heart rate and cardiac shunts in reptiles: Relation to metabolic state. Experimental Physiology 86: 777-786.

58.  Hicks, J.W. and T. Wang (2004). The hypoxic metabolic response in reptiles: behavioural and physiological mechanisms that reduce aerobic demands. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology 141: 261-271.

59.  Andrade, D.V., A.S. Abe, A.P. Cruz-Neto and T. Wang (2005). Specific dynamic action in ectothermic vertebrates: A general review on the determinants of the metabolic responses to digestion in fish, amphibians and reptiles. In Physiological and ecological adaptations to feeding in vertebrates (eds. J.M. Starck and T. Wang). Science Publishers Inc. pp. 305-324.

60.  Wang, T., J. Andersen and J.W. Hicks (2005). Effects of digestion on the respiratory and cardiovascular physiology of amphibians and reptiles. In Physiological and ecological adaptations to feeding in vertebrates (eds. J.M. Starck and T. Wang). Science Publishers Inc. pp. 279-303.

61. Skovgaard, N., G. Galli, A.S. Abe, E.W. Taylor and T. Wang (2005). The role of nitric oxide in regulation of the cardiovascular system in reptiles. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 142A: 205 – 214.

62.  Wang, T., C.C.Y. Hung and D.J. Randall (2006). The Comparative Physiology of Food Deprivation: From Feast to Famine. Annual Review of Physiology 68: 223-251.

63.  Skovgaard, N. and T. Wang (2006). Regulation of pulmonary blood flow in reptiles. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology (in press).

64.  Taylor, E.W., C.A.C. Leite, H. Campbell, I. Intanai and T. Wang (2006). Control of the heart in fish. In Fish respiration and Environment (eds. T. Rantin and M.L. Glass). Science Publishers Inc. (in press).

65.  Wang, T., J. Overgaard and H. Gesser (2006). Anoxia tolerance in turtles. Journal of Experimental Biology (in review).


Other publications


66.  Wang, T. (2001). Introduction to symposium: The Physiological effects of feeding. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 128A: 395-396.

67.  Wang, T., J. Overgaard, J.B. Andersen and Zaar, M. (2002). Tarmens tilpasning hos grovædere. Aktuel Naturvidenskab 2002(4): 18-21. Also published in Jyllandsposten.

68.  Wang, T. and A.P. Farrell (2002). Introduction to symposium: “Cardiorespiratory Physiology: Taking the Heat”. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 132A: 723-738.

69.  Butler, P.J., T. Wang and E.W. Taylor (2002). Introduction to symposium: “The Comparative Physiology of Exercise”. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 133A: 201-202.

70.  Brauner, C.J., N.J. Bernier, T. Wang and A.L. Val (2002). Limited acid-base compensation in the Amazonian armoured catfish, Liposarcus pardalis, exposed to environmental hypercapnia. In: Tropical Fishes: News and Reviews (eds. A. Val, C. Brauner and D. McKinlay). Proc. International Congress on the Biology of Fish, American Fisheries Societies, pp. 11-13.

71.  Wang, T., C.J. Brauner, N.J. Bernier, and A.L. Val (2002). Autonomic control of heart rate at different temperatures in the Amazonian armoured catfish, Liposarcus pardalis. In: Tropical Fishes: News and Reviews (eds. A. Val, C. Brauner and D. McKinlay). Proc. International Congress on the Biology of Fish, American Fisheries Societies, pp. 15-18.

72.  Overgaard, J., H. Gesser and T. Wang (2004). Livet uden ilt: Tilpasninger til et liv i koma. Aktuel Naturvidenskab 2004(3): 7-10. Also published in Jyllandsposten.

73.  Gordon, M.S., J.B. Graham and T. Wang (2004). Revisiting the vertebrate invasion of the land: Integrating the fossil record with functional studies of living amphibious and air-breathing fishes. Physiological Biochemistry and Zoology 77: 697-699.

74.  Starck, J.M. and T. Wang (2005). Preface. In Physiological and ecological adaptations to feeding in vertebrates (eds. J.M. Starck and T. Wang). Science Publishers Inc.

75. Wang, T. and N. Skovgaard (2005). Hypoxia in reptiles. In Fish Physiology, Toxicology, and Water Quality. Proceedings of the Eight International Symposium. Chong Qing, China.

76.  Tota, B. and T. Wang (2005). Nitric oxide: Comparative aspects of respiratory and cardiovascular homeostasis: An introductory note. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 142A: 99-101.



Matthias Obst - CV

 

Personal data

Born Aug 18 1974, Erfurt, Germany; German citizen; single

 

Current position

Postdoctoral fellow, Kristineberg Marine Research Station, Kristineberg 566, 450 34 Fiskebäckskil, Sweden, Tel: +46 (0) 523 18553, Fax: +46 (0) 523 18502, Email: matthias.obst@kmf.gu.se

 

Research Interests

Marine and benthic ecology, invertebrate phylogeny and systematics, complex life cycles; zoomorphology; phylogeography; meiofauna

 

Education

2004: Ph.D at University of Aarhus, Denmark; 2000: M.Sc. Biology (Diplom) at University of Jena, Germany; 1993: Graduated from high school in Erfurt, Germany 

 

Research projects

2005-2008 Kristineberg Marine Research Station, Sweden: Systematics and taxonomy of bryozoans

2003-2004 Harvard University, USA: Population genetic study on Cycliophora

2001-2004 University of Aarhus, Denmark: Ph.D. thesis “Diversity and Evolution of Cycliophora”

2000-2001 University of Aarhus, Denmark: Studies on life history and morphology of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora)

1999-2000 University of Jena, Germany: M. Sc. thesis "A study on the life cycle and ecology of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora)"

1997-1998 University of Manchester, UK: Genetic studies

 

Expeditions and field trips

2007: Galathea3 expedition - study on Asian horseshoe crabs

2007, 2006: Pandalina expedition - inventory of the marine fauna in Skagerrak. 2004, 2003: East coast of USA

2003, 2002, 2001: Kristineberg Marine Research Station, Sweden.

1998, 1996, 1994: Roscoff Marine Biological Station, France.

1995: Marine Biological Station Boinsdorf, Germany.

1992: Greenland 

 

Grants

2006 Knud Højgaards Fond: Studying horseshoe crabs.

2006 Dansk Ekspeditionsfond: Participation in the Galathea3 expedition.

2006 Swedish Taxonomy Initiative: Collection of bryozoans.

2005 Royal Swedish Academy: Postdoc fellowship.

2005 Swedish Taxonomy Initiative: Collection of bryozoans.

2003 Danish Research Agency: Population genetic study on Cycliophora.

2003-2001 Access to Research Infrastructure: Experiments & collection.

2003 Danish Natural History Society: Travel grant.

2001 University of Aarhus, Denmark: PhD scholarship.

2000 German Academic Exchange Service: Visiting University of Aarhus.

1997 ERASMUS scholarship: Visiting Univ. of Manchester.

 

Languages

German (native), English, Danish, Swedish

 

Methods

Light- and fluorescence microscopy

Confocal laser scanning microscopy

Transmission- and scanning electron microscopy

PCR-based sequencing techniques

 



Matthias Obst - Publications 2001-2006

 

 

Scientific Publications

·   Obst M and Funch P. (2006) The microhabitat of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora) on the mouthparts of its host Nephrops norvegicus (Decapoda: Nephropidae). Marine Biology 148 (5): 945-951

·   Obst M, Funch P, Kristensen RM (2006) A new species of Cycliophora from the mouthparts of the American lobster Homarus americanus (Nephropidae, Decapoda). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 6: 83-97

·   Obst M, Funch P, Giribet G (2005) Hidden diversity and host specificity in cycliophorans; a phylogeographic analysis along the North Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. Molecular Ecology, 14 (14) 4427-4440

·   Funch P, Sørensen MV, Obst M. (2005) On the phylogenetic position of Rotifera - have we come any further? Hydrobiologia 546: 11-28

·   Riisgaard HU, Kollerup Nielsen K, Fuchs J, Fønss Rasmussen B, Obst M, Funch P. (2004) Ciliary feeding structures and particle capture mechanism in the freshwater bryozoan Plumatella repens (Phylactolaemata). Invertebrate Biology 123:156-167

·   Obst M (2003) Cycliophoran relationships revisited. Abstracts of the 21st annual meeting of the Willi Hennig Society. Cladistics 19: 159-160

·   Obst M and Funch P. (2003) The male of Symbion pandora (Cycliophora). Journal of Morphology 255: 261-278

 

Popular Articles

 

·   Obst M (2004) Rinbærernes diversitet og evolution. Danske Naturhistorisk Forening Årskrift nr. 14 - 2003/2004: 60-63

 

 

 

 



Thomas Nielsen - CV

 

Personal Details

Full Name: Thomas Nielsen, Born 25 April 1968, Denmark, Danish Citizen, Single

 

Current position

Center Manager and Administrator. The Centre for Tropical Ecosystems Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark, Department of Biological Sciences, Ny Munkegade, B 1.540, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark, E-mail thomas.Nielsen@biology.au.dk   Phone: +45 2122 5468   Fax: +45 8942 3350

 

Research interests

Ecophysiology and Lifecycles of marine species (especially mudskippers and horseshoe crabs)

 

Education

1995. Cand. Scient., Biology. Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

 

Languages

Danish (Mother Tongue), English (Excellent), French (Basic), German (Basic)

 

Working Experience

Since 1997 to present - Information and Resources Officer & Project Manager at Centre for Tropical Ecosystems Research (cenTER Aarhus)

Day to day management and administration of cenTER's overseas development projects (see project list at the end).

Responsible for writing, editing and design of large publications (Reports to Grant Authorities, Conference Proceedings etc.), Planning and organising of International Conferences at Aarhus University and

Consultant for the Danish International Development Assistance (Danida), The World Bank, Danish Red Cross. Consultancies have been: (1) to design resource management projects & design capacity-development projects, (2) to evaluate large-scale forestry projects, (3) to set-up and working procedures for project implementation (e.g. reporting systems, financial management systems) and (4) to manage and implement a global effort to develop a code of conduct for sustainable mangrove utilization and management

 

Teaching experience

Curse Organiser and Teacher (Project Management) on “Tropical Ecosystems; Management and Development” at University of Aarhus, Denmark.

 

Editorial work

Schiøler, E. (2004), A University for the World – Research for Development (Eds: Nielsen, I, Østergaard, C. S. and Nielsen, T.). Published by Aarhus University

Schiøler, E. (2004), Aarhus Universitet – Åbent mod verden – forskning for udvikling (Eds: Nielsen, I, Østergaard, C. S. and Nielsen, T.). Published by Aarhus University

Macintosh, D. J. and Ashton, E. C. (2004), Principles for a Code of Conduct for the Management and Sustainable use of Mangrove Ecosystems. Funded by the World Bank (http://biology.au.dk/cenTER/MCB_2004.htm)

I have edited a number of Conference Proceedings on Sustainable Mangrove Management and Biodiversity Conservation.

 

Posters

Nielsen, T and Macintosh D. J. (2005). PROJECT - Mainstreaming Conservation of Coastal Biodiversity through Formulation of a Code of Conduct for Sustainable Management of Mangrove Ecosystems, at the National Workshop “The role of mangrove and coral reef ecosystems in mitigating oceanic impacts on the environment” Hanoi, October 2005

Nielsen, T and Macintosh D. J. (2006). PROJECT - Mainstreaming Conservation of Coastal Biodiversity through Formulation of a Code of Conduct for Sustainable Management of Mangrove Ecosystems at the On-site Training/National Workshop on Capacity Building for the Establishment of Fisheries Refugia and Coastal Resources Management, Phu Quoc, Vietnam, June 2006.

 

Projects (finished and on-going)

Danish-SE Asian Collaboration in Tropical Coastal Ecosystems Research and Training (Denmark, Thailand and Malaysia) TCE-Project. Funded by DANCED, October 1996 - October 1999 (Extension Phase until 30 June 2000).

University Aarhus University - Can Tho University Link in Environmental Sciences (Development, Education and Research). Funded by Danida, Phase 1 July 1999 – April 2000. Phase 2 (Januar2001 – December 2005) approved by Danida, October 2000. Extension until December 2009 approved January 2006.

Development of Environmental Indicators, Lower Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Funded by the World Bank (via Danida trust funds), May 1998 - January 1999 (cenTER managed, Project Manager, Donald J. Macintosh).

Living Aquatic Resources - management and knowledge base. 2000 - 2003. Funded by the Danida Research Council. Involved Institutions: Institute for Fisheries Management and Coastal Community Development (IFM), Danish Institute for Fisheries Research (DIFRES) & Centre for Tropical Ecosystems Research, University of Aarhus (cenTER).

Integrated Tropical Coastal Zone Management at Asian Institute of Technology. 1 January 2000- 31 December 2004. Funded by Danida. By a Danish Consortium consisting of: Aarhus University (cenTER) in association with DHI Water & Environment, National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark (NERI) and Institute for Fisheries Management and Coastal Community Development (IFM).

Review of Mangrove Conservation and Biodiversity (MCB). The objective is to develop a report that can act as a resource document that would complement subsequent case studies towards the development of a generic Code of Conduct for Mangrove Conservation and Biodiversity protection.

Support to Marine Protected Areas Network, Vietnam (MPA). Funded by Danida. Implemented by NIRAS. 2003 - 2006.

Danida/UNEP Emergency Rehabilitation of Coastal Mangrove Forests Damaged by Typhoon Linda, Ca Mau and Bac Lieu Provinces, Vietnam. Implemented by UNDP (Danida funded), 1998-99.

Save the Children Fund Mangrove Planting Project, Thach Ha District (Ha Tinh Province) Vietnam. Funded by Save the Children Fund (UK) and cenTER Aarhus