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Peter Funch

Associate Professor, Ph.D.

Ecology & Genetics, University of Aarhus, Ny Munkegade, Building 540, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

Phone: +45 8942 2764, Fax: +45 8942 2722,

Email: peter.funch@biology.au.dk

I-net: http://www.biology.au.dk/peter.funch.htm

Selected publications

· 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.

· 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.

· 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.

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Tobias Wang

Professor, PhD

Department of Zoophysiology,

Aarhus University, Building 1131

Universitetsparken, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark

Tel (+45) 89 42 26 01, Cell (+45) 61 67 05 22,

Email: tobias.wang@biology.au.dk

I-net: www.biology.au.dk/tobias.wang.htm

Selected publications

· 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.

· 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.

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Matthias Obst

Postdoctoral fellow, PhD

Kristineberg Marine Research Station,

Kristineberg 566

450 34 Fiskebäckskil, Sweden

Tel: +46 (0) 523 18553, Fax: +46 (0) 523 18502,

Email: Matthias.Obst@biology.au.dk or matthias.obst@kmf.gu.se, I-net: http://www.kmf.kva.se/users/matthiasobst/index.htm

My research. I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at Kristineberg Marine Research Station on the west coast of Sweden. In my research I am studying patterns of biodiversity on all taxonomic levels in order to draw inferences for phylogenetic history, populaton ecology and conservation biology. During my PhD I have worked mostly with microscopic marine invertebrates, such as Cycliophora and Bryozoa. I usually combine molecular (pcr-based sequencing) with morphological (microscopy) techniques. At the moment I am participating in the inventory of the Swedish fauna as a part of the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative. Here I am generating a biogeographic record and a tissue collection of Swedish bryozoans and use it for a phylogenetic study.

Selected publications

· 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

· 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

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Thomas Nielsen

cenTER Manager, M.Sc.

Centre for Tropical Ecosystems Research

Institute of Biological Sciences, Building 1540
University of Aarhus
DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Phone: +45 8942 3349, Fax: +45 8942 3350
Mobile: +45 2122 5468
Email: Thomas.Nielsen@biology.au.dk

I-net: www.biology.au.dk/thomas.nielsen.htm

My research. My interest in biology is in comparative animal physiology. I have an M.Sc. in respiration physiology from the University of Aarhus. Since my M.Sc. I have mostly been involved in administration and management of development projects in Southeast Asia. The focus has been on resources management and capacity development of scientists and local communities. I have since 2003 been the manager of the Centre for Tropical Ecosystems Research. In the Spring of 2006 two colleges got me interested in basic physiology of the horseshoe crabs (a species I have long had a strong interest in, as most students of biology). My interest on the horseshoe crab projects are in the eco-physiology and the reproductive biology of the horseshoe crab.

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Melissa Winter

M. Sc. student

Department of Zoophysiology

Aarhus University

Building 1131

Universitetsparken, 8000 Aarhus C

Denmark

Email: lajoliepapillon@yahoo.com

My research. I am currently doing ecophysiological research on horseshoe crabs with interest in their internal acid-base balance during air exposure, extreme low and high salinities, and hypercapnia.

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