Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Felix Christopher Mark
Citation names
- Mark, Felix
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- BE13-C0B4-A183
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0002-5586-6704
- Researcher Id
- P-4759-2016
- Scopus Author Id
- 7003396639
Addresses
- Alfred Wegener Institut Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research. Am Handelshafen 12, 27570, Bremerhaven, n.a., Germany (Professional)
Websites
- http//: www.awi.de (Professional)
- https://intranet.awi.de/nc/en/employee/single-view/employees/felix-christopher-mark.html (Professional)
Knowledge fields
- Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Biology
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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German (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) | Proficiency (C2) |
French | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Intermediate (B1) |
Spanish; Castilian | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) | Elementary (A2) |
Italian | Elementary (A2) | Upper intermediate (B2) | Elementary (A2) | Intermediate (B1) | Elementary (A2) |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2001/08/01 - 2004/12/16
Concluded
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Biology (Doktor (PhD))
Major in Zoophysiology
Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany
"‘Cellular and systemic investigations of temperature adaptation in fish’ " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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magna cum laude |
1998/07 - 2001/03
Concluded
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Biology (Master)
Major in Zoophysiology
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Institut für Zoophysiologie, Germany
"Oxygen dependent temperature tolerance in marine fish? Investigations by means of in vivo 31P NMR spectroscopy" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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1997/09 - 1998/06
Attended
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Marine Biology (Master)
Newcastle University School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, United Kingdom
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1995/10/01 - 1997/09/01
Concluded
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Biology (Bachelor)
Major in Zoology
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2017/11/01 - Current | Coordinating Researcher (Research) | Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany |
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany | ||
2012/09/01 - 2017/10/31 | Principal Investigator (Research) | Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany |
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany | ||
2010/09/01 - 2012/08/31 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany |
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany | ||
2009/09/01 - 2010/08/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany |
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany | ||
2009/06/01 - 2009/08/31 | Visiting Researcher (Research) | Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France |
Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France | ||
2008/05/01 - 2009/05/31 | Postdoc (Research) | Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany |
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany | ||
2004/12/01 - 2008/04/30 | Postdoc (Research) | University of Cambridge, United Kingdom |
University of Cambridge Department of Zoology, United Kingdom | ||
2001/08/01 - 2004/11/30 | Research Assistant (Research) | Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany |
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2017 - 2024 | Bringing humane slaughtering to cephalopod molluscs: an integrative approach
Researcher
Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Italy
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany Universita degli Studi di Torino Biblioteca del Dipartimento di Neuroscienze L Bergamini, Italy |
Humane Slaughter Association
Ongoing
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2019/11 - 2021/10 | Molecular underpinnings of physiological and behavioural reactions of Seabass to the ‘Deadly Trio’
Deadly Trio
Principal investigator
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
Ifremer Centre de Bretagne, France |
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung Ifremer Zentrum fur Marine Umweltwissenschaften Ongoing
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2014 - 2018 | BIOACID III Theme 3: Ocean acidification and warming impacts across natural systems and society: From Mechanisms to Sensitivities
and Societal Adaptation
Principal investigator
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
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Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Dienststelle Berlin
Concluded
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2013 - 2018 | FITNESS - Fish transgenerational adaptative strategies to ocean acidification and warming
MA 4271/2-1
MA 4271/3-2
PE 1157/8-1
Principal investigator
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
Universität Hamburg Institut für marine Ökosystem- und Fischereiwissenschaften, Germany Ifremer Centre de Bretagne, France |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Ongoing
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2012 - 2017 | NFLOW - Using intertidal fish to study life’s tolerance to low oxygen
01DR14005A
Principal investigator
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
The University of Auckland, New Zealand |
Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung Dienststelle Bonn
Concluded
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2011/04 - 2016/06 | BIOACID II Consortium 4: Effects of ocean acidification in a warming climate on species interactions at distribution boundaries:
mechanisms and consequences at ecosystem level
Principal investigator
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel, Germany |
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Dienststelle Berlin
Concluded
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2012 - 2015 | Refinement of cuttlefish long course transportation
FCT/4192/19/4/2013/S
570364553
Principal investigator
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
Centro de Ciências do Mar, Portugal |
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Concluded
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2008/06 - 2013/05 | BIOACID I Theme 2.2: Long-term physiological effects on different life stages of benthic crustaceans
Principal investigator
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf Department Biologie, Germany |
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung Dienststelle Berlin
Concluded
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2008 - 2013 | Physiological response and mitochondrial adaptations to changing abiotic factors in Antarctic fish and cephalopods
PO 278/13-1
Principal investigator
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Concluded
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2009 - 2010 | Evolution of haemocyanin and its influence on thermal sensitivity in cold adapted cephalopods
MA 4271/1-2
Principal investigator
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Germany |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Concluded
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2006 - 2009 | Evolution of haemocyanin and its influence on thermal sensitivity in cold adapted cephalopods’
MA 4271/1-1
Principal investigator
Alfred-Wegener-Institut Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung, Germany
Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Germany |
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book |
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Journal article |
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Intellectual property
Patent |
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Other
Other output |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2020/02/27 | Climate change and ice loss of Svalbard fjord systems - consequences for Polar cod ecophysiology | Biological Seminar
NTNU (Trondheim, Norway)
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2019/07 | Transgenerational plasticity in marine fish - a way to escape the claws of climate change? | SEB Annual Meeting
Society for Experimental Biology (Sevilla, Spain)
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2018/09/15 | Considering animal welfare and EU legislation in cephalopod research | DZG 111th Annual Meeting
Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (Greifswald, Germany)
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2018/07 | Advantages and limits of non-invasive methodology in conservation ecophysiology: insights from a laboratory physiologist | SEB Annual Meeting
Society for Experimental Biology (Firenze, Italy)
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2017/11/22 | Ocean Acidification: the other CO2 problem | OSPAR/MIME Meeting
ICES (Copenhagen, Denmark)
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2017/05/17 | Arctic gadoids in a warming and acidifying ocean - what are the ecophysiological consequences? A tale of two fish... | Biological Seminar Series
Institute for Hydrography and Fishery Sciences, University of Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany)
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2015/11 | Basic Facts and Updates on ocean acidification | COP21
(Paris, France)
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2015/11 | Will ocean acidification and warming affect European Societies? | Turkish-German Frontiers of Social Science Symposium
Koç University (Istanbul, Turkey)
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2015/06/05 | The BIOACID fish consortium: Physiological Insights into species resilience and Interaction in two polar gadoids | Ocean acidification: what’s it all about? UKOA Symposium
British Geographical Society/UK-OA Programme (London, United Kingdom)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2020 - Current | Application of spectrophotometric methods to investigate mitochondrial parameters in polar fish
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Degree)
Johannes Gutenberg Universität Fachbereich Biologie, Germany
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2015/01 - Current | Transgeneration effects of ocean acidification and warming on the cellular energy metabolism of sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax
Supervisor
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Marine Ecophysiology (PhD)
Universität Hamburg Institut für marine Ökosystem- und Fischereiwissenschaften, Germany
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2012/09 - Current | PCO2 and temperature effects on cellular energy budgets, mitochondrial and enzymatic capacities and pHi in life history stages
of marine fish
Co-supervisor
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Marine Ecophysiology (PhD)
Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany
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2019 - 2020 | The physiological response of the Arctic key species, Boreogadus saida, to environmental hypoxia: critical oxygen level and
swimming performance
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany
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2012/09 - 2018/05 | Energy budget, growth and exercise as indicators for performance and fitness under ocean acidification and warming in polar
gadoids
Co-supervisor
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Marine Ecophysiology (PhD)
Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany
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2017 - 2017 | Effects of Ocean Acidification on the phenotypic plasticity and functional properties of European sea bass (Dicentrarchus
labrax) haemoglobin
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany
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2010/09 - 2014/05 | Octopod haemocyanin function & evolution in a latitudinal cline
Co-supervisor
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Marine Ecophysiology (PhD)
Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany
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2014 - 2014 | Influence of ocean acidification and warming on blood oxygen binding and Hb expression in the Polar cod, Boreogadus saida
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France
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2009/09 - 2013/08 | Long-term physiological effects of Ocean Acidification on different life stages of Hyas araneus: Molecular physiology and
genetic basis of hypercapnic vulnerability
Co-supervisor
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Marine Ecophysiology (PhD)
Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany
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2009/09 - 2013/08 | Long-term physiological effects of Ocean Acidification on different life stages of Hyas araneus: System physiology
Co-supervisor
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Marine Ecophysiology (PhD)
Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany
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2009/09 - 2013/03 | Physiological response and mitochondrial adaptations to changing abiotic factors in Antarctic fish and cephalopods
Co-supervisor
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Marine Ecophysiology (PhD)
Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany
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2012 - 2012 | Effects of hypercapnia and hypoxia on tissue and blood homeostasis of the cuttlefish S. officinalis
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany
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2011 - 2011 | Mitochondrial responses of warm and CO2 acclimated Notothenia rossii
Supervisor
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Marine Ecophysiology (Master)
Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy
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2011 - 2011 | Expression of haemocyanin and various metabolic enzymes in response to temperature, ambient oxygen concentration and ontogeny
in the cuttlefish Sepia officinalis
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universität Rostock Institut für Biowissenschaften, Germany
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2009 - 2009 | Thermal sensitivity of mitochondrial function in S. officinalis
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany
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2008 - 2008 | Differential haemocyanin expression in S. officinalis
Supervisor
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Marine Biology (Master)
Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany
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Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2020/02/28 | External PhD examiner: ‘Physiological plasticity and evolution of thermal performance in zebrafish’
(Thesis) Arguer
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Rachael Morgan (PhD)
Norges Teknisk Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Fakultet for naturvitenskap og teknologi, Norway
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2016/12 | External PhD examiner: ,Nerve regeneration in the cephalopod mollusc Octopus vulgaris: a journey into morphological, cellular
and molecular changes including epigenetic modifications‘
(Thesis) Arguer
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Pamela Imperadore (PhD)
Università della Calabria Dipartimento di Biologia Ecologia e Scienze della Terra, Italy
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2016/12 | External PhD Examiner: ,Effect of different formulations of magnesium chloride used as anesthetic agents on the performance
of the isolated heart of Octopus vulgaris‘
(Thesis) Arguer
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C. Pugliese (PhD)
Università della Calabria Dipartimento di Biologia Ecologia e Scienze della Terra, Italy
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2016/04 | External PhD examiner: D.F. Botelho Reis: ,Fatty acid and and lipid class metabolism of common octopus (Octopus vulgaris)
and European cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) at early life stages‘
(Thesis) Arguer
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Diana F. Botelho Reis (PhD)
Universidade do Algarve - Campus de Gambelas, Portugal
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2015/12 | External MSc Examiner: ,A comparative analysis of honey bee, bumblebee, and German wasp flight morphometrics and mitochondrial
capacity‘
(Thesis) Main arguer
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R.T. Wilkinson (Master)
The University of Auckland Te Herenga Matauranga Whanui, New Zealand
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2010/12 | External PhD Examiner: ‘Etude comparative de la relation entre espèces réactives derivés de l’oxygène et métabolisme musculaire:
effets de l’entraînement’
(Thesis) Main arguer
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H. Mortelette (PhD)
Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2013 - Current | American Fisheries Society (AFS) Physiological Section | Member |
2003 - Current | Verband Biologie, Biowissenschaften & Biomedizin (VBIO) | Member |
2001 - Current | Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) | Member |
2000 - Current | Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft (DZG) | Member |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2017 - 2021 | Animal Section, Convenor for Conservation Physiology
Coordinator
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Society for Experimental Biology, United Kingdom |
Course / Discipline taught
Academic session | Degree Subject (Type) | Institution / Organization | |
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2019 - Current | Marine biological module & field course, Helgoland | Narine Biology, Ecophysiolgy (Bachelor) | Johannes Gutenberg Universität Fachbereich Biologie, Germany |
2008 - Current | The Ecophysiology of Marine Animals | Marine Ecophysiology (Master) | Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany |
2009/06 - 2009/06 | Summer School in Physiology | Marine Ecophysiology (Master) | Université de Bretagne Occidentale, France |
2006 - 2009 | Marine Biological field course to Brittany | Marine Biology (Bachelor) | Universitat Bremen Fachbereich 2 Biologie Chemie, Germany |
2008/11 - 2008/11 | The Ecophysiology of Thermal Tolerance in Marine Ectotherms | Marine Ecophysiology | Università degli studi di Padova Scuola di Scienze, Italy |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2018 - Current | Frontiers in Physiology (1664-042X) | Frontiers Media SA |
2018 - Current | Frontiers in Marine Science (2296-7745) | Frontiers Media SA |
2017 - Current | Conservation Physiology (2051-1434) | Oxford University Press |
2016/09 - 2017/08 | Journal of Thermal Biology (0306-4565) | Elsevier |