Tertiary Education

PhD 2000. Tropical Marine Ecology. Dept. of Marine Biology, James Cook University, QLD Australia.

MSc 1994. Tropical Marine Zoology. Dept. of Physiology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Professional areas of interest

The early development of fishes: first feed, growth, habitat-use, -selection and imprinting. Functional morphology & anatomy. Connectivity among populations. The ecology, behaviour & ecophysiology of cnidarians and their fish and crustacean symbionts. Aquaculture, particular sustainable coral & coral reef fish culture. Conservation. Journalism. Underwater photography. Design, layout and publishing of books.

Key skills & achievements

1. Independent research as principal investigator: design, fundraising, implementation & management of long-term research projects - advanced laboratory & field experiments.
2. Certified, experienced TEM, SEM & LM user.
3. Successful culture of several anemonefish species (>10.000 specimens) & stony corals.
4. Staff management, design, construction and maintenance of aquaculture facilities/aquariums.
5. Teaching, lecturing & supervision in behavior, ecology, ecophysiology and morphology (including TEM, SEM & LM). Science language - research paper preparation & publication.
6. >600 hrs of SCUBA-surveys & experiments on coral reefs in Egypt, Indonesia, Israel, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Japan, Fiji, & Australia. U/W- photo collection, corals - fishes: approx. 5000 images. Several images selected for the front page of international science publications.
7. Book, brochure and magazine design, layout and publishing.

List of papers & public relation history

85 papers completed: 1 book, 16 refereed papers & 1 refereed book chapter, 2 refereed dissertations, 9 international conference/meeting abstracts, 35 popular science articles, 6 feasibility studies, 7 national newspaper articles and 8 technical reports. (1 refereed paper in review. 3 refereed papers in prep.).

6 x front cover images on volumes of international science publications: 2 x J. Mar. Biol. Assoc. UK, 84(3) 2004; 86(5), 2006; 3 x World of Nature (Scandinavian popular science journal) 1999, 2001 & 2003; 1 x World Aquaculture Magazine 2005; 4 National TV/Radio/Newspaper interviews