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Name:
Alf Skovgaard
 
Born:
1968, Rønne (Bornholm) Denmark
 
Nationality:
Danish
 
Married:
Yes
 
Children:
2
 
Education:

PhD in marine biology (plankton ecology)

 
Work,

Address:

University of Copenhagen
Faculty of Life Sciences
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology
 Section of Fish Diseases Stigbøjlen 7, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark

Private,

Address:

Hjortestien 18
DK-2860 Søborg
Denmark
 
Phone:
e-mail:
(+45) 35 33 31 37
alf@life.ku.dk
Phone:
Mobile:
(+45) 38 87 44 09
(+45) 22 88 61 20




 

Career

 
 
2008-
Research associate professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen (project funded by Villum Kann Rasmussen Foundation)
 
2005-2008

Research associate professor, Dept. of Phycology, University of Copenhagen (fellowship by Carlsberg Foundation).
2003-2005
Post doc. Institut de Ciències del Mar, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain (Marie Curie fellowship).
 
2001-2002
Research associate professor, "lektor", BIOHAB, Marine Biological Laboratory.
 
2000-2001
Post doc. (Research assistant professor, "forskningsadjunkt") financed by an EU-funded project, BIOHAB: "Mixotrophy among harmful algae". Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen.
 
1996-1999
Graduate student, Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen. Supervisors: Tom Fenchel & Per Juel Hansen. Committee: Jakob Larsen (chair), Bland Finlay & Kathrine Richardson. Dissertation: 07.12.1999.
 
1994-1995
Part time research assistant (BSc), Marine Biological Laboratory: Identification and enumeration of microplankton, heterotrophic and autotrophic flagellates and ciliates.
 
1992-1994
Half time research assistant (BSc), National Environmental Research Institute (DMU), dept. of Marine Ecology and Microbiology: Identification and enumeration of micro- and mesozooplankton. Field work: copepod egg production.
 

 

Teaching experience
During positions at University of Copenhagen, Institute of Biology, I have been teaching students at different levels. I have primarily taught the basic level course "Introduction to marine biology", giving students introduction to the fields of marine botany, marine zoology and biological oceanography. I have been responsible teacher for this course a number of times and have also served as an assistant teacher for the advanced level courses "Aquatic ecology" and "Protists - Eukaryote microbiology".

Cruises:
2006 Sep/Oct, HMDS Vædderen (the Galathea3-expedition), North Atlantic Ocean, 1 month
2001 August, FS Heincke, North Sea, 3 weeks
1994 Juli, RV Gunnar Thorson, Skagerak, 1 week

Field work:
2003-2004 Biweekly zooplankton sampling and monitoring, NW Mediterranean
1993 June, EU-project MICE, zooplankton sampling, copepod egg production

Visiting scientist at:
 2001 May, University of Kalmar, Dept. of Marine Ecology, Sweden
1997 Feb.-Aug., Horn Point Environmental Laboratory, University of Maryland, USA

Reviewer for:
Journals:
Acta Protozoologica
Aquatic Microbial Ecology
European Journal of Phycology
Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Journal of Plankton Research
Journal of Sea Research
Kuwait Journal of Science and Engeneering
Limnology and Oceanography
Marine Biology
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Protist

Funding agencies:
National Science Foundation, USA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA

Memberships:
Phycological Society of America
The International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, ASLO