Curriculum Vitae   Born November 9th, 1947. Danish citizenship. Divorced, two sons. Education: Master of Science in zoology, "Cricket Audition", University of Copenhagen, 1974 Ph.D. in neurobiology, "Mechano-reception in Insects with Special Emphasis on Directional Hearing", Odense University, 1980   Appointments: Instructor in zoology and neurobiology at Zoological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen, 1970-73, and Institute of Biology, Odense University, 1973-74 Draftee in the Danish Army, 1974-75 Assistant Professor Substitute, Odense University, 1975 Holder of a Florey European Studentship at The Queen's College, Oxford, U.K., 1975-1976 SNF-Scholar (Danish Science Research Council) at Inst. of Biol., Odense University, 1976-1980 Associate Professor in neurobiology at Institute of Biology, Odense University/University of Southern Denmark, 1980-present     Societies: Society for Experimental Biology, 1975-1985 International Society for Neuroethology, 1985-present Society for Neuroscience, 1988-present European Neuroscience Association, 1988-present Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, 1991-present Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1996-present   Meetings and Lectures: Co-organiser of 5 international meetings and summer schools, 1975-present Attended 34 international meetings with posters or slide presentations, 1975-present Lectured at 17 universities abroad, 1975-present   Referee: 'Animal Behaviour','Journal of Comparative Physiology A', 'Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology', 'Journal of Comparative Physiology A', 'Journal of Insect Physiology', 'Ethology, Ecology and Evolution', 'Philosophical Transactions B', and 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B'   Field research: Ljubljana University's Field Station in Portoroz, Slovenia, August 1981 and 1982   Uppsala University's Field Station in Öland, Sweden, April 1982-1985   Diamantina, Queensland, Australien (from University of Queensland ) May 1987 and June 1988   University of Tenerife, Tenerife & Gomera, Spain, October-November 1990 and 1991   University of Maryland at College Park, January 1993 and November 1993-1995   Queen's University, Ontario, Canada, July 1995   Indiana University, Bloomington, USA, October-November 1996 and January 1997   University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA, December 1998   Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Göttingen, Germany, November 1999      Colorado State University's field station, Colorado, USA, February 2004   Sabbaticals: With Dr. M. Calford & Dr. J.D. Pettigrew, University of Queensland, Australia, 1987-1988   With Dr. B.J. Frost, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1992   With Dr. R.J. Dooling, University of Maryland at College Park, USA, January 1993   Key-words Avian hearing, directional hearing, masking release, sound degradation in the biotope, sound production in birds   Teaching: Lecturing in Animal Behaviour, Behavioural Ecology, and Neurobiology 1980-present Supervisor of 41 bachelor projects, 24 masters projects, and 2 Ph.D. projects, 1980-present Teaching 15 extramural courses on different aspects of sensory physiology, 1980-present External examiner at Copenhagen and Aarhus Universities 1980-present   Committees: Member of ten different university committees (1-13 years) Head of Institute of Biology, 1983-1984 Deputy Chair of Institute of Biology, 1996-1998 Chairman of the Institute of Biology, 1999-present   Contact Research Publications Teaching and students

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