Here you will find Tardigradologists' directories.

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Name Surname Address Interests Position
Wataru Abe Laboratory of Evolutionary Systematics;
Department of Biological Sciences;
Graduate School of Science;
University of Tokyo;
3-1 Hongo 7-chome;
Tokyo 113-0033;
Japan
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Tel: 0081 (0)3 58414045
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e-mail:
wabe@biol.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Taxonomy, phylogeny,  biogeography Research Associate
Paul Bartels Warren Wilson College;
Department of Biology;
CPO 6032;
P.O. Box 9000;
Asheville, NC 28815;
USA
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e-mail: pbartels@warren-wilson.edu
Ecology, behaviour, taxonomy Professor
Clark Beasley Department of Biology;
McMurry University;
Abilene, Texas 79697;
USA
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e-mail: cbeasley@mcm.edu
or: beasleyc@mcmurryadm.mcm.edu
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             Website
Taxonomy,  biogeography Professor
Sandra Claxton 31 Bowman Ave;
South Camden;
NSW 2570;
Australia
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e-mail:
sclaxton@bigpond.com
Taxonomy, ecology, biogeography PhD
Susanna de Zio Grimaldi Department of Zoology;
University of Bari;
Via Orabona 4;
70125 Bari;
Italy
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e-mail: s.de.zio@biologia.uniba.it
Ecology, taxonomy, biogeography Full Professor
Peter Degma Department of Zoology;
Comenius University;
Mlynska Dolina B-1;
SK-842 15 Bratislava;
Slovakia
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e-mail: degma@fns.uniba.sk
Faunistics, ecology Scientific Assistant
Miloslav Devetter Institute of Soil Biology;
Czech Academy of Sciences;
Na Sadkach 7;
370-05 Ceskie Budejovice;
Czech Republic
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e-mail: devetter@upb.cas.cz
Ecology, taxonomy, soil biology, limnology Researcher
Soren Faurby Ecology and Genetics;
Institute of Biology;
University of Aarhus;
Ny Munkegade - Building 1540;
8000 Arhus C;
Denmark
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e-mail: soren.faurby@biology.au.dk
Biogeography,
taxonomy,
evolutionary and ecological aspects of cryptobiosis
PhD Student
Paulo Fontoura Department of Zoology and Anthropology;
Faculty of Sciences;
University of Porto;
Praca Gomes Teixeira;
4099-002, Porto;
Portugal
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Tel: 00351 223401485
Fax: 00351 223401511
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e-mail: pfontoura@fc.up.pt
Taxonomy, behaviour Associate Professor
John Gibson Institute of Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies;
University of Tasmania;
Private Bag 77;
Tasmania 7001;
Australia
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e-mail:
john.gibson@utas.edu.au
Antarctic tardigrades, paleolimnology of tardigrades Honorary Research Fellow
Bob Goldstein Biology Department;
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
Chapel Hill, NC 27510-3280;
USA
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e-mail: bobg -at- unc.edu
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            Website
Evolution of Development Associate Professor
Roberto Guidetti Department of Animal Biology;
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia;
Via Campi 213/D;
41100, Modena;
Italy
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Tel: 0039 059 2055555
Fax: 0039 059 2055548
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e-mail: guidetti.roberto@unimore.it
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            Website
Ecological physiology,
extreme environmental physiology
Researcher
Noemi Guil Invertebrate Department;
Zoological Museum;
University of Copenhagen;
Universitetsparken 15;
DK-2100 Copenhagen O;
Denmark
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e-mail:
nguillopez@gmail.com
Taxonomy, phylogeny, biodiversity, ecology PhD
Steffen Hengherr Stuttgart University;
Institute of Biology;
Zoologie Pfaffenwaldring 57;
70569 Stuttgart;
Germany
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Tel: 0049 711 68565089
Fax: 0049 711 68565096

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e-mail: steffen.hengherr@bio.uni-stuttgart.de
Biochemical and physiological mechanisms of cryptobiosis in invertebrates PhD Student
Karin Hohberg State Museum of Natural History Gorlitz;
Sonnenstr. 19;
P.O.B. 300154;
D-02806 Gorlitz;
Germany
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Tel: 0049 03581 4760531

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e-mail:
Karin.Hohberg@smng.smwk.sachsen.de
Ecology, behaviour Researcher
Daiki Horikawa Lab. of Insect Life-Cycles and Physiology;
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences;
Ohwashi 1-2, Tsukuba;
Ibaraki 305-8634;
Japan
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e-mail: tardig@affrc.go.jp
Ecological physiology,
extreme environmental physiology
Graduate Student
Helen Ivarson Lund University;
Theoretical Ecology;
Ecology Building;
S-223 67 Lund;
Sweden
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e-mail: helen.ivarsson@teorekol.lu.se
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             Website
Life histories and the evolution
of cryptobiosis
PhD Student
Javier Jerez-Jaimes Faculty of Sciences;
Universidad Industrial de Santander;
Bucaramanga;
Colombia
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e-mail: javjerez@yahoo.es
or:        javjerez@hotmail.com
Taxonomy, ecology, palaeontology, relationships tardigrades-bryophytes, bioindicators Instructor
Ingemar Jonsson Department of Mathematics and Science;
Kristianstad University;
S-291 88 Kristianstad;
Sweden
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Tel: 0046 44 203429
Fax: 0046 44 203403
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e-mail: ingemar.jonsson@mna.hkr.se
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             Website
Evolution, ecology, life histories, cryptobiosis, desiccation tolerance Researcher
Lukasz Kaczmarek Department of Animal Taxonomy
and Ecology;
A. Mickiewicz University;
Umultowska 89;
61-614 Poznan;
Poland
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Tel: 0048 606384687
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e-mail: kaczmar@amu.edu.pl
or:        kacztar@poczta.fm
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             Website
Taxonomy,  biogeography PhD Student
Ian Kinchin King's Institute of Learning and Teaching;
King's College;
James Clerk Maxwell Building;
57 Waterloo Road;
London;
SE1 8WA;
United Kingdom
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e-mail: ian.kinchin@kcl.ac.uk
  PhD
Reinhardt Kristensen Invertebrate Department;
Zoological Museum;
University of Copenhagen;
Universitetsparken 15;
DK-2100 Copenhagen O;
Denmark
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Tel: 0045 35 32 11 18
Fax: 0045 35 32 10 10
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e-mail: rmkristensen@snm.ku.dk
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             Website
             Arctic station website
Marine and Arctic Tardigrada, traditional and molecular taxonomy Full Professor, Director of Arctic Station
Xiaochen Li College of Life Sciences;
Shaanxi Normal University;
Xian, Shaanxi 710062;
China
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e-mail: xiaochen@snnu.edu.cn
Taxonomy, biogeography, thermal biology Assistant Professor
Nigel Marley Marine Biology & Ecology Research Centre;
University of Plymouth (BGB301);
Drake Circus;
Plymouth;
PL4 8AA;
United Kingdom
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e-mail: nigel.marley@plymouth.ac.uk
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            Website
Taxonomy,
biogeography,
phylogeny,
community, ecology
Researcher
Sandra McInnes
British Antarctic Survey;
Madingley Road;
Cambridge;
CB3 0ET;
United Kingdom
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Tel: 0044 1223 221559
Fax: 0044 1223 362616
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e-mail: s.mcinnes@bas.ac.uk
      or: sjmc@pcmail.nerc-bas.ac.uk
Antarctic tardigrades, taxonomy, biogeography, population ecology Researcher
Harry Meyer
Box 92000;
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences;
McNeese State University;
Lake Charles, Louisiana 70609;
USA
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e-mail:
hmeyer@mcneese.edu
Ecology, biogeography Associate Professor
Lukasz Michalczyk School of Biological Sciences;
University of East Anglia;
Norwich;
NR4 7TJ;
United Kingdom
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Tel: 0044 7708788865
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e-mail: agnostic@poczta.fm
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           Website
Taxonomy, morphology, biogeography, evolution PhD Student
William Miller Department of Biology;
Chestnut Hill College;
9601 Germantown Ave;
Philadelphia, PA 19118;
USA
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e-mail: millerw@chc.edu
Supporter PhD
Colleen Mitchell Florida;
USA
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e-mail:
CRMitchell80@hotmail.com
Life History,
cryptobiosis
 
Diane Nelson Department of Biological Sciences;
East Tennessee State University;
Box 70703 ETSU;
Johnson City, TN 37614-1710;
USA
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e-mail: nelsond@mail.etsu.edu
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Taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology Professor Emerita
Brent Nichols Principal Scientist;
Chief Scientific Officer;
DNA Environmental Logistics Corporation;
7022 Morning Dove Loop W;
Lakeland, FL 33809;
USA
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Tel: 001 813 3568144
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e-mail: bnichols@dnaenvironmental.com
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Systematics, phylogeny, ecology PhD
Lorena Rebecchi Department of Animal Biology;
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia;
Via Campi 213/D;
41100, Modena;
Italy
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Tel: 0039 059 2055553
Fax: 0039 059 2055548
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e-mail: rebecchi.lorena@unimore.it
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            Website
Reproductive strategies, cytogenetics, life history, cryptobiosis, ultrastructure, biogeography Associate Professor
Frank Romano Department of Biology;
Jacksonville State University;
700 Pelham Road North;
Jacksonville, Alabama 36265-1602;
USA
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e-mail: fromano@jsu.edu
Faunistics and ecology of limno-terrestrial and marine
tardigrades
Professor and Head, Biology
Mike Shaw 217 Lancaster Gate Drive, No. 301;
Midlothian, VA 23113;
USA
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Tel: 001 804 7947890
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e-mail: mike@theshaws.com
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            Website
Taxonomy Independent researcher
Ralph Shill Stuttgart University;
Institute of Biology;
Zoologie Pfaffenwaldring 57;
70569 Stuttgart;
Germany
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Tel: 0049 711 68569143
Fax: 0049 711 68565096
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e-mail: ralph.schill@bio.uni-stuttgart.de
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            Website
Biochemical and biophysical adaptations to environmental extremes in
terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates; stability of cells; stress proteins;
cryptobiosis
PhD
Atsushi Suzuki Department of Biology;
Keio University School of Medicine;
Hiyoshi, Yokohama 223-8521;
Japan
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e-mail: chu@hc.cc.keio.ac.jp
Comparative anatomy, life histories Assistant Professor
Denis Tumanov Laboratory of freshwater
and experimental hydrobiology;
Zoological Institute;
Academy of Sciences;
Universitetskaia emb. 1;
St. Petersburg 199034;
Russia
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e-mail: tardigrada@zin.ru
Ecology, taxonomy, soil biology, limnology Researcher
Bela Vargha
National Institute of Environmental Health;
Department of Soil Hygiene;
Laboratory of Ecology
H-1097 Budapest;
Gyali ut 2-6;
Hungary
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e-mail: adalbertus@hdsnet.hu
Faunistics, ecology, biodiversity, bioindication Head of Laboratory
Barbara Weglarska Department of Systematic Zoology and Zoogeography;
Jagiellonian University;
ul. Ingardena 6;
30-060 Krakow;
Poland
Morphology, embryology, physiology, taxonomy Retired Professor

 

 

 

 

 


Last update: 15-03-2008
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(2004-2008)