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Kerstin JOHANNESSON (Janson) Kerstin JOHANNESSON (Janson) EDUCATION 1986 Ph.D., University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Associate professor 1989. Professor 1999. POSITIONS 1999-present Professor in Marine Ecology, University of Gothenburg 1986-1998 Researcher and senior researcher funded by the Swedish Science Research Council (competitive grant applications). 1997-2000 Head of the Department of Marine Ecology, Univ of Gothenburg 2000-2007 Director of the Marine Research Station at Tjärnö 2018- Again, director of the Marine Research Station at Tjärnö SCIENTIFIC LEADERSHIP Main applicant (i.e. conceived and wrote applications) and principal investigator of: • European Marine Genetic Biodiversity (EUMAR), 2001-2004. Total funding 18 mSEK. 5th FP EU • Marine biodiversity- patterns and processes (MARBIPP), 2001-2006. Total funding 35 mSEK. Swedish EPA. • Baltic Sea Genetic biodiversity (BALTGENE), 2009-2011. Total funding 16 mSEK. EU BONUS. • Restoration of local cod stocks in Skagerrak (CODS), 2012-2014. Total funding 20 mSEK. Interreg. • Baltic Sea Marine Biodiversity (BAMBI), 2014-2017. Total funding 35mSEK. EU-BONUS. • Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology (CeMEB), 2008-2018. Total funding 77 mSEK. (Funding increased by 10%+10% after top evaluations 2010 and 2015). SUPERVISION AND HOSTSHIP 1. Supervisor (main or acting main) of 14 doctoral degrees: Bo Johannesson 1996; Anette Ekendahl 1997; Johan Erlandsson 1998; Ulf Lindahl 2000; Lillemor Svärdh 2003; Lisbeth Jonsson 2005; Johan Hollander 2006; Marina Panova 2007; Petri Kemppainen 2008, Daniel Johansson 2013, Sara Saltin 2013, Elin Renborg 2014; Angelica Ardehed 2015; Gurpreet Kaur-Kahlun 2017. (Currently co- supervising 2 PhD students Samuel Perini and Alexandra Kinsby). 2. Host of 7 postdocs/young researchers: Andrey Tatarenkov (Russia/USA, 2+2 years), Ricardo Pereyra (Mexico/UK). Gregory Charrier (France/USA, 4 years). Marina Panova (Russia), Mark Ravinet (UK, Japan, together with RK Butlin), Hernan Morales (Mexico, Australia, ongoing), Emma Berdan (US, Germany, ongoing together with Roger Butlin and Maren Wellenreuther) 3. Host of 4 guest researchers: Natalia Mikhailova (Russia, 3+3+3 mo), Andrey Granovitch (Russia, 3+3 mo), Emilio Rolán-Alvarez (Spain, 1 mo), Elizabeth Boulding (Canada, 2+1 mo). 4. Host of 3 guest professors (competitive funding): Lamberg's guest professor Jon Havenhand (2002-2003). Tage Erlander’s guest professor John McNamara (2007-2008). Tage Erlander’s guest professor Roger Butlin (2013-2014). Waernska professuren Roger Butlin 2014-2015. DISTINCTIONS • Second prize for a popular science article in the magazine Forskning och Framsteg 2007 • The Börssällskapet Research Award 2009 • Elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2011 • The Swedish Species Information Centre (Artdatabanken) Conservation Prize 2013 • The Royal Physiographic Society in Lund, Rosén’s Linnaeus prize in zoology 2013 • Elected member of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg 2015 • Awarded the Swedish "Kunskapspriset" (Å-forsk) for communicating science to society 2016 • Nominated and finalist (top 3) to the Sweden Impact Award 2017 (for impact of science in society) MAIN ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS 1997- 00 Head of the new Department of Marine Ecology, University of Gothenburg 2000- 07 Director of the Tjärnö Marine Biological Laboratory (75 staff). 1999- 00 Member of the Biology Board of the Science Research Council 2000- 02 Member of the committee for environmental research at the Swedish EPA 2001- 03 Chairman of the ecology committee of the Science Research Council 2005 Member of the biodiversity committee of the Science Research Council 2005- 06 Chairman of the Environmental Protection Agency research committee 2007 Chairman of panel evaluating the Sars Centre, University of Bergen 2007- 09 Board of the Swedish Research Council; Science and Technology 2009- 17 Advisory board of the Linnaeus centre CanMove, Univ of Lund 2011- 15 Advisory board of Kiel Cluster of Excellence Future Oceans 2012- 15 Director of the multidisciplinary Centre for Marine Environmental Research at University of Gothenburg 2013- Crafoord prize committe (Ecology) of the Royal Acad. of Sciences, Sweden 2013- Member of the Board of Mistra (Deputy chair 2016-) 2016-18 Board of the Swedish Research Council; Science and Technology I have been acting faculty opponent in Norway 5 times and in Finland 1 time. I regularly evaluated applications for different research councils (Sweden, Norway, Finland, UK, US), and applicants for lecturer and professors positions (Norway, Sweden, Germany). I have been the responsible organiser of three large international conferences and additionally a handful of international workshops. Scientific publications by Kerstin Johannesson (Janson) I have authored or co-authored 121 peer-reviewed journal publications and 3 peer- reviewed book chapters. I have edited one book. I am first author of 47 (39%) of the journal papers and senior author of 46 (38%). According to Web of Science my publications have been cited in total >4350 times and 9 of my 1st authored publications have been cited >100 times. In addition, >>500 publications for which I am not co- author are the results of research projects/programs with me as the principal scientist (Marbipp, EUMAR, BaltGene, BONUS-Bambi, CeMEB). My H-index is 40 (Web of Science) and 45 (Google scholar). Original contributions and reviews published in international peer-reviewed journals 1. Janson K 1982 Phenotypic differentiation in Littorina saxatilis Olivi (Mollusca Prosobranchia) in a small area on the Swedish west coast. J. moll. Stud. 48:167- 173 2. Janson K 1982 Genetic and environmental effects on the growth rate of Littorina saxatilis Olivi. Mar. Biol. 69:73-78 3. Janson K & Sundberg P 1983 Multivariate morphometric analysis of two varieties of Littorina saxatilis from the Swedish west coast. Mar. Biol. 74:49-53 4. Janson K 1983 Chromosome number in two phenotypically distinct populations of Littorina saxatilis Olivi, and in specimens of the Littorina obtusata (L.) species- complex. J. mollusc. Stud. 49:224-227 5. Janson K 1983 Selection and migration in two distinct phenotypes of Littorina saxatilis in Sweden. Oecologia 59:58-61 6. Janson K & Ward R D 1984 Microgeographic variation in allozyme and shell characters in Littorina saxatilis Olivi (Prosobranchia: Littorinidae). Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 22:289-307 7. Janson K 1985 Variation in the occurrence of abnormal embryos in females of the intertidal gastropod Littorina saxatilis Olivi. J. moll. Stud. 51:64-68 8. Janson K 1985 A morphologic and genetic analysis of Littorina saxatilis (Prosobranchia) from Venice, and on the problem of saxatilis-rudis nomenclature. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 24:51-59 9. Ward R D & Janson K 1985 A genetic analysis of sympatric subpopulations of the sibling species Littorina saxatilis Olivi and Littorina arcana Hannaford Ellis. J. moll. Stud. 51: 86-94 10. Janson K & Ward R D 1985 The taxonomic status of Littorina tenebrosa Montagu as assessed by morphological and genetic analyses. J. Conch. 32:9-15 11. Janson K 1985 Genetic variation in three species of Caribbean periwinkles, Littorina angustior, L. lineolata, and L. ziczac (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia). Bull. Mar. Sci.37:871-879 12. Janson K 1985 Genetic and morphologic variation within and between populations of Littorina angulifera from Florida. Ophelia 24:125-134 13. Janson K 1987 Genetic drift in small and recently founded populations of the marine snail Littorina saxatilis . Heredity 58:31-37 14. Janson K 1987 Allozyme and shell variation in two marine snails (Littorina , Prosobranchia) with different dispersal abilities. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 30:245-256 15. Sundberg P & Janson K 1987 Polymorphism in Oerstedia dorsalis (Abildgaard, 1806) revisited - electrophoretic evidence for a species complex. Hydrobiologia 156:93-98 16. Johannesson K 1988 The paradox of Rockall: why is a brooding gastropod (Littorina saxatilis) more widespread than one having a planktonic larval dispersal stage (L. littorea)? Mar. Biol. 99:507-513 17. Johannesson K 1989 The bare zone of Swedish rocky shores: why is it there? Oikos 54:77-86 18. Johannesson K, Rödström E M & Aase H 1989 Low genetic variability in Scandinavian populations of Ostrea edulis L. - possible causes and implications. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 128:177-190 19. Johannesson K & Johannesson B 1989 Differences in allele frequencies of Aat between high- and mid-rocky shore populations of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) suggest selection in this enzyme locus. Genet. Res., Camb. 54:7-11 20. Johannesson B & Johannesson K 1990 Littorina neglecta Bean, a morphological form within the variable species Littorina saxatilis Olivi ? Hydrobiologia 193:71- 88 21. Johannesson K & Johannesson B 1990 Genetic variation within Littorina saxatilis Olivi and Littorina neglecta Bean. - Is neglecta a good species ? Hydrobiologia 193:89-98 22. Johannesson K & Warmoes T 1990 Rapid colonization of Belgian breakwaters by the direct developer Littorina saxatilis Olivi. Hydrobiologia 193:99-108 23. Sundberg P, Knight A, Ward R D & Johannesson K 1990 Estimating the phylogeny in Littorina saxatilis Olivi from enzyme data: methodological considerations. Hydrobiologia 193:29-40 24. Kautsky N, Johannesson K & Tedengren M 1990 Genotypic and phenotypic differences between Baltic and North Sea populations of Mytilus edulis evaluated through reciprocal transplantations. 1. Growth and morphology. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 59:203-210 25. Johannesson K, Kautsky N & Tedengren M 1990 Genotypic and phenotypic differences between
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