CURRICULUM VITAE

Esa Hohtola

1. Full names

HOHTOLA , Esa Juhani, male.

2. Date and place of birth

November 1951, Ilmajoki, Finland.

3. Education and training

  • Ph.D., University of Oulu, 02/1983
  • Licentiate of Philosophy, University of Oulu, 12/1977
  • Candidate of Philosophy (M.Sc.), University of Oulu,12/1974
  • Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), University of Oulu, 04/1974
  • High School diploma (matriculation), Minna Canth High School, Kuopio, 1970.

4. Current position

Professor emeritus since August 1, 2016. Retired professor of animal physiology, Department of Ecology and Genetics (formerly Dept. Biology), University of Oulu, Jan 1, 2003 - Jul 31, 2016. 

5. Previous professional appointments and awards

Domestic
  • Senior fellow, Academy of Finland, 08/2000-12/2002
  • Senior assistant, University of Oulu, Department of Biology, 1996 -2002
  • Docent (animal physiology), University of Oulu, 03/1987-12/2002
  • Senior scientist, Academy of Finland, 08/1993-07/1994
  • Assistant, University of Oulu, Department of Zoology, 01/1981-1996
  • Acting associate professor (physiological zoology), University of Oulu, Department of Zoology, 07/1988-06/1989
  • Acting senior assistant, University of Oulu, Department of Zoology, 08/1992-01/1993
  • Assistant, University of Oulu, Department of Zoology, (total 28 months), 1977-1980
  • Part-time teacher, University of Oulu, Department of Zoology, 1975-1979
  • Part-time teacher, University of Oulu, Department of Biophysics, (total 4 months), 1979-1981
  • Part-time teacher, University of Kuopio, Department of Applied Zoology, (total 2 months), 1982-1983
  • Visiting lecturer (2 h/year), University of Helsinki, Department of Biosciences, 2004-2019.
Abroad
  • Visiting scientist, University of New England (Armidale, Australia), Centre for Behavioural & Physiological Ecology, 2007-2008
  • Research associate, University of California Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, California, U.S.A.), Department of Biology 1994
  • Visiting scientist, Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida, U.S.A.), Department of Psychology, 1993-1994
  • Research fellow, University of Aarhus (Aarhus, Denmark), Department of Zoophysiology, 1985
  • Visiting scientist, University of Guelph (Guelph, Ontario, Canada), Department of Biology, 1984.

6. Other academic activities

Publications (see separate list)

Societies

  • Scandinavian Physiological Society, member of board 2004-2012
  • Finnish Physiological Society, member of board and treasurer 1997-2004, webmaster 2010-2023
  • American Physiological Society, member 2006-
  • Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, member 2003-2013
  • Finnish Ornithological Society, member 1969-2004.
Opponent in doctoral dissertation
  • University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, 05/2020
  • University of Turku, Department of Biology, 05/2014
  • University of Turku, Department of Biology, 04/2013
  • University of Joensuu, Department of Biology, 05/2012
  • University of Lund, Department of Biology 09/2012 (member of dissertation panel)
  • University of Trondheim, Department of Zoology, 05/2008
  • University of Trondheim, Department of Zoology, 12/1997
  • University of Oslo, Department of General Biology, 06/1993.
Doctoral theses examined
  • University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Helsinki, Finland V/2021
  • University of Turku, Faculty of  Medicine, Turku, Finland, I/2018
  • University of Turku, Department of Biology, Turku, Finland X/2014
  • University of Jyväskylä, Department of Biological and Environmental Science, Jyväskylä, Finland, X/2011
  • University of New England, School of Biological Sciences, Armidale, Australia, VI/2010
  • University of Kuopio, Department of Biosciences, Kuopio, Finland VI/2008
  • University of New England, School of Biological Sciences, Armidale, Australia, XII/2007
  • University of Turku, Department of Biology, Turku, Finland IX/2006
  • University of Joensuu, Department of Biology,  Joensuu, Finland VII/2003
  • University of New England, School of Biological Sciences, Armidale, Australia, VII/2001
  • University of Joensuu, Department of Biology, Joensuu, Finland, IX/2000
  • University of Tasmania, Department of Biochemistry, Hobart, Australia, II/1998
  • University of Oulu, Department of Physiology, Oulu, Finland, XI/1996
  • University of Oslo, Department of General Biology, Oslo, Norway, VI/1993.
Referee work for academic positions and major funding agencies
  • Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Japan, 2021
  • Docentship, University of Turku, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, 2021
  • Professor/associate professor, ecophysiology, University of Turku,  Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, 2018
  • Docentship, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, 2017
  • Docentship, University of Turku,  Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, 2017
  • Docentship, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, 2016
  • Member of the referee panel, Finnish Cultural Foundation, 2009, 2015
  • Professor, ecotoxicology, University of Turku, 2012
  • Docentship, University of Jyväskylä, Faculty of Science, 2011
  • Associate professor, animal physiology, Al-Bayt University, Jordan, 2010
  • Docentship, University of Joensuu, Faculty of Science, 2002
  • Docentship, University of Oulu, Medical Faculty, 2001
  • Docentship, University of Turku, Faculty of Science, 1997
  • Grant proposal, NSF, USA, 2011
  • Grant proposal, NSERC, Canada, 2009, 2012
  • Grant proposal, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2006
  • Friedel Sellschop Award, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa 2005
  • Grant proposal, The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 2004
  • Grant proposals, Norwegian Research Council, 2000, 2003, 2004-2007
  • Grant proposals, the Academy of Finland, 1995-2000.

Referee work for journals

Acta Physiologica, Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, American Journal of Physiology, Auk, BMC Biology, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Condor, Ecography, Frontiers  in Ecology and Evolution, Functional Ecology, Ibis, Journal of Avian Biology, Journal of Comparative Physiology, Journal of Experimental Biology, Journal of Mammalogy, JoVE, Journal of Zoology, Mammalia, Nature Communications, Naturwissenschaften, Oecologia, Ornis Fennica, Peerage of Science, Physiolological and Biochemical Zoology, Proceedings of the Royal Society London, Regulatory Peptides, Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Sciences, etc.

Symposia

Invited speaker (in major international meetings)

  • 7th International Conference on the Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation (PPTR 2018), Split, Croatia, 2018
  • RACMEM 2017 (Recent Advances & Controversies in Measuring Energy Metabolism), Fribourg, Switzerland, 2017
  • 5th International Biologging Symposium, BLS5, Starsbourg, Franbce, 2014
  • 37th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Birmingham, U.K., 2013
  • 8th Conference of the European Ornithologist's Union, Riga, Latvia, 2011
  • 14th International Hibernation Symposium, Swakopmund, Namibia, 2008
  • 13th International Hibernation Symposium, Life in the Cold 2004, Alaska, 2004
  • 33rd International Congress of Physiological Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1997
  • 21st International Ornithological Congress, Vienna, Austria, 1994.

Organizing committees

  • Symposium convener: 37th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Birmingham, U.K., July 21-26, 2013
  • Member of organizing committee, Scandinavian Physiological Society Annual Meeting 2012, Helsinki, Finland, October 5-7, 2012 (250 participants)
  • Symposium convener, 8th Conference of the European Ornithologist's Union, Riga, Latvia, August 27-30, 2011
  • Member of program committee, Third International Meeting on Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation Matsue, Japan, July 23-26, 2009
  • Member of organizing committee, Scandinavian Physiological Society Annual Meeting 2008, Oulu, Finland August 15-17, 2008 (300 participants)
  • Member of program committee, Second International Meeting on Physiology and Pharmacology of Temperature Regulation, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, March 3-6, 2006
  • Co-organizer of an International symposium "Avian thermal physiology and energetics" in Oulu, Finland, 1998 (40 participants)
  • Treasurer of the III International Congress of Pathophysiology, Lahti, Finland 1998 (800 participants)
  • Co-organizer of the 3rd Finnish Ornithological Congress, Oulu 1995 (100 participants).

7. Outreach and media

8. Non-professional activities and awards

Updated 2023-06-16

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