Esa Hohtola: C.V.

CURRICULUM VITAE

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)

7^th 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
5^th International Biologging Symposium, BLS5, Starsbourg, Franbce, 2014
37^th International Congress of Physiological Sciences, Birmingham, U.K., 2013
8^th Conference of the European Ornithologist's Union, Riga, Latvia, 2011
14^th International Hibernation Symposium, Swakopmund, Namibia, 2008
13^th International Hibernation Symposium, Life in the Cold 2004, Alaska, 2004
33^rd International Congress of Physiological Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1997
21^st 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

Several books and articles for the general public (see Publications)
Several interviews and features in magazines, newspapers and in the national radio YLE.

8. Non-professional activities and awards

Ornithological Society of Northern Ostrobothnia, chair, 1975-1976, 1983-1987, 2017-2019
Gold-medal, awarded by BirdLife Finland, 2013
Licenced radio amateur operator since 1971, general class since 1973

Updated 2023-06-16

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