Steffensen Fish Lab

• The dispute whether metabolic cold adaptation in Arctic and Antarctic fish is a fact or an artefact.
• The form and function of the primary and secondary circulatory systems in teleosts.
• Benefits and limitations for fish swimming in schools, particularly sea bass Morone saxatilis and Atlantic herring Clupea harengus.
• The adaptation of fish to environmental hypoxia and temperature, including temperature preference.
• Metabolism, kinematics and muscle dynamics, and circulation of swimming fish - mainly in carangiforms but also labriform and balistiform swimmers.
• Projects physiological performance, tolerance and growth of fish in aquaculture, particularly sturgeon, eel, tilapia and trout.
• Biology, Behaviour and Physiology of Atlantic sailfish
• Optimizing growth in aquaculture - GUDP-Project.

Date of birth
February 28, 1955

Education
1980: Master of Science, University of Aarhus, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dept. of Zoophysiology.
1984: PhD/lic. scient., University of Aarhus, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Dept. of Zoophysiology.

Employment
1980 - 1981: Visiting scientist at The Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Florida, USA.
1981 - 1984: Research associate (PhD.-student) at University of Aarhus, Dept. of Zoophysiology.
1984 - 1985: NATO Postdoc at University of British Columbia, Dept. Of Zoology, Vancouver, Canada.
1986 - 1988: Research associate at University of Aarhus, Dept. of Zoophysiology.
1988 - 1989: Marine Biologist/Ecotoxicologist at the National Environmental Research Lab. Marine Unit, Ministry of Environment.
1989 - 1993: Assistant professor at the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen.
1993 - 2009: Associate professor (lektor) at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Univ. of Copenhagen.
2009 - 2014: Professor mso at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Univ. of Copenhagen.
2014 - : Professor at the Marine Biological Section, Univ. of Copenhagen.

Short term appointments
1994: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla, USA. Fulbright visiting professor (3 months).
1997: Sesoko Tropical Biosphere Research Centre, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Visiting Scientist (1 month).
1999: Univ. N.E.Sao Paolo, Rio Claro, Brazil. Visiting scientist, 6 weeks.
2001: National University of Singapore, Singapore. Visiting scientist (1 month).
2002: University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA, USA. Visiting faculty (5 weeks).
2004: Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, La Jolla. Visiting faculty USA (3 months).
2005: School of Medical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Visiting faulty (3 months).
2005: University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA, USA. Visiting faculty (5 weeks).
2007: University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA, USA. Visiting faculty (5 weeks).
2008: Sesoko Tropical Biosphere Research Centre, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Visiting Scientist (1 month).
2009: University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA, USA. Visiting faculty (5 weeks).
2011: University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA, USA. Visiting faculty (5 weeks).
2013: University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA, USA. Visiting faculty (5 weeks).
2015: University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA, USA. Visiting faculty (5 weeks).
2016: Hawaii International University and Hawaii Oceanic Center, HA, Visiting faculty (4 weeks).
2017: University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA, USA. Visiting faculty (5 weeks).
2018: Hawaii International University and Hawaii Oceanic Center, HA, Visiting faculty (4 weeks).
2019: University of Washington, Friday Harbor Laboratories, WA, USA. Visiting faculty (5 weeks).

Web Of Science H-Factor = 41
Google Scholar H-Index = 48
Research Gate Factor = 42,5

Member of committees
Member of the Swedish Research Council FORMAS' Expert Panel on Agricultural Sciences, Animals and Food - Animals and Veterinary Medicine. 2006 -2009.
Member of the Swedish Research Council FORMAS' Expert Panel on Agricultural Sciences, Animals and Food - Sustainable use of Natural Resources. 2009 - 2013.

Referee for among others the following
Journal of Experimental Biology
Canadian Journal of Zoology
Journal of Fish Biology
Aquacultural Engineering
Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, Canada.
The Royal Society - Proceedings, England.
Natural Science Research Council, United Kingdom.
Journal of Sea Research, Netherlands.
Functional Ecology.
National Science Foundation, USA.
National Marine Fisheries, USA.
Marine Biology.
Polar Biology.
Physiological and Biochemical Biology.
Sea Grant, USA.
The Norwegian Research Council.
National Geographic.

Updated July 2019