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Prof. Dr. Patricia Holm, Leiterin MGU Forschungsprogramm
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HOLM Patricia, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. | Born November 22, 1959 in Mainz, Germany Married, 2 children German Citizen Languages: German, English, French |
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Address | Office: Universität Basel, Mensch Gesellschaft Umwelt (MGU) Vesalgasse 1, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland Tel. + 41 61 267 04 00/02, Fax + 41 61 267 04 09 e-mail: patricia.holm@unibas.ch Home: Hegibergstr. 111, 4632 Trimbach, Switzerland Tel. +41 62-293 60 45; Fax +41 62293 60 46 |
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Education | M.Sc. Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg, Germany, 1985 Ph.D. Zoological Institute I, University of Heidelberg, Germany, 1989 |
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Professional Experience | 2003 - to date Professor University Basel, Head of the Research Programme "Mensch Gesellschaft Umwelt" MGU at the University of Basel. 1999 - 2003 Head of the project „Netzwerk Fischrückgang Schweiz“ (Fischnetz), EAWAG, Swiss Federal Institute for Environmental Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Switzerland 1994 – 1999 Senior assistant, Interdisciplinary Center for General Ecology, University of Bern, Switzerland 1992 – 1994 Senior assistant, Interdisciplinary Center for General Ecology, University of Bern (50-70%) and Senior assistant, Institute for Animal Pathology, University of Bern, Switzerland (10%), substitutive head of the department for Electron microscopy 1990 – 1992 Post-Doc, Department of Neurobiology Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zürich, Switzerland 1989 – 1990 Consultant for Biology and Ecology, RauCon Bioinformatik und Consulting GmbH, Dielheim, Germany |
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Present Additional Professional Activities (Selection) | Representative of the Faculty of Science and Chairperson of the curriculum commission of the Master's Degree in Sustainable Development at the University of Basel Member and President Steering Committee FN+ (Fischnetz plus) Member of the Expert Group Ecotoxicology (BAFU) Member of the Swiss Expert Commission "Endocrine Active Compounds" (BAFU) Member of the ISOE Scientific Board (Instiut für sozial-ökologische Forschung), Frankfurt a.M., Germany |
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Former Additional Professional Activities (Selection) | Commission of environmental observation, 1993-1995 Commission of European Affairs, University of Bern, 1993-1996 Member of the Foundation Board of PUSCH (Praktischer Umweltschutz Schweiz), -2007 Member of the SAGUF Board (Schweizerische Akademische Gesellschaft für Umweltforschung und Ökologie) |
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Major Research Areas | Ecology, biology, physiology, biochemistry and ecotoxicology, pathology of aquatic animals, especially fish Research on fish as bioindicator, endocrine disruption, stress ecology of aquatic ecosystems Development of concepts and practical measures to improve the low population abundance and impaired health status of fish in Switzerland |
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Teaching Activites | Ecology Ecotoxicology Zoology Sustainable Development |
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Academic Honors and Merits | “Berner Umweltforschungspreis” for the habilitation thesis, University of Bern, 1999 ALTEX Award by FFVFF (Stiftung Fonds für versuchstierfreie Forschung, Zürich) for the publication: Schweigert., N., Eggen, R.I.L., Escher, B.I., Burkhardt-Holm, P. and Behra, R. 2002 “Ecotoxicological Assessment of Surface Waters: A Modular Approach Integrating In Vitro Methods”. ALTEX 19, Supplement 1, 30-37. Merit bonus from EAWAG (project Fischnetz), 2000. Merit bonus from EAWAG (course "International Water Management") 2003. Award for the best poster: Bopp, S., Holm, P. and Knauer, K. 2005. Ist die Detektion reaktiver Sauerstoffspezies (ROS) ein geeigneter unspezifischer Biomerker für Mikroverunreinigungen? 10th Annual Meeting of SETAC-GLB, 28.-30. September 2005, Basel. Award for the best poster: Knauert, S., Bopp, S., Burkhardt-Holm, P., Knauer, K. Contaminant-stimulated oxidative stress in algal and fish cells. Workshop on environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology, Geneva, Feb. 2006. |
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Supervision of Ph.D. Theses (since 1994) | Matthias Escher. Assessment of the influence of waste water on the health status of brown trout (Salmo trutta fario). 1996. Heike Schmidt. Effect of environmental influences on brown and rainbow trout. Evaluation of several biomarkers in the field and in the laboratory. 1998. Daniel Bernet. Development of instruments to assess the influence of waste water on brown trout in the river. 1999. Gisela Lamche. The fish epidermis as a model for ecotoxicological studies. 1999. Oliver Körner. Field and laboratory approaches to assess „estrogen disruption“ in the brown trout Salmo trutta. University of Basel, 2007. Sara Schubert. Endokrine Störung bei Bachforellen in Schweizer Flüssen SAFE. (Endocrine disturbance in brown trout in Swiss rivers SAFE) Eawag and University of Basel. (ongoing) Patrick Schwartz. Effekte östrogener und anderer Stressoren auf den Zebrabärbling. (Effects of estrogenic and other stressors on the zebrafish.) University of Basel. (ongoing) Maria a Marca. In vitro study on the effects of endocrine disruptors in fish reproduction. University of Basel. (ongoing) |
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