Kasper Thorup
Professor
- EDUCATION
2004: PhD in Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (UCPH).
2000: Master in Biology, UCPH, Denmark
- CURRENT POSITIONS
2020 –: Professor in Movement Ecology; Section Head, Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate, Globe Institute, UCPH, Denmark
2021 –: Affiliated Scientist, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Radolfzell, Germany
2020 –: Scientific advisor; Copenhagen Bird Ringing Scheme, Natural History Museum of Denmark, UCPH, Denmark.
- PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2010 – 2019: Associate Professor in Ornithology, Natural History Museum of Denmark (SNM), UCPH, Denmark
2006 – 2006: Research Associate, Princeton University, US
2005 – 2009: Post-doc, UCPH, Denmark
- FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2016 –: Corresponding Member, Deutsche Ornithologen‐Gesellschaft
2014: Sapere Aude – Research Leader. Danish Fund for Independent Research, Denmark
2010 –: International Ornithologist's Union, Fellow
2006 – 2007: Post-doc Scholarship, The Danish Fund for Independent Research, Denmark
2006: Cand. theol. Nicolai Michelsen og Valborg Michelsen, født Hjorth’s Foundation
2005: DTUsat payload competition, DTU
- SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
2005 –: 6 Postdocs/9 PhD/19 Master Students, UCPH
- TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2007 –: Responsible teacher; Danish vertebrates, 50-75 students, 7.5 ECTS, BSc course, UCPH.
2010 –: Responsible teacher; Ornithology, 15-20 students, 7.5 ECTS, MSc course, UCPH.
- ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETING
2022: Convener. Symposium, Tracking migrants to reveal the diversity of spatiotemporal strategies and ultimately understand the ecology of migration. PAOC15, Zimbabwe.
2016: Convener. Symposium, Migration strategies: Intra-African versus Afro-Palearctic migrants. PAOC14, Senegal.
2014: Co-organiser. Migrant Landbirds Study Group Inaugural meeting. Wilhelsmhaven, Germany.
2013: Convener. Symposium, Large-scale spatial analysis of encounter data EURING tech, US.
2016: Convener. Symposium, Migration strategies: Intra-African versus Afro-Palearctic migrants. PAOC14, Senegal.
2013: Convener. Symposium, Movements and distribution of Afro-Palaeartic migratory birds in relation to environmental conditions in sub-Saharan Africa, EOU, UK.
2012: Convener. Symposium, Life on the move, PAOC13, Tanzania.
2011: Convener. Symposium, Africa Matters!, EOU 2011 conference, Latvia
2010: Convener. Workshop, Advances in tracking technology, MIGRATE 2010, Germany
2010: Convener. Symposium, Wild journeys: status and prospects of tracking individual, long-distance migrants, on the 25th International Ornithological Congress, Brazil
- INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2010 –: Faculty member, UCPH
2013 –: Collection Board member, SNM, UCPH
2012 –: Acting curator of birds, SNM, UCPH
2011 –: Mentor in Higher Education Teaching and Teaching Practice Programme, UCPH
2010 –: Education Board member, SNM, UCPH
2006 – 2019: Head of Copenhagen Bird Ringing Centre, SNM, UCPH
- REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
2012 –: Editorial Board, BMC Movement Ecology
2009 – 2015: Board Member, EURING (European Union for bird RINGing)
2009 –: Editorial Board, Ringing and Migration
2015 – 2019: Editorial Board, BMC Animal Biotelemetry
2014: Referee panel member, Research Council of Norway
2013: COST ESSEM External Expert Panel
2008 –: Grant evaluations for the Czech, British, Dutch, Hungarian, South African, Swiss, Israeli, German and US National Science Foundations as well as Leverhulme Trust and National Geographic
2010: Tenure track evaluation committee; University of Aarhus, Denmark
2007 –: ICARUS Executive Board member
2004 –: Reviewer for 50+ ecological and ornithological journals
- MAJOR COLLABORATIONS
Strong ties with some of the strongest environments in bird migration research at Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Radolfzell, (Dir Prof Dr Martin Wikelski; particularly regarding ICARUS), Lund University (Prof Dr Thomas Alerstam).
- CAREER BREAKS
22.6-16.8.2008 Parental leave (two months)
Education
PhD Zoology
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Flexibility of continental navigation and migration in European mallards
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