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Jan Michels 1997-2003, university studies in Marine Biology, Zoology, and Marine Chemistry at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität (CAU) in Kiel, Germany; 2003, diploma in Marine Biology, Zoology, and Marine Chemistry (diploma thesis: “Significance of morphology and stability of the mandibular gnathobases for the diet of Antarctic copepod species”); 2003-2007, PhD student at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven, Germany; 2008, PhD in Marine Biology from the CAU (PhD thesis: “Significance of zooplankton for cryo-pelago-benthic coupling in the Southern Ocean”); 2008-, postdoc at the Department of Zoology: Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany Contact: phone: +49 431 8804511; e-mail: jmichels@zoologie.uni-kiel.de
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Scientific career: 2008, researcher at the Alfred Wegener Institute; 2008-, researcher at the Department of Zoology: Functional Morphology and Biomechanics,Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, Germany |
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Projects: PlanktonTech (www.planktontech.org), work package 2.2.3: “Analysis of the mechanical challenges posed by marine predators” Research interests: Functional morphology and biomechanics of crustaceans; material composition and properties of crustacean mouthparts; ecology of Antarctic zooplankton and sea ice meiofauna; cryo-pelagic and pelago-benthic coupling in the Southern Ocean; electron microscopy; confocal laser scanning microscopy |
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Publications: Michels, J., Vogt, J., Gorb, S.N. (2012) Tools for crushing diatoms – opal teeth in copepods feature a rubber-like bearing composed of resilin. Scientific Reports 2, 465 Michels, J., Gorb, S.N. (2012) Detailed three-dimensional visualization of resilin in the exoskeleton of arthropods using confocal laser scanning microscopy. Journal of Microscopy 245, 1-16 Michels, J., Schnack-Schiel, S.B., Pasternak, A., Mizdalski, E., Isla, E., Gerdes, D. (2012) Abundance, population structure and vertical distribution of dominant calanoid copepods on the eastern Weddell Sea shelf during a spring phytoplankton bloom. Polar Biology 35, 369-386 Bechstein, K., Michels, J., Vogt, J., Schwartze, G.C., Vogt, C. (2011) Position-resolved determination of trace elements in mandibular gnathobases of the Antarctic copepod Calanoides acutus using a multimethod approach. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 399, 501-508 Michels, J., Büntzow, M. (2010) Assessment of Congo red as a fluorescence marker for the exoskeleton of small crustaceans and the cuticle of polychaetes. Journal of Microscopy 238, 95-101 Pasternak, A., Hagen, W., Kattner, G., Michels, J., Graeve, M., Schnack-Schiel, S.B. (2009) Lipid dynamics and feeding of dominant Antarctic calanoid copepods in the eastern Weddell Sea in December. Polar Biology 32, 1597-1606 Michels, J., Dieckmann, G.S., Thomas, D.N., Schnack-Schiel, S.B., Krell, A., Assmy, P., Kennedy, H., Papadimitriou, S., Cisewski, B. (2008) Short-term biogenic particle flux under late spring sea ice in the western Weddell Sea. Deep-Sea Research II 55, 1024-1039 Kiko, R., Michels, J., Mizdalski, E., Schnack-Schiel, S.B., Werner, I. (2008) Living conditions and abundance of surface and sub-ice layer fauna in pack ice of the western Weddell Sea during early summer. Deep-Sea Research II 55, 1000-1014 Schnack-Schiel, S.B., Michels, J., Mizdalski, E., Schodlock, M., Schröder, M. (2008) Composition and community structure of zooplankton during ISPOL – with emphasis on calanoid copepods. Deep-Sea Research II 55, 1040-1055 Schnack-Schiel, S.B., Haas, C., Michels, J., Mizdalski, E., Schünemann, H., Steffens, M., Thomas, D.N. (2008) Copepods in sea ice of the western Weddell Sea during austral spring 2004. Deep-Sea Research II 55, 1056-1067 Michels, J. (2007) Confocal laser scanning microscopy: using cuticular autofluorescence for high resolution morphological imaging in small crustaceans. Journal of Microscopy 227, 1-7 Carpenter, L.J., Wevill, D.J., Palmer, C.J., Michels, J. (2007) Depth profiles of volatile iodine and bromine-containing halocarbons in coastal Antarctic waters. Marine Chemistry 103, 227-236 Michels, J., Schnack-Schiel, S.B. (2005) Feeding in dominant Antarctic copepods – does the morphology of the mandibular gnathobases relate to diet? Marine Biology 146, 483-495
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