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Urmas
Tartes, Curriculum Vitae (CV)
1.
Name: Urmas Tartes
2.
Position: freelance nature photographer and writer
3.
Date of birth: 19.09.1963
4.
Educational history:
- 1982
- Nõo Secondary school, class of mathematics and physics. Golden
medal
- (1983-1985
in Soviet army)
- 1989
- Tartu University, biology (zoologist). Cum laude
5.
Research and professional experience, institutional affiliation and
postdoctoral research training:
- In
1989 engineer in the laboratory of the experimental entomology of
Institute of Zoology and Botany (IOZB).
- Autumn
1989 postgraduate student.
- Autumn
1991 senior laboratory assistant in the IOZB.
- April
1992 managing director of IOZB.
- During
second term 1994 held partially assistant professor job at Tartu University
- January
1996 up to 31.12.2004 director of IOZB.
- 01.01.2005.
professor at Estonian University of Life Sciences
- 22.06.2010.
freelance nature photographer and writer
6.
Academic degrees:
- Master's
thesis in 1993.
- Doctor
of Philosophy in 1995. Title "Respiration Rhythms in Insects". Both
at Tartu University.
7. Honors/awards:
- 4th
class Order of the White Star (2001)
8.
Administrative experience:
- Member
of Estonian Naturalists Society
- Chairman
of the Nature Protection Comission of Estonian Academy of Sciences
- Member
of the Estonian Club of Rome
9.
Research interests: Colours in nature, Insect physiology (respiration, circulation,
homeostasis), visual communication
10.
Grant projects:
- 1996-1999,
ESF, "Metabolic rhythms in insects"
- 2000-2003,
ESF, "Homeostasis maintenance mechanisms in insects"
- 2004-2007, ESF, "Homeostasis under stress conditions in insects"
11.
Dissertations advised: Alo Vanatoa Masters thesis "About payment
of oxygen dept in imagoes of great flour beetle (Tenebrio molitor L.)"
19.08.1999
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