Prof. Dr. Bernd Sures CV

Curriculum Vitae

Professional experience
since March 2015: Visiting Professor Department of Zoology, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
since Sept. 2006: W 3-Professorship, Aquatic Ecology, University of Duisburg-Essen
2004 - 2006: Associate Professor (C2) Zoology I, Ecology, University of Karlsruhe
1999 - 2004: Assistant Professor (C1), Zoology I, Ecology, University of Karlsruhe
1993 - 1999: Scientific assistant, Zoology I, Ecology, University of Karlsruhe (TH)

Education and academic career
June 2002: Habilitation in zoology at Zoology I, Ecology, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Title of the thesis: “Description of aquatic host-parasite-assemblages from an ecological and (eco-)toxicological point of view”
June 1996: PhD examination at Zoology I, Ecology, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Title of the thesis: “Studies on heavy metal accumulation in helminths as compared with their aquatic hosts”
1988 - 1993: Education in biology and chemistry for teachers (“Staatsexamen”), Ruhr-University of Bochum ;Title of the thesis: “Detection of lead in indigenous fish species and their parasites by atomic absorption spectrometry”

Awards
Environmental Protection award from the University of Karlsruhe (12/1994)
Karl-Asmund-Rudolphi award from the German Society of Parasitology for outstanding research in Environmental Parasitology (03/2004)
Visiting Professor at the University of Brno, Czech Republic (04/2006, 12/2013)
Member in Scientific Board of the Excellence Centre of Ichthyoparasitology, Czech Republic (06/2012)

Publications
130 papers in peer-reviewed Journals
27 Book chapters, reports and monographs
25 Conference contributions and non-SCI journals
1 Book review
3194 citations, h-index = 36 (Web of Science, Dec. 2015)
4481 citations, h-index = 44 (Google Scholar, Dec. 2015)

Reviewer for

Journals:
 Analytica Chimca Acta; Annales de Zootechnie ; Aquatic Ecology; Aquatic Sciences; Aquatic Toxicology; Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology; Biological Invasions; Chemosphere; Comparative Parasitology; Diseases of Aquatic Organisms; Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety; Environmental Pollution; Environmental Research; Environmental Science and Pollution Research; Environmental Science and Technology; Environmental Toxicology; Folia Parasitologica; Helgoland Marine Research; Helminthologia; International Journal for Parasitology; International Review of Hydrobiology; Journal of Applied Ecology; Journal of Aquatic Animal Health; Journal of Environmental Monitoring; Journal of Fish Biology; Journal of Fish Diseases; Journal of Helminthology; Journal of Parasitology; Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology – AQUA; Limnologica; Marine Biology; Parasitology; Parasitology Research; Parasites & Vectors; PLOS One; PLOS Pathogens; Proceedings of the Royal Society B; Risk Analysis; The Science of the Total Environment; Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry; Toxicology; Trends in Parasitology; Water, Air and Soil Pollution; Water Research

Research grants
Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung (AvH), Belgium (BelSPo); BW-PLUS; Czech Academy of Science; Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); Europäische Union (EU), Irland (IRCSET); Israel (ISF); Italien (CNR); Leibniz-Gemeinschaft; National Science Centre Polen (NSC), Österreich (FÖNB); New Jersey Sea Grant College Program (USA), Slovakei (VEGA); Südafrika (NRF); Wissenschaftsrat

Memberships

Editorial Activities
Co-Editor of the Essener Ökologischen Schriften, Westarp Wissenschaften (12/2008 – 08/2014)

Journals
Editorial Board member of Journal of Helminthology (since 03/2004)
Editorial Board member of Parasites and Vectors (since 01/2008)
Subject Editor for Diseases of Aquatic Organisms (since 10/2008)
Guest Editor for Environmental Sciences Europe (since 10/2013)

Scientific Societies
German Society for Parasitology (DGP)
German Zoological Society (DZG)
German Society for Limnology (DGL)

Member of Diversitas Germany (since 02/2003)
Scientific consultant for the „European Food Safety Authority“ (EFSA) (2008-2009)
Member of the Baccalaureate commission NRW for Biology (2009-2013)

Organisation of meetings

8. Edelmetallforum: Analytik – Medizinische Bedeutung – Umweltrelevanz, Karlsruhe, 08.-09.10.2002
Zwischenmeeting der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Parasitologie (DGP): International Symposium on Ecological & Environmental Parasitology: the impact of global change, Freudenstadt, 07.-10.04.2005
21. Ichthyoparasitologisches Symposium, Karlsruhe, 17.-18.06.2005
12. Edelmetallforum Essen, 15.-16.06.2010
DIVERSITAS- und Nefo-Workshop 'Biodiversität und Infektionskrankheiten', Frankfurt, 28.-29.11.2011 (with Sven Klimpel and Stefan Klose)
KuLaRuhr Werkstatt zum Emscher Landschaftspark – Impulse für die Stadtlandschaft – Nachhaltigkeit auf dem Prüfstand, Gelsenkirchen, 01.02.2013
18. Jahrestagung der SETAC-GLB 2013: Stadt, Land, Fluss: Ökotoxikologie im urbanen Raum, Essen, 23. -26.09.2013
KuLaRuhr Werkstatt Urbane Landwirtschaft im Emscher Landschaftspark – Zukunftsthema nachhaltiger Stadtentwicklung, 05.11.2013 Gelsenkirchen
KuLaRuhr Theorie-Praxis Dialog „Emscher Landschaftspark – Weitergedacht“, 14.05.2014, Essen
8th Acanthocephala Workshop, 29.09.-01.10.2014, Freudenstadt
KuLaRuhr Abschlusstagung Forschen für die Region: nachhaltige urbane Kulturlandschaft in der Metropole RuhrTheorie, 23.-24.10.2014, Essen