Markus Horning Profile

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH - DR. MARKUS HORNING

Research Scientist
Department of Marine Biology
Texas A&M University at Galveston

Degrees:

Doctoral degree in Zoology (s.c.l.), University of Bielefeld, and Max-Planck-Institute for Behavioral Physiology, Germany, 1992
Diplom degree in Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany, 1988

Memberships:

Professional Work and Employment:

Research Scientist, Texas A&M University at Galveston, TX (2005 - present)
Associate Research Scientist, Texas A&M University at Galveston, TX (1998 - 04)
Assistant Research Scientist, Texas A&M University at Galveston, TX (1996 - 98)
Postgraduate Research Physiologist at the Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1992-96)
Doctoral dissertation, Max-Planck-Institute for Behavioral Physiology, Seewiesen (1990 - 92)
Technician with Dr.G.L.Kooyman at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, on a research expedition to Antarctica investigating diving behavior of emperor penguins (1989 - 90)
Technician with Dr.G.L.Kooyman at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, on a one-year overwintering research expedition to Antarctica investigating diving behavior of weddell seals (1980 - 82)

Experience:

Affiliate Faculty Member, Marine Engineering Technology Department at Texas A&M University Galveston (2004 -)
Director & Founder, Laboratory for Applied Biotelemetry & Biotechnology at Texas A&M University Galveston (1999 -)
Associate Professor of Marine Sciences (Affiliate) , School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences of the University of Alaska Fairbanks (1999 -)
Associate Member of the Graduate Faculty of the Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences Department, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Texas A&M University College Station (1999 -)
Consultant to the U.S.Government (Dept. of Commerce, NOAA/NMFS) to review & guide research efforts relating to Steller sea lions in Alaska (1998, 1999)
Member, Physiology Review Panel, Steller Sea Lion Recovery Team Review Workshops (1999)
Associate Editor for Marine Mammal Science (1996 - 1998)
Sole Proprietor of Ultramarine Instruments (1996 -)

Awards, Honors:

Listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World
Nomination to the editorial board of Marine Mammal Science in 1996
Summa cum laude doctoral degree in 1992
Doctorate Scholarship by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, Berlin 1990-1992
US Antarctica Medal in 1981

Synergistic Activities:

Starting in 1990, I have developed and built numerous miniaturized data recording computers to monitor physiological, behavioral and environmental parameters on diving animals. These include some of the smallest and most accurate archival recorders world-wide, using state-of-the-art instrumentation grade sensors, advanced digital signal processing, data compression and optical communications with external computers. These devices have been used by scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Max-Planck-Institute, U.C. Santa Cruz, Texas A&M Univ., National Geographic Television, Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute, U.S. Navy, and the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service. Specialized sensors developed by me have been used successfully on more than twelve different species of diving animals.
Data I have collected using my recorders have been made available to other researchers for comparative analyses and publications.
Since 1990, I have pursued the development of specialized data analysis software for the analysis of time-series telemetry data. This software has been freely distributed and is in use by several laboratories. The development of new research approaches and technologies is continuing through several cooperative development programs between my laboratory at Texas A&M, and the National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Department of Fish & Game, and Wildlife Computers, Inc.

Recent collaborators:

J. Mellish, T.Gelatt, T.Loughlin, D.Calkins, K.Pitcher, A.York, G.Worthy, R.W.Davis, T.Williams, L.Fuiman, I.Boyd, L.Rea, P.Tuomi, F.Gulland

Graduate Students:

Graduated students: J.Waite (M.S., 2000), E.Roscow (M.S., 2001), R.Candelaria-Ley (M.S., 2001), L.Cornick (Ph.D., 2001)
Current students: W.Schrader (M.S.), L.Petrauskas (M.S. at Univ. Alaska Fairbanks), Allyson Hindle (Ph.D.)

Postdoctoral Fellows:

Advisors: