Dr. Kenneth J. Lohmann

Charles P. Postelle, Jr. Distinguished Professor

Department of Biology
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 U.S.A.

E-mail:  Klohmann (at) email.unc.edu

Telephone: (919) 962-1332

Education

B.S. Duke University
M.S. University of Florida
Ph.D. University of Washington

Postdoctoral Training:

University of Illinois

Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Massachusetts (Grass Fellow in Neurophysiology)

University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories

Classes Taught at the University of North Carolina

·  Introduction to Neurobiology (Biology 450)

·  Behavioral Neuroscience (Biology 455)

·  Biology of Marine Animals (Biology 475)

·  Biology and Conservation of Sea Turtles (Graduate Seminar)

·  Scientific Writing (Graduate Seminar)

·  Animal Orientation and Navigation (Graduate Seminar)

·  Magnetoreception (Graduate Seminar)

Honors

·  Hettleman Prize for Scholarly and Artistic Achievement by Young Faculty (1995)

·  Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (1996)

·  L. G. Hoggard Distinguished Term Professor (1999-2004)

·  University of North Carolina Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars (2000)
·  Charles P. Postelle, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Biology (2010)
·  Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation, United Kingdom (2011)

Recent Invited Research Presentations and Symposium Talks

·      Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; Charleston, South Carolina (January, 2012)
·      Friday Lecture Series, Rockefeller University; New York, New York (December, 2011)
·      Symposium on Advances in Animal Migration, American Geophysical Union meeting; San Francisco, California (December, 2011)
·      Spectrum Lecture Series, Denison University; Granville, Ohio (November, 2011)
·      Cognitive, Sensory and Behavioral Frontiers Symposium, American Fisheries Society Meeting; Seattle, Washington (September, 2011)

·      Sensory Neuroecology Symposium, Animal Behavior Society/International Ethological Conference; Bloomington, Indiana (July, 2011)

·      International Sea Turtle Symposium; San Diego, California (April, 2011)
·      Animal Navigation Symposium, Royal Institute of Navigation; Reading, England (April, 2011)

·      Oregon Hatchery Research Center; Alsea, Oregon (February, 2011)

·    Lund University Sensory Ecology Class (guest lectures, international graduate class in Lund, Sweden) (October, 2010)

·      Hatfield Marine Science Center; Newport, Oregon (May, 2010)

·      Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University; Bloomington, Indiana (April, 2010)

·      Integrative Migration Biology Symposium, Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; Seattle, Washington (January, 2010)

·      Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Janelia Farm Research Campus; Loudoun County, Virginia (December, 2009)

·      Invertebrate Medicine Club, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University; Raleigh, North Carolina (October, 2009)

·      Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of California at Santa Cruz; Santa Cruz, California (June, 2009)

·      International Sea Turtle Symposium; Brisbane, Queensland, Australia (February, 2009)

·      Mon Repos Conservation Park; Mon Repos, Queensland, Australia (February, 2009)

·      University of North Carolina Institute of Marine Sciences; Morehead City, North Carolina (November, 2008)

·      Lund University Sensory Ecology Class (guest lectures, international graduate class in Lund, Sweden) (October, 2008)

·      National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Northwest Fisheries Science Center; Seattle, Washington (May, 2008)

·      Galapagos Initiative Symposium, Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Quito, Ecuador (May, 2008)

·      Kenneth Roeder Memorial Lecture, Department of Biology, Tufts University; Medford, Massachusetts (April, 2008)

·      Animal Navigation Symposium, Royal Institute of Navigation; Reading, England (April, 2008)

·      Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University; Ithaca, New York (February, 2008)

·      Department of Biology, University of Virginia; Charlottesville, Virginia (February, 2008)

·      Bauer Foundation Colloquium Series, Brandeis University; Boston, Massachusetts (February, 2008)

·      Department of Biology, University of Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah (November, 2007)

·      Duke University Marine Laboratory; Beaufort, North Carolina (October, 2007)

·      Neurosensory Ecology Symposium (sponsored by Journal of Experimental Biology); Tuscany, Italy (September, 2007)

·      Plenary address, International Congress of Neuroethology; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (July, 2007)

·      Keynote address, BioNavigation Workshop, Institute of Navigation Annual Meeting; Cambridge, Massachusetts (April, 2007)

·      International Sea Turtle Symposium; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (February, 2007)

·      Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology; Phoenix, Arizona (January, 2007)


Research

See Lohmann Lab web page.


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