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| Institut des Sciences de la Mer (ISMER) Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada G5L 3A1 e-mail: b.sundby@uquebec.ca |
Earth & Planetary Sciences McGill University Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 2A7 Phone: (514) 398-4883; Fax (514) 398-4680 bjorn.sundby@mcgill.ca |
EDUCATION
- 1964: Cand. mag. Chemistry, University of Bergen, Norway
- 1966: Ph.D. Physical organic chemistry. University of Bergen, Norway: "Tautomerism and acidity of 2,4-dinitrophenylazo alkyl phenols"
- 1987: Dr. philos. (geochemistry) University of Bergen, Norway: "Early diagenesis and sediment-water exchange processes in the coastal marine environment"
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 1999 - Professor of Oceanography, Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski, and Adjunkt Professor, Earth & Planetary Sciences, McGill University
- 2000 - Invited Professor, Département de géologie et d'océanographie, Université Bordeaux I. France
- 1992-99 Professor of oceanography, Université du Québec, INRS-Océanologie
- 1997-98 Visiting professor, Earth &Planetary Sciences, McGill University
- 1987-92 Director, Physical and Chemical Oceanography Branch, Maurice Lamontagne Institute, Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
- 1984-87 Head, Department of Chemical Oceanography and Marine Pollution, Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Texel, The Netherlands, and Chair of the Chemical Oceanography Commission of the Netherlands Council for Sea Research.
- 1982-83 Visiting Professor, Department of Analytical and Marine Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
- 1980-84 Professor of Oceanography (Marine Geochemistry), Université du Québec à Rimouski.
- 1979-80 National Research Council Research Associate at Université du Québec à Rimouski.
- 1978-79 Scientific Advisor to Instituto Nacional de Investigação das Pescas, Lisbon, Portugal. (Canadian expert).
- 1974-78 National Research Council of Canada (NRC) Research Associate at Université du Québec à Rimouski, Québec.
- 1972-74 Post-doctoral fellow, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.
- 1966-72 Senior Research Chemist, Colgate Palmolive Company, New Jersey
COLLABORATIONS
Ongoing collaborations with Alfonso Mucci (McGill), George Luther (U. of Delaware), Charles Gobeil (Maurice Lamontagne Institute), Bernard Boudreau (Dalhousie), Robie Macdonald (IOS), John N. Smith (BIO), Per Hall (University of Gothenburg), Carlos Vale (IPIMAR - Portugal)
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Secretary of SCOR (Scientific Committee on Ocean Research) 1996-2000
- Canadian Nominated member to SCOR
- Member, Scientific Steering Comittee of COASTS
- Member, Advisory Commission for the Institute of Coastal Marine Science, University of Aveiro, Portugal
- Chair, 1999 Gordon Conference on Chemical Oceanography
- Vice-chair, 1997 Gordon Conference on Chemical Oceanography
- Chair, 5th International Symposium on Model Estuaries, Rimouski 1997.
- Associate Editor of Aquatic Geochemistry
- Co-Editor of The Journal of Sea Research (formerly Netherlands Journal of Sea Research).
- Guest Editor (with S.J. De Mora), Special volume of Marine Chemistry on "New Approaches to Estuarine Chemistry" (1999)
- Guest Editor (with S. Roy), Special Volume of Deep-Sea Research II on "Canadian JGOFS - Gulf of St. Lawrence" (1999)
- Associate Editor of Limnology and Oceanography (until 1994)
- Member of the Editorial Board of Marine Chemistry (until 1993)
- Member of the Geochemical Society, the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, and the American Geophysical Union
- Project leader, Canadian Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (CJGOFS), Benthic Processes study.