Alfred E. Szmidt - Curriculum Vitae

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Education


Career

Scientific Publishing

Alfred E. Szmidt has published 9 book chapters, 80 papers in international scientific journals, and 52 other publications, made more than 25 presentations at international scientific conferences, and has been invited speaker at 14 scientific conferences and seminars. Some of these presentations have also been published - see list of publications. For additional information on scientific competence, see the evaluations made by professors Howard Kriebel and Barbara Shaal when A. E. Szmidt applied for the degree of dr hab. (docent) at the SLU Swedish University of Agrilcultural Sciences, Umeå

Research

Supervisorship of PhD, MSc, BSc Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

  1. Aðalsteinn Sigurgeirsson
    PhD. Thesis title: Chloroplast-DNA-derived insights into evolution and variation in Picea. Initiated: 1987. Completed: 1992. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
  2. Xiao-Ru Wang
    PhD. Thesis title: Genetic diversity and evolution of Eurasian Pinus species. Initiated: 1988. Completed: 1992. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
  3. Meng-Zhu Lu
    PhD. Thesis title: Genetic properties of RAPD markers and RNA editing in gymnosperms. Initiated: 1993. Completed: 1997. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
  4. Laura Parducci
    PhD. Thesis title: Genetic structure and evolution of Abies species in Europe. Initiated: 1994. Completed: 1998. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
  5. Maria M. Ribeiro
    PhD. Thesis title: Genetics and migration history of Pinus pinaster in Europe. Initiated: 1997. Completed: 2000. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
  6. Andreas Drouzas
    PhD. Thesis title: Population genetics of the genus Abies in Greece. Initiated: 1997. Completed: 2000. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
  7. Elemer Briceno
    MSc. Thesis title: Genetic structure of plants with mixed reproduction system. Initiated: 1998. Completed: 2000. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
  8. Vincent Parisy
    MSc. Thesis title: Ecological genetics of boreal ecosystems. Initiated: 2000. Completed: 2000. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
  9. Vikram Chhatre
    MSc. Thesis title: Genetic structure of Picea abies in northern Sweden. Initiated: 2001. Completed: 2001. The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
  10. Youko Tsuida
    MSc. Thesis title: Nucleotide polymorphism in Dipterocarpus alatus. Initiated: 2001. Completed: 2004. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
  11. Mayumi Iwasaki
    MSc student. Thesis title: Nucleotide diversity in Shorea species. Initiated: 2000. Completed: 2002. Kyushu University, fukuoka, Japan
  12. Neyton Araki
    MSc. Thesis title: Family structure in Dipterocarpus alatus. Initiated: 2000. Completed: 2002. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
    PhD student. Thesis title: Genetic variation and phylogeography of tree Larix species from North and Southeastern Asia. Initiated 2002. Completed 2008. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
  13. Supaart Sirikantaramas
    MSc. Thesis title: Specificity and evolution of the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis in Dipterocarpaceae. Initiated: 2000. Completed: 2002. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  14. Dayananda T. Gamage
    MSc. Thesis title: Molecular phylogeny of Dipterocarpaceae species from Sri Lanka. Initiated: 2000. Completed: 2002.
    PhD. Thesis title: Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the sub-family Dipterocarpoideae (Dipterocarpaceae) based on chloroplast DNA sequences. Initiated 2002. Completed 2006. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  15. Hiroshi Shiraishi
    BSc. Thesis title: Nucleotide polymorphism in Dipterocarpus alatus populations. Initiated: 2000. Completed: 2001. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  16. Hiroko Ishiyama
    BSc. Thesis title: Phylogeography of Dipterocarpaceae. Initiated: 2001. Completed: 2002. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
    MSc. Thesis title: Nucleotide variation in four Shorea species. Initiated: 2002. Completed: 2004. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
    PhD. Thesis title: Nucleotide polymorphism and divergence of tropical rainforest Shorea species (Dipterocarpaceae) in Southeastern Asia. Initiated: 2004. Completed: 2008. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  17. Nozomi Yano
    BSc. Thesis title: Nucleotide polymorphism in Rhizophora apiculata. Initiated: 2001. Completed: 2002. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  18. Reichiro Yamauchi
    MSc. Thesis title: Duplication of the psbA gene in pines. Initiated: 2003. Completed 2005. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  19. Yusuke Yamaguchi
    BSc. Initiated: 2004. Completed 2005. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  20. Taishin Maedomari
    BSc. Initiated: 2004. Completed 2005. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
  21. Aoi Saitoh
    BSc. Initiated: 2004. Completed: 2005. MSc. Thesis title: Phylogeography of Eurasian Larix. Initiated: 2005. Completed: 2007. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  22. Kariyawasam Upeksha Hemamali
    MSc. Thesis title: Nucleotide polymorphism in Larix sibirica. Initiated: 2002. Completed 2004. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
  23. Ismael Khatab
    PhD. Thesis title: Phylogeography of Eurasian Larix species inferred from nucleotide variation in two nuclear genes. Initiated: 2005. Completed 2008. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  24. Marjan Khalil Mahani
    Visiting PhD. Initiated: 2007. Completed 2008. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    Postdoctoral Fellow. Initiated:2009. Completed: 2010. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
  25. Wei Lun Ng
    MSc. Thesis title: Genetic risks of extinction of plant species. Initiated: 2009. Completed: 2011. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    PhD. Thesis title: Genetic variation and hybridization of Indo-West-Pacific Rhizophora mangrove species. Completed: 2014. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  26. Junko Kusumi
    Postdoctoral Fellow. 2010. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
  27. Kosuke Teshima
    Postdoctoral Fellow. 2000 - 2011. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
  28. Yoshitaka Onishi
    BSc. Thesis title: Genetic structure of Rhizophora stylosa. Initiated:2012. Completed: 2013. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
  29. Indah Arnaelis
    MSc. Thesis title: Significance of interspecific hybridization in the evolution of the genus Rhizophora. Initiated: 2014. Completed: 2016. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Teaching

  1. Undergraduate course in Forest Genetics
    Faculty of Forestry, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå. (in English)
  2. Undergraduate Course in Population Genetics
    Faculty of Forestry, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå. (in English)
  3. Undergraduate Course in Population Genetics
    Faculty of Biology, University of Umeå. (in English)
  4. Postgraduate Course in Forest Molecular Genetics
    Faculty of Forestry, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå. (in English)
  5. Postgraduate Course in Plant Molecular Biology
    Faculty of Biology, University of Umeå. (in English)
  6. Postgraduate Course in Computer Data Analysis
    Faculty of Forestry, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå. (in Swedish)
  7. Postgraduate Course in Molecular Population Genetics
    Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, People's Republic of China. (in English)
  8. Postgraduate Course in Molecular Population Genetics
    Royal Forest Department, Bangkok, Thailand. (in English)
  9. Postgraduate Course in Causes, Description and Management of Natural Variation
    International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), Zaragoza, Spain.(in English)
  10. Course in Computer Management of Bibliographic Data
    The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden (in Swedish)
  11. Course in using text and data editors: MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Page Maker
    The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden (in Swedish)
  12. Postgraduate Course in Population and Evolutionary Genetics
    Kasetsart University, Thailand (in English)
  13. Undergraduate Course in Genetics
    Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (in English)
  14. Graduate Course in Population Genetics
    Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (in English)
  15. Graduate Course in Modern Biology
    Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (in English)
  16. Graduate Course in Scientific English
    Fukuoka Women's University, Japan (in English)
  17. Graduate Course in Scientific English
    Kyushu University, Japan (in English)
  18. Graduate Course in Molecular Population Genetics
    Kyushu University, Japan (in English)
  19. Undergraduate Course in Conservation Genetics
    Kyushu University, Japan (in English)
  20. Professional English
    Western Education Centre [Zachodnie Centrum Edukacji], Poznań, Poland
  21. Business English
    Cambridge School of English, Warsaw, Poland
  22. Freelance teacher:
    biology, forestry, genetics, IT management, Swedish, English, Polish, Poland

Visits Abroad

  1. 1992 - 2019: Visiting Professor, Royal Forest Department, Bangkok, Thailand (11 visits, 14 months).
  2. 1992: Visiting Professor, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, P. R. China (1 month).
  3. 1992: Visiting Scientist, Institute of Ecology & Resource Management, Schools of Forestry & Ecological Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom (1 month).
  4. 1993: Visiting Professor, Institute for Agroforestry, CNR, Porano, Italy (4 months).
  5. 1997: Visiting Professor, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan (1 month).
  6. 1997: Visiting Professor, Institute for Agroforestry, CNR, Porano, Italy (1 month).
  7. 1998: Visiting Professor, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, P. R. China (1 month). Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan (1 month).
  8. 1999: Visiting Professor, Taiwan Forest Research Institute, Taipei, Taiwan (12 months).
  9. 2018: Visiting Professor, University of Ruhuna, Sri-Lanka (1 week).
  10. 2018: Visiting Professor, Research Institute of Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, P. R. China (1 week).

Awards

  1. 1997 - Research Award for Foreign Specialists from the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan.
  2. 1998 - Visiting Professor Stipend from the National Research Council of Taiwan.

Membership in Scientific Societies

  1. International Society for Plant Molecular Biology
  2. European Society for Evolutionary Biology
  3. International Society for Mangrove Ecosystems
  4. Scandinavian Association of Geneticists
  5. Botanical Society of America
  6. The Japanese Forestry Society
  7. The Genetics Society of Japan

Referee for international journals

  1. Canadian Journal of Forest Research
  2. Hereditas
  3. Forest Genetics
  4. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research
  5. Heredity
  6. Nordic Journal of Botany
  7. Silvae Genetica
  8. Molecular Ecology
  9. Journal of Forest Research
  10. Journal of Heredity

Referee for research foundations and other services

  1. International Foundation for Science
  2. Austrian Science Foundation
  3. European Union
  4. The Leverhulme Trust
  5. The Sweden-America Foundation
  6. Administration of the computer network at the Department of Forest Genetics & Plant Physiology, The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden
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Knowledge of Languages

  1. Polish (fluent)
  2. English (fluent)
  3. Swedish (fluent)
  4. Russian (good)
  5. Japanese (conversational)

Other competence

  • Programming in HTML, PHP, Java, FORTRAN, BASIC and Pascal
  • Computer data management
  • Personal computers
  • Computer networks
  • World Wide Web

by Alfred E. Szmidt