Axel Michelsen#
| Email: | a.michelsen 'at' biology.sdu.dk |
| Membership Number: | 372 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & MEDICINE |
| Username: | amichelsen |
Present and Previous Positions
- Director, Centre for Sound Communication (1994-2003)
- Director, Carlsberg Foundation (1986- )
- Chair, Danish National Committee for ICSU (1986-2000)
- Chair, Danish National Committee for Biophysics (1980-1990)
- Chair, Fachbeirat of Max-Planck-Institute of Behavioural Physiology at Seewiesen, 1977- 1981
- Chair, Fachbeirat of Max-Planck-Institute of Behavioural Physiology at Seewiesen, 1977- 1981
- Member, Danish Natural Science Research Council 1973-78 and 1984-85; chair and member of the Danish Science Advisory Council 1975-1978
- Professor of Biology, Odense University (1973-2005)
- Amanuensis (Ass. Prof.), University of Copenhagen, Departments of Animal Physiology and Zoology, 1966-1972
Fields of Scholarship
- biophysics of sound communication
- frequency analysis in insect ears
- physics of directional hearing in insects and birds
- sound emission in insects
- social communication by means of substrate-borne vibrations
- social communication in honeybees, especially the dance language
Honours and Awards
- Knight of the Order of Dannebrog (1980); First class (1990)
- Member, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (1979).
- Member, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (1982)
- Member, Academia Europaea (1989)
- Corresponding member, Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz (1990)
- Corresponding member, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1991)
- Corresponding member, Die Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen (2006)
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize (1990)
- Golden Needle of the Danish Beekeepers Association (1993)
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