Telephone : +44 (0)165186 2515

e-mail: magnus_johnson@yahoo.com

Date of Birth : 20th August 1966 Nationality : Scottish

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Education

1992-1998: University of Leicester, PhD Deep-sea Crustacean Visual Physiology

1991-1992: University of Aberdeen, M.Sc. (with distinction) Marine & Fisheries Science
Dissertation : Immune system of Eledone cirrhosa

1988-1991: Plymouth Polytechnic, BSc (Hons) 2i (Marine & Freshwater) Biology

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Employment History

8/99 - NOW Contract fisheries researcher, biology tutor and computer helpdesk assistant, University of Leicester.

4/99 - 6/99 Voluntary diver and temporary lecturer at the Tropical Research and Education Centre in San Pedro, Belize.

9/98 - 3/99 Voluntary Science Coordinator (Seychelles), Shoals of Capricorn Programme.

4/98 -7/98 Fisheries Observer. Observing fisheries operations of a CCAMLAR registered longliner in the waters around South Georgia.

2/98 -9/98 Web-editor. Design and development of web pages for the Zoology Department.

4/97 - 4/98 Demonstrating zoology labs and lecturing cell biology to adult education classes and working part-time on the Leicester University computer helpdesk

11/96-4/97 Southern Science, Portsmouth, Benthic Taxonomist

8/96-11/96 Champion Employment Agency,Various Temporary Jobs

8/95-8/96 Hofstra University Marine Lab., Jamaica Co-Director

4/91 Seacroft Oysters, Exeter, Stockman

4/90 Oil Spill Bulletin & Environmental Review, Aberdeen, Assistant Editor

8/86-8/88 Landscape gardener, barman, mountaineering shop manager

7/85-8/86 Scottish Office Agriculture & Fisheries Dept., Aberdeen, Assistant Scientific Officer (Shellfish Dept.)

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Practical experience

Computer-aided electrophysiology (at sea), histology, light and electron microscopy, image analysis, scientific diving, invertebrate taxonomy, video & photography, general immunological and microbiological techniques

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Computer Familiarity

Working part-time on university computer heldesk assisting undergraduates and postgraduates.

Macintosh, PC & Sun/UNIX systems, Excel, Systat, MS-Word, WordPerfect, NIH Image, Adobe Photoshop, Minitab, QBASIC, Systat, Kermit, Pegasus, Cricketgraph, Maclab (Scope & Chart), various graphics programs, Page Mill and HTML

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Other Qualifications

1986 Motor Launch Coxswain, Aberdeen Technical College

1986 Sea Survival for Merchant Seamen, RGIT

1991 Electron Microscopy Techniques, University of Leicester

1996 Full Motorcycle Licence

1998 HSE First-Aid 1999 PADI Divemaster

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Professional Associations, Subscriptions & Interests

Associate moderator of DEEPSEA bulletin board, Nature, Marine Biological Association, Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour

Hill-walking, Fiddle, Poetry, Rugby, Travel

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Sea-time

76-84 FV Summer Isles, p/t Crewman, scallop dredging & recreational fishing parties

85-86 RV Goldseeker & RV Scotia, Nephrops & Pecten sampling

03/93 RV Challenger, Rockall, benthic sledge for slope decapods

09/93 RV Discovery (204), Trop W. Atlantic, RMT, mesopelagic & bathypelagic shrimps. Bioluminesence monitoring.

03/94 RV Challenger, Rockall, benthic sledge for coastal decapods

09/94 Akademik Mstislev Keldysh, BRAVEX trip, shrimp-traps

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Referees

Dr Peter M.J. Shelton, Biology Dept., University of Leicester, University Rd., Leicester LE1 7RH

Dr Peter J. Herring, Southampton Oceanography Centre, Empress Dock, Southampton, SO14 3ZH

Mr N.Winser, Deputy Director, Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London

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Publications

M.L. Johnson, P.M.J. Shelton & P.J. Herring (1995). Spectral sensitivity of the hydrothermal shrimp, Rimicaris exoculata. BRIDGE Newsletter, Autumn 1995.

M.L. Johnson (1998). Keep Light, Letters, New Scientist, 5th September 1998.

E. Gaten, P.J. Herring, P.M.J. Shelton & M.L. Johnson (1998). Comparative morphology of the eyes of juvenile bresilliid shrimps obtained from the region of hydrothermal vents. Biol. Bull., 194: 267-280

E. Gaten, P.J. Herring, P.M.J. Shelton & M.L. Johnson (1998). The development and evolution of the eyes of vent shrimps (Decapoda: Bresiliidae). Cah.Biol.Mar., 39: 287-290

M.L. Johnson, P.M.J. Shelton & E. Gaten (1999). Temporal and spectral response characteristics of eyes of coastal and deep-sea marine decapods. Submitted: Marine Biology

P.M.J. Shelton, E. Gaten, M.L. Johnson & P.J. Herring (1999). The 'eye-blink' response of mesopelagic Natantia, eyeshine patterns and the escape reaction. Crustacean Issues, In press

M.L. Johnson, P.M.J. Shelton & P.J. Herring (1999). Dorso-ventral eyeshine distribution in mesopelagic decapods. In Prep.

M.L. Johnson (1999) Spectral sensitivities of some deep-sea, benthic decapods. In Prep.