Gunnar Öquist - Curriculum vitae#

• Filosofie ämbetsexamen (B.Sc.; chemistry, botany, zoology), University of Uppsala, 1967
• Efterprövning i filosofie ämbetsexamen (M.Sc.; botany), University of Umeå, 1968
• Filosofie licentiatexamen (botany), University of Umeå, 1971
• Filosofie doktorsexamen (PhD; botany), University of Umeå, 1972
• Appointed docent in plant physiology, University of Umeå, 1974

• Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon, USA, 1975-09-01--1976-02-29
• Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Plant Biology, Stanford, California; the whole year of 1980
• Department of Plant Industry, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, 1990-09-04--1991-02-01
• Department of Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 1991-03-04--1991-07-25
• Department of Plant Sciences, University of Western Ontario, Canada, 2000-9-01--2000-12-20

• Prefekt (Chairman) of the Department of Plant Physiology, University of Umeå, 1977-07-01-- 1993-06-30
• Deputy member of the Faculty Board of Science, University of Umeå, 1977-07-01--1980-06-30
• Member of the Faculty Board of Science, University of Umeå, 1984-07-01--1990-06-30
• Prodekanus (Vice Dean) of the Faculty of Science, University of Umeå, 1984-07-01--1990-06-30
• Member of the Biology Committee of the Swedish Natural Science Research Council, 1983-07-01-- 1992-06-30
• Member of the Swedish Natural Science Research Council, 1986-07-01--1992-06-30
• Member of the Energy Committee of the Swedish Natural Science Research Council, 1986-07-01--1992-06-30; Chairman, 1989 01-01-- 1992-06-30
• Member of the Swedish Research Council for Engineering Sciences, 1991-01-01-- 1993-06-30
• Member of the Board of the University of Umeå, 1991-07-01-- 1994-06-30
• Member of "Forskningsberedningen" (Advisory group to Government), 1992-03-01-- 1994-10-07
• Swedish representative of the Steering Committy for Biotechnology, EUs Programme for Research, 1993 –1994
• Member of the Board of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, 1996-07-01 -- 1999-12-31
• Member of the Delegation for Interdisciplinary Science, University of Umeå, 1997 --2001
• Member of the Board of the Foundation for Strategic Research, 1997-01-01--1999-12-31
• Member of the Swedish EC-R&D Council, 1995-01-01 -- 1999-12-31
• Member of the Board and Excecutive Council of the European Science Foundation (ESF), Strasbourg, 1996-01-01—2000-12-31.
• Member and vice chair of the Steering Board of Wallenberg Konsortium North for Functional Genomics, since 2000; Chair since August 2001.
• Swedish board member of Nordisk Forskarutdanningsakademi (NorFA), 2000-01-01—present; Chair during 2002.
• Member of the European Research Advisory Board (EURAB), 2001 – present.
• Member of the Bord of Bergen University, Norway, 2003-01-01--present

• Physiologia Plantarum
• P*lant, Cell and Environment
• Photosynthesis Research
• Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
• Planta
• Tree physiology

• Organizer of the 7th Congress of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Physiology, August 5-10, 1990.
• Regularly invited speaker to international congresses, symposia and workshops.

• Plant Physiology, University of Göteborg, 1983
• Botany, University of Turku, 1984
• Plant Biochemistry, University of Lund, 1988

• Biology (Plant Physiology), University of Lund, 1983

• FD Carl-Magnus Larsson, University of Stockholm, 1983
• FD James McDonald, The Agricultural University of Sweden, 1989
• FD Janet F. Bornman, University of Lund, 1990
• FD Cecilia Sundby-Emanuelsson, University of Lund, 1993

• Plant Physiology, University of Uppsala, 1989

• United Nation Environmental Programme: Primary productivity and photosynthesis in natural ecosystems of the tropics in relation to environmental variables, 1983 to 1990.

• Secretary of an international review of plant physiology in Sweden organised by the Swedish Natural Science Research Council in 1986
• Chairman of an international review of the Research School of Biological Sciences within the Institute of Advanced Studies at the Australian National university (ANU), 1995
• Chairman of the European Science Foundation (ESF) review of the Nuclear Physics European Collaboration Committee (NUPEC), 1996
• Chairman of an ESF review of the future need of synchrotron radiation for the life sciences in Europe, 1998
• Member of monitoring panel of the EU programme Training and Mobility of Researchers, 1997, 1998
• Member of the monitoring panel of the EU programme Human Potential, 1999
• Chair for the 1999 Membership Committee of the European Science Foundation
• Chair of international review of Norvegian Biology (Panel 1: Botany, Zoology, Ecology, Marine Sciences), 2000-01--2000-06-01, and chair of integrated review of all biology in Norway, October- November, 2000
• Chair of an European Science Foundation Study Group for Protein Structure and Function, 2000
• Chair for the Latsis prise committee year 2000 (European prise)
• Chair of a strategic evaluation of the Department of Physics at Stockholm university, March-April 2001
• Member of the Academy Group for the evaluation of MISTRA 2001
• Member of reference group for the evaluation of Norwegian PhD program
• Chair of the Scientific Committee for the selection of Centers of Excellence in Norway (2001/2002)
• Chair of the 2002 evaluation of Swedsh National Facilities
• Reviewer of Alfvénlaboratoriet at KTH, 2002
• Appointed member of the review team for the evaluation of the Danish National Research Foundation, 2003.

• As a professor, undergraduate and graduate teaching in plant physiology and photosynthesis at the department, 2 to 3 weeks per year up to 1993-06-30.
• Nordisk forskarkurs, Methods in photosynthesis research, University of Umeå, 1984-05-17-- 1984-05-31 (organizer and teacher)
• Nordisk forskarkurs, Methods in photosynthesis research, University of Umeå, 1986-06-02-- 1986-06 13 (organizer and teacher)
• Nordisk forskarkurs, Ecophysiology, Abisko, 1992-08-05-- 1992-08-19 (teacher)
• Nordisk forskarkurs, Molecular response to environmental stress in photosynthetic organisms, University of Umeå, 1995 06-12-- 1995-06-21 (teacher)
• UNEP Training Course, Techniques in bioproductivity and photosynthesis, Harare, 1989-01-04-- 1989-01-25 (teacher)
• Graduate course ”Science and the Society”, lectures and seminars, Umeå Plant Science Center, April 2001
• Graduate course ”Scientific Writing: A practical course”, November-December 2003

• Ca. 150 publications in international journals. Impact: classified as an ISI Highly Cited Researcher (http://isihighlycited.com/)