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