Patricia Holm - Curriculum Vitae#

Education

• 1999 Venia Docendi for Ecology, Phil. Nat. Faculty, University of Bern
  
• 1989 Dr. rer. Nat.; Phil. Nat., Zoological Institute I, University of Heidelberg, Germany
  
• 1985 State examination for the teaching profession at high schools; Phil. Nat., University of Heidelberg, Germany

Professional Experience

• 2003 - to date Professor of Ecology, Phil. Nat.; Dept. Environm. Sci., University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
  
• 1999 - 2003 Director of the national research programme on fish catch decline, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG/ETH), Dübendorf, Switzerland
  
• 1992 - 1999 Assistant professor, Interdisciplinary Center for General Ecology, University of Bern, Institute for Animal Pathology, University of Bern, Switzerland, deputy director of the Department for Electron Microscopy, Bern, Switzerland
  
• 1990 - 1992 Post-Doc, Department of Neurobiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland (30-50%)

Additional Professional Activitities

• Since 2020 Vice president of the Swiss Committee on Polar and High Altitude Research (SKPH). Swiss Academies of Sciences
  
• Since 2005 Representative of the Faculty of Science and (alternate) chairperson of the teaching commission of the Master’s Degree in Sustainable Development, University of Basel, Switzerland

Teaching and research

2003 – to date: Regular graduate teaching in ecology, biology, ecotoxicology, environmental pollution and sustainable development: lectures, seminars, practical courses, excursions. Currently, each term teaching in approximately 9 courses (delivering 17 credits), Universities of Bern and Basel, Switzerland.

Supervision of theses in total of more than 65 graduate and post-graduate level students.

Funding

In the last 6 years, approximately 1.7 mio CHF/yr were raised.

Career breaks

• 1990 – 1992 24 months, part time scientist due to maternal duties (30-50%)
  
• 1989 – 1990 18 months, Consultant for Biology and Ecology, RauCon Bioinformatik und Consulting GmbH, Dielheim, Germany