Snæbjörn Pálsson
Associate Professor, University of Iceland
Born 07.10.1963, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Uppsala University, Department of Conservation
Biology and Genetics (PhD) 1994 -1999.
State University of New York at Stony
Brook, Department of Ecology and Evolution (MA) 1990 -1992.
University of Iceland, Biology (BS) 1985 -1988.
Menntaskólinn við Sund, "student
exam" , physics line 1983.
Research at the University of Iceland 2004 - 2008:
Evolution and population genetics of various species, including hybridization
in gulls, mitochondrial variation in Arctic gadoids and now on groundwater
amphipods. Detecting signature of natural selection in the human genome, in
collaboration with Agnar Helgason, Decode Genetics.
Visiting scientist at the Department of Ecology and Systematics, University of
Helsinki, and the Unit of Evolutionary Biology/ Systematic Zoology, University
of Potsdam fall 2007 and at Institute of Cell
and Molecular Biology, program in Immunology, Uppsala University, fall 2002
Research Scientist at the University of Iceland 2002 - 2004, Financed by a
Grant from the Icelandic Research Council.
Research Scientist at Decode Genetics, Dept. of
statistics, Iceland. August 2000 - January 2002.
Research Scientist at Uppsala University 1999 – 2000, financed by a grant from
the Swedish Academy of Sciences and the Nilson Ehle foundation.
Researcher at Holar, Agricultural College, summer of 1994.
Prof. Einar Árnasons laboratory of Evolutionary Biology and Population
Genetics, Institute of Biology, University of Iceland: summers of '86, '87,
'88, '90, and '91, and 1992 - 1994.
Prof. Gudmundur Eggertsons laboratory of Genetics, Inst. of Biology, University
of Iceland: 1989.
Madfish (Molecular Adaptation in fish, supported by NorFa)
TUNU-MAFIG (Research on the marine fauna of the North-eastern Greenland...)
Participated in a research expedition (TUNU-1) to NE-Greenland, Okt. 2003. A
project on ecophysiology and genetics of polar fish. Supported by NARP (Nordic Arctic Research Program).
Nordic network on
social insects.
Participated in a nordic group to review genetics of commercially exploited
species in the Nordic countries.
University of Iceland 2002-2008. Lecturer in Biometry I, Biometry II,
Evolutionary Biology and Models and Data in Biology.
Lecturing at The United Nations University Fisheries Training Programme in
Iceland 2006.
Supervisor for a MS-student at Uppsala University (2003).
Core Teacher at the Arctic Biology 2002, DIS
summer program in Iceland (Denmarks International Study Program in partnership
with the University of Iceland).
Core Teacher at the Arctic Biology 2004-2005,
A study abroad program by University of Minnesota in partnership with the
University of Iceland).
Uppsala University, 1994 -2000. TA in Pop. Genetics, and in Pop.
Biology.
University of Iceland, 1986-1990, 1992-1994. Teaching assistance, mainly in
Biometry, and Evolutionary Biology.
SUNY Stony Brook, 1990 -1991. TA in General Biology.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, BMC Evolutionary Biology, Canadian
Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Conservation Genetics, Heredity, International
Journal of Molecular Sciences, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Molecular
Ecology, Proceedings of the Royal Society, Náttúrufræðingurinn, Icelandic
Research Counsil, University of Iceland research fund, Sixth EU framework.
Scandinavian American foundation 1990, Nilsson-Ehle 1997; 1999, Swedish Royal
Academy of Sciences 1999, Icelandic Research Council 2000, Icelandic Research
Council 2002-2004, 2005-2007, 2008-2010. University of Iceland research fund
2006-2009.
Chair of the Science committe, Faculty of Sciences, University of Iceland
2007-2008.
In the board of the nordic phylogenetic network 1992-1994.
Chair of Haxi, association of biology students, University of Iceland 1987.
In the board of the student union at University of Iceland 1986-1987.
Worked in refugee camps of The World Relief organization, in La Mosquitia,
Honduras 1984.
Voluntary work with Las Brigadas medicas de Honduras 1983.