Øjvind Moestrup

Øjvind Moestrup (born 15 December 1941) is a Danish aquatic botanist, working particularly with the classification of algae. He worked at the Botanical Institute at the University of Copenhagen and is a professor emeritus in the Department of Biology there.[1] He published over 100 scientific papers.

Moestrup sampling phytoplankton in Adelaide, Australia, 1988

Moestrup received his doctorate in biology from the University of Copenhagen in 1983, and has worked with the Fishery Inspection Service of the Danish Ministry of Fisheries. His major areas of research include the taxonomy of planktonic algae, haptophytes, toxic diatoms and raphidophytes.[2]

Honours

In 2012 Professor Moestrup received the Yasumoto Award[3] for excellence in his lifetime dedicated work of research on the biology, taxonomy and ultrastructure of microalgae.[4]

The following have been named after him:[4]

  • Gyrodinium moestrupii
  • Moestrupia
  • Ochromonas moestrupii
  • Platychrysis moestrupii
  • Pyramimonas moestrupii
  • Resultomonas moestrupii

References
  1. Lundholm, Nina & Daugbjerg, Niels (2011). "A Tribute to Øjvind Moestrup in His 70th Year". Phycologia. 50: 576–582. doi:10.2216/0031-8884-50.6.576.
  2. "Oejvind Moestrup Ocean Expert". Directory of Marine and Freshwater Professionals. IODE Group of Experts on Marine Information Management (GE-MIM). Archived from the original on 24 July 2012.
  3. The Yasumoto Award is the most prestigious award given in the harmful algal bloom field."Anderson Lab Highlights". Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. 29 April 2010. Archived from the original on 30 September 2014.
  4. "HAB Trail Blazers: Øjvind Moestrup". International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae (ISSHA). Archived from the original on 30 September 2014.
  5. IPNI.  Moestrup.
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