Curriculum Vitae




Name:Anna Carina Liljevik
Nationality:Swedish
Date of birth:7th February 1968
Telephone:+46 (0)70 4771146
Fax:+46 (0)8 264008
e-mail:

oceanna@swipnet.se
aliljevik@hotmail.com
 

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Education

1998-1999:


MSc Tropical Coastal Management
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K.
Summary of MSc coursework
1994-1996:


BSc Biological Oceanography
University of Washington
Seattle, U.S.A.
Summary of BSc coursework
1992-1994:


Associate of Arts and Science
Shoreline CC
Seattle, U.S.A.
1983-1986:


Upper Secondary School
Sigtuna Skola Humanistiska Läroverk
Sigtuna, Sweden
1981-1983:


Secondary School
International School of Tanganyika Ltd.
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania




Employment History

1/98-8/98:



Research Assistant
Marine Research Division
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
San Diego, U.S.A.
11/97-12/97:


Various temporary jobs
University of California San Diego
San Diego, U.S.A.
8/97-10/97:



Volunteer fieldwork (Seychelles)
Crustacean biogeography study
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Panama
3/97-4/97:



Sales
University Bookstore
University of California San Diego
San Diego, U.S.A.
1/95-7/96:



Research Assistant
Biological Oceanography (Antarctic Research)
University of Washington
Seattle, U.S.A.
9/90-5/91:



Destination Manager
Scandinavian tourism in Seychelles
Globetrotter (travel agency)
Mahé, Seychelles
3/90-8/90:



Assistant
Multilateral development
World Bank Group, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Stockholm, Sweden
3/88-2/90:



Assistant
Translation (French-Swedish)/general office duties
Air France
Stockholm, Sweden
11/87-2/88:


Receptionist
EgoOptiska AB
Stockholm, Sweden
8/86-8/87:

Au-pair
Lausanne, Switzerland




Fieldwork Experience

5/99-6/99:


Seychelles
MSc dissertation

Objective: obtain data for MSc dissertation on ecological and socioeconomic impacts in Seychelles of the 1998 coral bleaching event.

12/99:


River Tyne Estuary, UK
MSc project

Objective: obtain water samples and data for water quality analysis of the River Tyne.

5/98-6/98:


Chukchi Sea,
Arctic Ocean
AWS-98

Objective: obtain and investigate coldwater marine organisms as a source of novel anticancer agents.

8/97-10/97:


Seychelles
Volunteer work

Objective: obtain samples for a study on the biogeography of the coral-dwelling snapping shrimp Alpheus lottini.

4/96-5/96:


Duwamish River Estuary, USA
BSc research project

Objective: obtain samples for a physiological study on salinity stress in the copepod Eurytemora americana.

1995-96:

Puget Sound, USA
Oceanographic studies

Objective: gather oceanographic data and conduct benthic surveys of polluted sites.




Computer Skills

PC, Macintosh and Unix systems: MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint & Access); Quattro Pro; Sigma Plot; Minitab; PRIMER; Idrisi (GIS); Bilko (Image Processing Software); Adobe Photoshop; Fortran; BASIC; SB Modeller; TideCalc; ABASIM; EndNote 3; HTML



Language Skills

Fluent in English, French and Swedish
Good working knowledge of Swahili, Creole Seychellois, and German
Basic knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese





Other Skills & Qualifications

SCUBA certification (1992)
Driver's licence (1986)
GPS/Navigation/Boating experience
GIS/Satellite and airborne image analysis
Environmental Impact Assessment
Underwater Visual Census/SCUBA monitoring techniques (reef fish and invertebrates)
Oceanographic surveying/sampling (Shipboard)

Laboratory experience: SDS-PAGE, microscopy, spectrophotometry, micro-organism/ plankton isolation and culturing, water quality analysis, grain-size analysis (carbonate sediments), reef fish/invertebrate taxonomy, sample preservation, general laboratory techniques and safety procedures.





Societies & Subscriptions

International Society of Reef Studies (ISRS); Coral Reefs




Interests & Recreation

Natural Resources Management; Pollution control; Marine Ecology; Human rights; Philosophy/ethics; Foreign cultures/languages
Travelling; SCUBA; Windsurfing; Hiking and other outdoor activities


E-mail

(oceanna@swipnet.se)

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