Curriculum Vitae
Martin Walter Seltmann
Eteläinen Rantakatu 1B 10600 Tammisaari, Finland
Telephone: +358442043454
E-Mail: martin.seltmann@novia.fi
Personal Data
Date of Birth: 2nd May 1982
Nationality: German
Education
Apr 2009 – now PhD student at Åbo Akademi University, supervisor: Dr Markus Öst, title of PhD thesis: “Of milquetoasts and daredevils – Personalities in female eiders”; funded by the Academy of Finland (grant no. 128039), the Onni Talas Foundation and Åbo Akademi University
Sept 2008 MSc degree (grade: 1.5 /1-6 with 1 = excellent and 6 = unsatisfactory) Aug 2007 – Apr 2008 Master thesis: “The impact of the abiotic environment and litter siblings on
nest temperature and oxygen consumption of young European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) of different ages”
Oct 2003 – Mar 2008 University of Bayreuth, Degree programme in Biology (Diploma/MSc degree)
Oct 2002 – Sept 2003 University of Regensburg, Degree programme in Geography (no degree) Sept 1992 – Jun 2001 Grammar school, Tirschenreuth, Abitur, major subjects: Biology, English
Professional Experience
Jan 2010 – Nov 2011 Three times (in total 5 months) visiting researcher at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fisheries Division: measuring corticosterone concentrations of serum and faeces samples of common eider females and ducklings May 2008 – Jun 2008 Supervision of students in introductory animal physiology courses at the
University of Bayreuth
Jun 2007 – Sept 2007 Four times (in total 6 weeks) visiting researcher at the Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology in Vienna: measuring oxygen consumption of juvenile rabbits
2002 – 2008 Student assistant in several research projects in the fields of plant ecology, evolutionary ecology and sensory ecology at the University of Regensburg and the University of Bayreuth
Skills
Languages German (mother tongue)
English (excellent skills) Finnish (basic skills)
Computer skills MS-Office (very good)
R, SPSS, Sigma Plot (very good) Biostatistics (very good)
Field technique skills Extensive experience in conducting field work on different habitats and animals
Laboratory skills Extensive experience in endocrinology, physiology, genetics and immunology
Teaching
Jan 2013 – Feb 2013 16h teaching contribution in the course “Biostatistics” (3 ECTS credits), Novia University of Applied Sciences, 08th Jan – 28th Feb
Nov 2009 – Dec 2009 1h teaching contribution in the course “Coastal Zone Ecology, Conservation and Management” (12 ECTS credits), Åbo Akademi University & Novia University of Applied Sciences, 16th Nov – 11th Dec
Publications
Seltmann, M.W., Jaatinen, K, Steele, B.B., Öst, M. Boldness and stress responsiveness as drivers of nest-site selection in a ground-nesting bird. Accepted for publication in Ethology
Jaatinen, K., Seltmann, M.W., Hollmén, T., Atkinson, S., Mashburn, K., Öst, M. 2013. Context
dependency of baseline glucocorticoids as indicators of individual quality in a capital breeder. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 191, 231–238
Seltmann, M.W., Öst, M., Jaatinen, K., Atkinson, S., Mashburn, K., Hollmén, T. 2012. Stress
responsiveness, age and body condition interactively affect flight initiation distance in breeding female eiders. Animal Behaviour, 84, 889–896
Seltmann, M.W., Ruf, T., Rödel, H.G. 2009. Effects of body mass and huddling on resting metabolic rates of post-weaned European rabbits under different simulated weather conditions. Functional Ecology, 23, 1070–1080
Rödel, H.G., Starkloff, A., Prager, G., Seltmann, M.W., von Holst, D. 2009. Causes and predictors of nest mortality in a European rabbit population. Mammalian Biology, 74, 200–211
Presentations (selection)
Correlated temperament traits reveal a behavioural syndrome in female common eider ducks 4th International Sea Duck Conference, Seward, AK, USA (13rd Sep 2011) (oral presentation)
Personalities and parental care strategies in female Common Eiders
13th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Perth, Australia (27th-30th Sep 2010) (poster presentation)
Personalities and their effects on brood care choice and fitness in the common eider duck
Personality workshop, Edward Grey Institute, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK (9th Dec 2009) (oral presentation)
Different factors affecting resting metabolic rates in post-weaned rabbits
4th Topical Meeting of the Ethologic Society, Göttingen, Germany (13rd Feb 2009) (oral presentation)
Received grants
Jul 2012 Biological Interactions Graduate School travel grant for attending the workshop “The evolution of consistent phenotype variation: alternative tactics vs. behavioural syndromes” in Adelboden, Switzerland (409.89 Euro) Jul 2012 Åbo Akademi University travel grant for attending the workshop “The
evolution of consistent phenotype variation: alternative tactics vs.
behavioural syndromes” in Adelboden, Switzerland (582 Euro)
May 2010 Åbo Akademi University travel grant for attending the 13th International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Perth, Australia, to present a poster (1400 Euro)
