Born in Sweden, Prof. Beer arrived in Israel in 1974 and served in the IDF from 1977-1978. He received his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University. He is married with two children and speaks English, Swedish, Hebrew, and German fluently.
Prof. Sven Beer
Email: svenb@ex.tau.ac.il
Office: Britannia-Porter, 610
Biography
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| Education: | |
| 1969-1972 | B.A.; Biology, Universities of Uppsala and Stockholm |
| 1974-1975 | M.Sc.; Botany, Tel Aviv University |
| 1975-1979 | Ph.D.; Botany, Tel Aviv University |
| 1979-1980 | Post-doctoral research; Limnology, Tel Aviv University |
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Academic Appointments: |
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| 1974 - 1979 | Instructor; Botany, Tel Aviv University |
| 1981 - 1986 | Lecturer; Tel Aviv University |
| 1985 - 1987 | Visiting Scientist; Photosynthesis, University of Florida |
| 1986 - 1991 | Senior Lecturer; Tel Aviv University |
| 1988 - 1989 | Scientific Advisor; Oceanography, The Open University |
| 1991 - 2000 | Associate Professor; Tel Aviv University |
| 1994 - 1995 | Visiting Scientist; Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut |
| 2000 - 2011 | Full Professor; Tel Aviv University |
| 2000 - 2003 | Chairman of the Depatment; Tel Aviv University |
| 2001 - present | Lecturer; Marine Botany, Ruppin Academic Center |
| 2003 - 2004 | Visiting Scientist; Marine Botany, University of Stockholm |
| 2003 - present | Adjunct Professor; Botany, University of Stockholm |
| 2007 - 2008 | Visiting Scientist; Marine Sciences, University of Dar es Salaam |
| 2009 | Visiting Scientist; Marine Sciences, University of New Hampshire |
| 2011 - present | Emeritus Professor; Tel Aviv University |
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Professional Affiliations: |
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| Botanical Society of Israel (1981), Phycological Society of America (1983), American Society of Plant Physiologists (1983-1990), European Phycological Society (1995), World Seagrass Association (2002) | |
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Honors and Awards: |
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| 1981 | TAU grant for starting scientists (no. 5203) |
| 1981 | European Atomic Commission, travel grant |
| 1981-1982 | TAU grant for young scientists (no. 5229) |
| 1982 | Invited Panellist, AAPS Workshop, Athens, GA |
| 1986 | DNR of Florida, Proposal co-author and Project Leader |
| 1986 | Florida Institute of Oceanography, eight shipboard days for scientific cruise to the Bahamas, Proposal author and expedition participant |
| 1987, 1989 | Florida Institute of Oceanography, six shipboard days - same as 1986 |
| 1989, 1990 | The Danish Science Foundation / Ministry of Education (Photosynthesis), PI |
| 1989 | The Hunger Fund/TAU (with Y. Lipkin) (Edible Sea Vegetable Porphyra), PI |
| 1989, 1990 | The Ecology Fund, Israel (Algal Ecology), PI |
| 1991, 1992 | Swedish National Research Council (Marine Algal Ecology), PI |
| 1991 | Florida-Israel Institute (with G. Bowes) (Aquatic Macrophytes), PI |
| 1991-1993 | Israel Academy of Sciences (with A. Zilberstein) (Rubisco SSU physiology and molecular biology , PI |
| 1991, 1992 | TAU Fund for Basic Research (algal responses to CO2 ), PI |
| 1993-1996 | Israel Academy of Sciences (with M. Gurewits) (HCO3 transport in algae), PI |
| 1994-1995 | DNR of Connecticut (seagrass biology of Long Island Sound), scientist |
| 1997-2000 | R. Weil Research Grant, Proventus, Sweden (marine algae), PI |
| 1998-2001 | The Israel Science Foundation / Israel Academy of Sciences (with A. Israel) (algal responses to increasing CO2 levels), PI |
| 1998-2001 | World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (study grant for African Ph.D. student) |
| 2001-2004 | U.S.-Israel BiNational Science Foundation (BSF) (photosymbiotic relationships in marine sponges), PI |
| 2004 | European Community (artificial marine structures), co-PI |
| 2008 | Ministry of Nature Protection (molecular identification of phytoplankton), PI |
| 2010 | European Community (seagrass biology), Core-group member, Israeli representative |
Research Interests
Marine Photosynthesis and Ecophysiology: Photosynthetic carbon acquisition in marine plants (macroalgae and seagrasses)
- Photophysiology of marine invertebrate (corals, sponges) photosymbionts
- Novel in situ optical fluorometric methods for measuring photosynthetic rates under water
- Active in the environmental organization EcoOcean (www.ecoocean.com)
Principal Research Interests:
- Marine Macrophyte (Macroalgae, Seagrasses)
- Photosynthetic Carbon Acquisition;
- Marine Invertebrate Photosymbioses;
- PAM Fluorometric Methods for in situ Measurements of Photosynthetic Production
Selected Publications
For a full list
Selected Works
Book: Beer, S., Björk, M. and Beardall, J. 2014. Photosynthesis in the Marine Environment. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK (ISBN: 978-1-119-97957-9)
Beer, S., Larsson, C., Poryan, O. and Axelsson, L. 2000. Measuring Photosynthetic Rates of the Marine Macroalga Ulva by Pulse Amplitude Modulated (PAM) Fluorometry. Eur. J. Phycol. 35: 69-74
Schwarz, A.-M., Bjצrk, M., Buluda, T., Mtolera, M. and Beer, S. 2000. Photosynthetic utilisation of carbon and light by two tropical seagrass species as measured in situ. Mar. Biol. 137: 755-761
Beer, S., Bjצrk, M., Gademann, R. and Ralph, P. 2001. Measurements of photosynthetic rates in seagrasses. In: F.T. Short and R. Coles (eds.) Global Seagrass Research Methods.
Elsevier Publishing, The Netherlands, pp. 183-198
Beer, S., Bjצrk, M., Hellblom, F. and Axelsson, L. 2002. Inorganic Carbon Utilisation in Marine Angiosperms (Seagrasses). Funct. Plant Biol. (former Australian J. Plant Physiol.) 29: 349-354
Winters, G., Loya, Y., Rottgers, R. and Beer, S. 2003. Photoinhibition in shallow water colonies of the coral Stylophora pistillata as measured in situ. Limnol. Oceanogr. 48: 1388-1393
Bjrk, M., Axelsson, L. and Beer, S. 2004. Why is Ulva intestinalis the only macroalga inhabiting isolated rockpools along the Swedish Atlantic coast? Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 284: 109-116
Beer, S., Mtolera, M., Lyimo, T. and Bjצrk, M. 2006. The photosynthetic performance of the tropical seagrass Halophila ovalis in the upper intertidal. Aquat. Bot. 84: 367-371
Saroussi, S. and Beer, S. 2007. Alpha and quantum yield of aquatic plants as derived from PAM fluorometry. Aquat. Bot. 86: 89-92
Sharon , Y. and Beer, S. 2008. Diurnal movements of chloroplasts in Halophila stipulacea and their effect on PAM fluorometric measurements of photosynthetic rates. Aquat. Bot. 88: 273-276
Semesi, S., Beer, S. and Björk, M. 2009. Seagrass photosynthesis controls rates of calcification and photosynthesis of calcareous macroalgae in a tropical seagrass meadow. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 382: 41-47
Sharon, Y., Levitan, O., Spungin, D., Berman-Frank, I. and Beer, S. 2011. Photoacclimations of the seagrass Halophila stipulacea to the dim irradiance at its 48-m depth limit. Limnol. Oceanogr. 56: 357-362
Kaewsrikhaw, R., A. Pratheb, A. Darakrai and S. Beer. 2016. Photosynthesis and calcification in two Halimeda species from Phuket, Thailand. Bot. Mar. 59: 187-192
