BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
NAME
Uno Wennergren
eRA COMMONS USER NAME
POSITION TITLE
Associate Professor
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as
nursing, and include postdoctoral training.)
DEGREE
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
YEAR(s)
FIELD OF STUDY
(if applicable)
Linköping University
M.S.
.
Ph.D.
-
Linköping University
University of Washington, USA
A.
1993
1993-1994
Majors in both
Mathematics and
Biology
Theoretical Biology
Dept of Zoology
Positions and Honors.
2005 - present,
1994 - 2004,
1994-1998.
2000-2005
B.
1986
Associate Professor in Theoretical Biology, The Department of Physics, Chemistry and
Biology, Linköping University, Sweden
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Linköping University,
Sweden
Director of Studies of Mathematics and Science, Linköping University
Chairman of the Educational Board of Mathematics and Science. Linköping University
Selected peer-reviewed publications (in chronological order).
1. Nöremark M, N Håkansson, T Lindström, U Wennergren, and S. Sternberg Lewerin. In press. Spatial and
temporal investigations of reported movements, births and deaths of cattle and pigs in Sweden. Acta
Veterinaria Scandinavica.
2. Lindström T, Sisson SA, Nöremark M, Jonsson A, Wennergren, U. 2009. Estimation of distance related
probability of contact between farms through animal transports and implications for disease spread.
Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 91: 85-94
3. Westerberg L, Lindström T, Nilsson E, Wennergren U. 2008. The effect on dispersal from complex
correlations in small-scale movement. Ecological Modelling. 213 (2): 263-272.
4. Lindström T, Håkansson N, Westerberg L, Wennergren U. 2008. Splitting the tail of the displacement kernel
shows the unimportance of kurtosis. Ecology. 89 (7): 1784-1790.
5. Håkansson N., Henningsson M., Mikael Rönnqvist M., and Wennergren U. (2007). Route planning reduces
the costs of animal transportation: animal welfare versus economics. XIII International Congress in Animal
Hygiene, ISAH-2007.
6. Westerberg and Wennergren. 2005. Matrix models: a tool for landscape management? In: New Trends in
Ecology Research. Editor: A R Burk. Pp 135-158. Nova Science Publishing, New York, USA.
7. Westerberg, Östman, and Wennergren. 2005. Movement of a habitat generalist in heterogeneous landscapes.
Ecological Modelling. 188. 432-447.
8. Westerberg L. and Wennergren, U. 2003. Predicting the spatial distribution of a population in a
heterogeneous landscape. Ecological Modelling. 166. 53-65
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9. Wennergren and Stark. 2000. Modeling long-term effects of pesticides on populations: beyond just counting
dead animals. Ecological application. 10(1):295-302.
10. Kareiva, Stark and Wennergren. 1996 Using demographic theory, community ecology, and spatial models
to illuminate ecotoxicology. In: Ecotoxicology: Ecological dimensions, Editor Maltby, L & Greig-Smith, P.
Chapman Hall.
11. Ebenman, Johansson, Jonsson and Wennergren. 1996. Evolution of stable population dynamics through
natural selection. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 263:1145-1151
12. Habtewold, Landin, Wennergren and Bergman. 1995. Life table of the tef grasshopper, Aiolopus
longicornis, under laboratory conditions and the effects of the pathogen Nosema locustae on its demography.
Biological Control. 5: 497-502.
13. Ebenman, Hedenström, Wennergren, Ekstam, Landin and Tyrberg. 1995. The relationship between
population density and body size: the role of extinction and mobility. Oikos. 73: 225-230.
14. Stark and Wennergren. 1995. Can population effects of pesticides be predicted from demographic
toxicological studies? J. Econ Entomol. 88(5): 1089-1096.
15. Wennergren, Ruckelshaus and Kareiva. 1995. The promise and limitations of spatial models in conservation
biology. Oikos, 74, 343-356.
16. Kareiva and Wennergren. 1995. Connecting landscape patterns to ecosystem and population processes.
Nature, 373, 299-302.
17. Wennergren, Weinerfeldt and Forsling. 1994. Comparative sensitivity analysis of stable stage structures and
reproductive values. Bull. Math. Biol. 56(3):945-957.
18. Wennergren and Landin. 1993. Population growth and structure in a variable environment. I. Aphids and
temperature variation. Oecologia 93(3):394-405.
19. Landin and Wennergren. 1987. Temperature effects on population growths of mustard aphids. Swed. J.
Agric. Res. 17:13-18.
C.
Research Support.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Wenner-Gren Center and Swedish Institute: Postdoc 1993-94
SJFR project, 50% of full time per year during 1998-1999
SJFR project, 50% of full time per year during 2001
TFR/VR: Graduate student in NGSSC for 1998-2004, L
Formas: 15% of full time. The landscape ecology of plant protection in organic farming. 2002-2005.
Graduate students in NGSSC, National Graduate School of Scientific Computing: one 2003-2006, four
students 2007-2009
7. Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency/Swedish Emergency Management Agency: Project leader (and
PI) of ‘Spread of infectious diseases, a threat to Swedish livestock’. 2005-2009
8. Animal Welfare Agency and Swedish Agricultural Board: Project leader (and PI) of Animal welfare,
transport and logistics. 2006-2009.
Role in Current Project
Dr. Wennergren is an expert in spatiotemporal modeling and estimating probabilities of movement patterns.
Both areas applies to disease modeling. He has worked with animal disease modelling within Swedish
farming system, analyzed and customized the Swedish transport/shipment data. He is also PI of a larger
project optimizing transport planning and routes with regard to animal shipments to slaughterhouses. As
co-PI of this project, he will be responsible for estimating probabilities of shipments and formulating the
. disease modelling.
D.
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