Patrick TK Woo MSc, PhD [research website]
University Professor Emeritus, University of Guelph (UoG)
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
Patrick TK Woo MSc, PhD [research website]
University Professor Emeritus, University of Guelph (UoG)
Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
Email: pwoo@uoguelph.ca;
Phone: 519-824-4120 ext 53581
Office - Rm 2443 & Laboratory - Rm 2401, Science Complex
Briefly, Patrick was Academic Positions @ UoG
Major Previous Activities
Current (2012) Activities
Postdoctoral Fellow
(Medical Research Council) and Ballard Fellow
@ OVC, UoG;
Andre Mayer Research Fellow (FAO)
@ EATRO (East African Trypanosomiasis
Research Organization, Uganda) and @ SRI (Serengeti
Research
Institute, Tanzania); and
IDRC
Research Consultant and Visiting Scientist @ NITR (Nigerian
Institute for Trypanosomiasis Research, Nigeria) before his academic appointment @ UoG in 1974.
appointed Assistant Professor (1974) and
tenured (1977);
Associate Professor (1978)
Professor (1984).
Member (1993),
Collaborative International Development
Studies; elected Director (2002), Axelrod Institute of Ichthyology.
University Professor Emeritus (2005), elected by Senate and conferred at convocation by
The Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, Chancellor.
(1) Research: 
Awards;
Selected Contributions and
Publications;
Consultant, and Assessor of Res. Proposals;
Awards Committees;
Contributions to Scientific Societies and Journals;
Invited Presentations.
(2) Academic: External Appointments;
External Examiner of Theses and Academic Programs;
Assessor for Appointments, Promotions and Tenure;
Graduate Students.
(3)Founder (2001) and Organizer (ongoing): The Roy C Anderson Memorial
Lecture in Parasitology (2011 lecture).
editor,
CABI books;
executive editor,
JARD;
advisory board WebmedCentral;
ext. project
reviewer, SARF; assessor for academic appointments,
UMT.
research program on cryptobiosis;
plenary speaker, '3rd Vaccines and Therapeutics Seminar: Fish Diseases'
writing workshop, Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, UPM;
public lecture:
Institute of Bioscience, UPM, Malaysia.
Research and Associated Activities
Dr. Woo has always focused his research on the hemoflagellates
including those of medical and economic importance. His early studies were on trypanosomes
and mammalian trypanosomiasis with field work in Africa.
He developed his program on
Cryptobia and cryptobiosis
(includes protective strategies) after his appointment @ UoG.
(1) Publications:
refereed papers;
conference
proceedings;
book
chapters;
special issue;
books.
(2) Presentations:
invited and
contributed papers @ conferences;
public lectures @ universities.
(3) Selected Online Databases:
PubMed;
LinkedIn
gScholarCitations.
Abbreviated curriculum vitae
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