Rudi Loesel

ARL Division of Neurobiology,

611 Gould-Simpson Building,

University of Arizona,

Tucson, Arizona 85721

Telephone: (520) 621-8383

Fax: (520) 621-8282

e-mail: rudi@neurobio.arizona.edu

Degrees and Appointments

2000- present Research Associate at ARLDN, University of Arizona

1997-2000 Doctoral student at the Philipps-University of Marburg (Germany), doctoral degree in nature science (Dr. rer. nat.)

1995-97 Doctoral student at the University of Regensburg

1989-95 University of Regensburg (Germany), Diploma in Biology

Honors

1999 Young scientist poster-award of the SmithKline-Beecham Foundation

1992-93 scholarship of the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) enabling me to stay one year at the University of Colorado at Boulder

Refereed Journal Articles (by year)

Loesel, R. and Homberg, U. (2001) Anatomy and physiology of neurons with processes in the accessory medulla of the cockroach, Leucophaea maderae. J. Comp. Neurol. 439(2): 193-207.

Fleissner, G.; Loesel, R.; Fleissner, G.; Waterkamp, M.; Kleiner, O.; Batschauer, A. and Homberg, U. (2001) Candidates for extraocular photoreceptors in the cockroach suggest homology to the lamina- and lobula-organs in beetles. J. Comp. Neurol. 433(3): 401-414.

Loesel, R. and Homberg, U. (1999) Histamine-immunoreactive neurons in the brain of the cockroach Leucophaea maderae. Brain Res. 842:

408-418.

Loesel, R. and Homberg, U. (1998) Sustained oscillations in an insect visual system. Naturwissenschaften 85: 238-240.