Markus B. Karner
Biographical Information
Markus B. Karner, MSc PhD, is at the Singapore Management University, Singapore.
Markus Karner is an ecologist and business professional. He is interested in extending
biological models from evolution, ecology, complex systems and organic development to
the business world. He has developed a course on biological models for business which he
teaches at Singapore Management University (SMU) and also heads Karner Consult Pte
Ltd, an independent think tank with an approach largely motivated by discussions with
colleagues and associates from the SMU. Prior to his consulting venture Dr Karner did
research in marine microbial ecology. After obtaining his Ph.D in 1995 from the Observatoire
Océanologique, Villefranche-sur-mer and the University of Paris VI, France, he carried
out research at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles and the University
of Hawaii. His work on applying molecular biology methods to detect and assess the
activity of bacterial species in the world’s oceans has been published in major specialist
journals, and the journal ‘Nature’. He received the U.S. National Science Foundation
Medal for Services in Antarctica. Since 2001 Dr Karner, a native of Austria, lives with his
family in Singapore. |
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