Dr. Dirk Weihrauch is a Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He received his PhD in Biology from the University of Hamburg in Germany. Dr. Weihrauch has coauthored two books and numerous scholarly articles. Currently he serves as Associate Editor for Experimental Marine Biology and Ecophysiology and as a Review Editor for Frontiers in Aquatic Physiology.