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Eline Lorenzen

Professor i molekylær naturhistorie

  • Øster Farimagsgade 5, 7

    1353 København K

  • Øster Farimagsgade 5

    1353 København K

Personlig profil

Kort præsentation

Eline Lorenzen er professor i molekylær naturhistorie på Globe Institute, Københavns Universitet. 

Hun bruger DNA til at forstå vilde dyrs evolution og undersøger hvordan klimaforhold har skabt og i nogle tilfælde også udryddet verdens biologiske mangfoldighed, især med fokus på de store pattedyr.

Hun er uddannet biolog (Cand. scient. I 2003) og skrev også sin PhD (2009) på  Københavns Universitet indenfor evolutionsbiologi og populationsgenetik, men har senere bevæget sig i en naturhistorisk og arkæologisk retning, med hjælp fra DNA.

Hun har boet og forsket i Afrika, Asien, og Nordamerika, og har arbejdet som postdoc på University of California, Berkeley, i USA.

Men ellers er hendes forskningsverden udgået fra Københavns Universitet, hvor hun i 2015 blev lektor og kurator for pattedyr på Statens Naturhistoriske Museum. I 2020 blev hun Viceinstitutleder for Forskning på Globe Institute, og i 2023 professor samme sted.

Eline Lorenzen modtog i 2023 EliteForsk prisen og er medlem af Videnskabernes Selskab: Hun er bestyrelsesmedlem i bl.a. WWF Verdensnaturfonden og Den Blå Planet.

CV

Key words

Molecular ecology, evolutionary ecology, palaeoecology, natural history, conservation genomics, population genetics, ancient DNA, stable isotopes, ecological niche modeling, science communication and public outreach 

Education

2009 PhD in Biology, University of Copenhagen

2003 MSc in Biology, University of Copenhagen

Recent employments

  • Professor of molecular natural history, Globe Institute (2023-present)
  • Vice Head of Department for Research, Globe Institute (2020–2024)
  • Associate Professor, Globe Institute (2020–2023)
  • Associate Professor, Curator of Mammalogy, Natural History Museum of Denmark (2015–2019)
  • Research group leader of ‘Molecular Ecology and Global Climate Change group’ (2015-present)

Career breaks

  • Maternity leave (2019–2020)
  • Maternity leave (2018–2019) 
  • Maternity leave (2013–2014) 

Academic awards and honours

  • Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Research · EliteForsk Prize (2023) 
  • Fellow of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (2022)
  • Fellow of the first cohort of the UCPH Forward Talent Programme for Excellence in Research (2019)
  • Fellow of The Young Academy (2013-2018)
  • Research featured in text books, incl ‘Evolution: Making Sense of Life 2nd edition’ (2016) by Zimmer and Emlen; ‘Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology 4th edition’ (2015) by Feldhammer et al.
  • Profiled by Science Magazine as part of their special issue on Ancient DNA (2015)
  • Recipient of the UNESCO-L’Oreal For Women in Science Denmark prize (2012)

Research funding 

As Principal investigator

  • DFF · Arctic thematic call · Research Project 2 (2024)  
  • Carlsberg Foundation · Semper Ardens Accomplish (project info) (2023) 
  • Villum Fonden · YIP+, a YIP extension grant ‘for the most talented Villum Young Investigators’ (2021) 
  • DFF · Sapere Aude: DFF-Starting Grant (project info) (2019)
  • DFF · Research Project 1 (2018)
  • Danish Ministry of Environment and Food | Danish Environmental Protection Agency (2017)
  • Carlsberg Foundation · Semper Ardens Accelerate (2016) 
  • Villum Fonden · Young Investigator Programme YIP (project info) (2015) 
  • Dr Margrethe og Prins Henriks Fond (2015)

As an early-career researcher

  • Horizon 2020 · Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship (2011)
  • DFF · FNU · Postdoctoral fellowship (2009)
  • UCPH · Faculty of Science · PhD Fellowship (2005)

Commissions of trust

Invited expert: 

  • NAMMCO [North Atlantic Marine Mammal Commission] Scientific Committee on narwhals
  • IUCN-SSC Conservation Genetics Specialist Group
  • South African National Biodiversity Institute’s Alien Species Risk Assessment Review Panel
  • NAMMCO Joint Scientific Working Group on Narwhal and Beluga

Member of:

  • Vice Chair, Council for Zoological Facilities [Rådet for Zoologiske Anlæg] (2025-2028)
  • IUCN-SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2008-present)
  • Equid Specialist Group (2008-2012)

Board member:

  • Den Blå Planet - National Aquarium Denmark (2025-present)
  • Aase og Jørgen Münters Fond (2024-present)
  • NORRØN A/S (2023-present)
  • WWF Denmark (2018-present)

Peer review activities

Grant reviewer: 

  • Swedish Research Council (2024) 
  • Academy of Finland (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
  • ERC Consolidator Grant Call (2021)
  • German Research Foundation (DFG) (2019)
  • South African National Research Foundation (NRF) (2016)
  • French National Research Council (ANR) (2013, 2016) 

External PhD thesis reviewer and examiner of >20 PhD theses, incl.:

  • Danish Technical University (2024)
  • University of Cambridge (2022)
  • University of Oslo (2022, 2025)
  • NTNU (2022)
  • University of Adelaide (2020, 2022)
  • Natural History Museum Paris (2019)
  • Bangor University (2017) 
  • University of Groningen (2017)
  • University of Johannesburg (2017)
  • University of Potsdam (2017)
  • University of Sevilla (2017)

Outreach and science communication

Formal training

  • Participated in Formidlingsakademiet (2023-2024)
  • Participated in Dagbladet Informations Debatakademi for de Natur og Tekniske Videnskaber (2022) 

Recent podcasts:

Selected popular articles written by Lorenzen:

Research featured by e.g.:

 Video

TV

Danmarks Radio 

TV2 

  • Deltager i panelet på TV2 news og co (siden maj 2025) 
  • TV2 News og co, live TV interview, 8 apr 2025 | 01:45:17 
  • TV2 News og co, live TV interview, 5 mar 2025 | 00:56:53
  • Live TV interview, TV2 Go’ Morgen Danmark, 2 maj 2023 
  • TV2 News og co, live TV interview, 20 feb 2023, i fbm modtagelse af EliteForsk prisen
  • TV2 News og co, live TV interview, 20 jun 2019, i fbm udgivelse af Skovrind et al. (2019)
  • TV2 News, live tv interview, 10 dec 2017

Radio 

Danmarks Radio 

  • DR Tiden, radio interview (+ nyhedsvideo), 10 apr 2025 | 09:45
  • DR P1 Morgen, live radio interview, 10 apr 2025 | 00:43:48
  • DR P1 Morgen, live radio interview, 29 mar 2025 | 02:16:47
  • DR P1 Divisionen, live radio interview, 21 mar 2025 | 00:14:52
  • DR P1 Divisionen, live radio interview, ?? ok 2024 
  • DR P1 Akkurat med Clement (premiere programmet), live radio interview, 1 jan 2023 
  • DR P1 Morgen, live radio interview, 22 sep 2020 
  • DR P1 Videnskabsmagasinet Så vidt vi ved, radio interview, 5 dec 2019 Ifm Skovrind et al. (2019)
  • DR P1 Videnskabsmagasinet Så vidt vi ved, live radio interview, 2 maj 2019 ifm Westbury et al. iScience (2019)
  • DR P1 Morgen, live radio interview, 20 aug 2016
  • DR P1 Morgen, live radio interview, 18 jan 2016

Radio IIII

  • Radio IIII Aften, live radio interview, 11 apr 2025 
  • Radio IIII Videnskabsmagasinet Kraniebrud, radio interview, ?? sep 2021 

Radio 24/7

  • Radio24syv Morgen, live radio interview, 31 mar 2016 



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