Nina Rønsted

• 2024-Present. Museum Director. Professor of Conservation Science, Natural History Museum of Denmark.

• 2024-Present. Associate Researcher, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii, USA

• 2019-2023. Director of Science and Conservation, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii, USA 

• 2015-2019. Full Professor in Higher Plants and Curator of Herbarium C. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen.

• 2012-2015. Associate Professor. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen. 

• 2008-2011. Assistant professor, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, University of Copenhagen. Funded by The Danish Natural Science Research Council.

• 2005-2007. Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship, hosted by the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK, and with 16 months secondment to Department of Plant Biology, University of Minnesota, USA. Funded by EC.

• 2002-2004. Post-Doctoral researcher, Molecular Systematics Section, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. Funded by The Carlsbergfoundation.

Our research explores the evolution of plant diversity and the interaction between people and plants with a particular focus on useful or other charismatic plants as well as conservation of endangered plants. We combine fieldwork and museum collections with genomic data of populations and phylogenetic lineages, and analysis of important environmental or useful traits and biocultural approaches to support sustainable use and conservation. 

Current team members

Nina Rønsted (PI, Acting Museum Director)

Noel Dickinson (PhD student with National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii, USA)

Marie Briggs (PhD student with Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland, UK)