Curriculum Vitae Veronika Hansen 

Married; 3 children (11, 13 and 18 years old)

Affiliation

Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1821 Frederiksberg. Phone (+45) 20 62 05 22. Email: [email protected]

Education:

2008   BSc in Natural Resources at University of Copenhagen

2012   MSc in Agriculture, University of Copenhagen

2015   Phd in Soil fertility and Quality at Technical University of Denmark (2012-2014) and University of Copenhage (2014-2015)

Employment

2012 – 2014    PhD student, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

2014 – 2015    PhD student, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences (PLEN), University of Copenhagen

2015 – 2020    Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen

2020 -               Assistant Professor of cover cropping for soil fertility and mitigation of climate change, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)

Research project involvement

2012-2015       Insurance - Combined soil carbon sequestration and crop nutrient supply using thermal conversion technology residuals

2015-2018          Future Cropping WP6 Microbial inoculants

2017-2019          NutHY – Nutrients for Higher organic crop Yields

2020-    CatCap – Catch crops for Carbon Capture and Mitigation of Nitrous Oxide Emissions

2019-                Co-applicant, Science-club – Science-club with focus on climate and urban farming. WP1 leader. (Villum foundation)

2021-                Co-PI, Fertihood – Nutrient recycling for soil fertility and improved organic livelihood. UCPH leader in WP2. (GUDP programme)

Teaching and supervision experiences

I have a broad experience with research-based teaching at BSc and MSc level (lectures, theoretical and practical exercises and project process), as well as primary and secondary school science dissemination, see further details in my Teaching and Supervision portfolio.

I have been main or co-supervisor of 11 master and 6 bachelor students, and I am currently co-supervisor of 1 PhD student. 

Conferences and workshop presentations

I have participated national and international conferences and workshops with 11 oral and 7 poster presentations.

My main research focus is within development of sustainable and circular crop production that minimize climate and environmental impacts. My research activities address methods for building soil fertility, nutrient recycling and improving crop productivity by using bio-based fertilizers and cover crops. My core academic qualifications are within plant nutrient biochemistry, turnover and availability, soil organic carbon dynamics, crop nutrition and soil fertility improvement through sustainable agriculture management.

I have extensive experience performing soil analyses testing chemical, physical and biological aspects of soil fertility, such as nutrient content, turnover and availability, aggregate stability, cation exchange capacity, drop-shatter test, water holding capacity, earthworms test, soil respiration and soil compaction. I have major experiences with plant and root analysis by using radioactive labelling techniques under field conditions and in climate chambers. I have gained experiences with designing, conducting and evaluating field, growth chamber, laboratory and soil incubation experiments.