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MSc in Biology; PhD in microbial ecology
Universitetsparken 15
2100 København Ø
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ORCID 0000-0002-9925-067X
Date of birth January 21 1964, Aarhus, Denmark
CONTACT +45 51827033; [email protected]
EDUCATION
1996 (August) PhD, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark
1993 (October) Master of Science, UCPH
ScienTific focus areas
The ecology of soil microorganisms. Microbial production and consumption of gases and volatile organic compounds. The effects of climate change on soil microorganisms and their feedbacks to climate. Microorganisms in extreme environments. Astrobiology.
POSITIONS
2020- Full Professor, Dept. of Biology, UCPH, DK
2012-19 Professor MSO, Dept. of Biology, UCPH, DK
2004-11 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, UCPH, DK
2000-03 Research Associate Professor, Inst. of Molecular Biology, UCPH, DK
1999-2000 Postdoc, Michigan State University, USA
1998-1999 Postdoc, Inst. of Molecular Biology, UCPH, DK
1996-1998 Postdoc, Zoological Inst., UCPH, DK
RESEARCH LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT
2023- Directional Board, Center for Volatile interactions, Dept. of Biology, UCPH
2020- PhD Coordinator, Dept. of Biology, UCPH
2012-22 Directional Board, Center for Permafrost, Dept. of Geosciences and Natural Ressource Management, UCPH
2007-13 Head of Studies, Bachelor and Master Program, Faculty of Science, UCPH
MAIN CURRENT FUNDING
2023-29 DNRF CoE, Center for Volatile Interactions (co-PI, 15% of total budget of 60 mio DKK)
2021-25 EU Horizon 2020 Biodivclim (PI, 2.3 mio DKK of total budget of 6.9 mio DKK, 1 post doc)
2020-25 NNF Interdisciplinary Synergy Project (co-PI, ca. 4.5 mio DKK of total budget of 15 mio DKK, 1 PhD, 1 postdoc, co-supervisor 1 PhD)
2020-25 EU Horizon 2020 (co-PI, 1.6 mio DKK of total budget of 117 mio DKK, 1 post doc)
2023 Leister Foundation, Switzerland, participation in Leister Expedition Go East 2023
SUPERVISION AND TEACHING
Supervised 87 MSc students, 7 PhD students, 5 postdocs since 2002
Frequent PhD opponent/committee chairman (DK, Sweden, Norway, Germany)
Current teaching: General Microbiology, Microbial Biotechnology, Basic Arctic Biology, The Human Microbiome, Advanced Bacteriology 2, Arctic Biology
Reviewer and grant evaluation activities
Grant evaluator for, e.g., Austrian, Swiss and Norwegian research councils.
Ad hoc reviewer, numerous journals.
RECENT OUTREACH
Has authored 400+ articles for newspapers, popular science magazines and books
2022 Participation at Bloom Festival on Nature and Science, Copenhagen
2021 Contribution to the exposition 'The world Is In You', Medical Museion, Copenhagen
2021 Participation at 'Life in Space', Science Faction, Comedy Zoo, Copenhagen
2021 Winner of Science Slam, Planetariet, Copenhagen
BIBLIOMETRICS (as of July 2023)
77 peer-reviewed papers (6 book chapters)
H-index: Web of Science: 30, Google Scholar: 35
Citations: Web of Science: 4965: Google scholar: 3200
Published papers as first author: 13; as senior author: 11
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (CURRENT KEY COLLABORATORS)
Riikka Rinnan, BIO, UCPH; Kathrin Rousk, BIO, UCPH; Anders Michelsen, BIO, UCPH; Flemming Ekelund, BIO, UCPH; Lasse Riemann, BIO, UCPH; Bo Elberling, Department of Geosciences and Natural Ressource Mangement, UCPH; Per Ambus, Department of Geosciences and Natural Ressource Mangement, UCPH; Uffe Gråe Jørgensen, Niels Bohr Institute, UCPH; Jan Härter, Niels Bohr Institute, UCPH; Henrik Grum Kjærgaard, Department of Chemistry, UCPH; Frank Aarestrup, Technical University of Denmark; Carsten Suhr Jacobsen, Aarhus University, Denmark; Lea Ellegaard-Jensen, Aarhus University; Aline Frossard, WSL, Switzerland; Anna Romaní, University of Girona, Spain; Jean-Baptiste Ramond, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Don Cowan, University of Pretoria, South Africa; Paul Grogan, Queens University, Ontario, Canada; Steven Allison, University of California, Irvine, USA.
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