Skin immunology with specific focus on contact allergy like nickel, fragrance and hair dye allergy

Curriculum vitae

Education

21.09.2018: DMSc from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

15.12.2004: PhD from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen

16.12.1999: MSc in biochemistry from the University of Copenhagen

Positions

01.12.2019 -: Acting Executive Director of LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen 

01.01.2019 -: Professor with special responsibilities at LEO Foundation Skin Immunology Research Center, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen 

01.10.2009 - 31.12.2018: Associate professor at Department of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen

01.01.2009 - 30.09.2009: Permanent assistant professor at Copenhagen Cluster of Immunology

11.12.2008 - 31.12.2008 Assistant professor at Copenhagen Cluster of Immunology

15.09.2005 - 11.12.2008: Post doc supported by the Danish Medical Research Council (ISIM)

28.09.2004 -14.09.2005: Substitute for assistant professor at ISIM, University of Copenhagen.

01.01.2001 - 27.09.2004: PhD student at Professor Carsten Geisler's laboratory at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

01.01.2000 - 31.12.00: Research assistant at Professor Geisler's laboratory.

Teaching:

01.01.2020-: Head of course in ‘Skin Immunology’ for Master's students in Immunology and Inflammation at University of Copenhagen 

01.01.2018-: Head of Graduate Programme of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Copenhagen

2014 - 2016: member of the study board for Human Biology program at University of Copenhagen

2012 -: Head of the course in ‘Immunology and general Microbiology’ for Human Biology students at University of Copenhagen

2011 -: co-organizer of the PhD-course ‘The Immune System in health and diseases’.

2009 - 2011: Head of the Immunology course for Human Biology students at University of Copenhagen.

Lecturer since 2004 in various immunology courses.

Member of Research Groups:

June 2017-: member of Clinical Academic Groups (CAG) for Allergy.

Awards:

2011: LEO Pharma Research Foundation Silver Award

International relations

Summer 2012: 10 weeks at the laboratory of Professor Wendy L. Havran, Department of Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, US

April 2009-: Co-founder and member of CARGO, an open international research group which at the present have members from UK, Germany, France, Sweden and Denmark.

Autumn 2001: 3 months at the laboratory of Dr. Ada Kruisbeek, Department of Immunology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Autumn/winter 97/98: 5 months at the laboratory of Dr. L. A. Clerici, Joint Research Centre, European commission, Ispra, Italy.

Summer 96: 2 months at the laboratory of Dr. E. Sabbioni under supervision of Bent Iversen, Joint Research Centre, European commission, Ispra, Italy.

Supervision

Master students: 5 finished, 3 ongoing; Ph.D.-students: 7 finished, 4 ongoing; Post.docs: 1 ongoing