Dennis Sandris Nielsen
  • Rolighedsvej 26

    1958 Frederiksberg C

Personal profile

Primary fields of research

  • Microbial behavior in complex environments with particular focus fermented foods as well as the relationship between diet, gut microbiome and health and disease in humans as well as animals
  • Use of microbes for creating structure/taste and improve the nutritional value (protein quality, vitamins) of fermented, plantbased, protein rich foods
  • The role of bacteriophages in the gastrointestinal tract
  • Targeted interventions to manipulate the gut microbiome (bacteriophages etc.)
  • The influence of pre-, pro- and postbiotics on the gut microbiome as well as host-gut microbiome interactions
  • Fermented Foods (cocoa, wine, coffee, indigenous fermented foods, fermentation as flavour enhancer, fermentation as a tool to improve nutritional value)
  • In vitro models to study food/microbe interactions in the gastrointestinal tract
  • Rapid methods for culture-dependent and culture-independent (qPCR, high throughput sequencing) characterisation of complex microbiological communities.
  • Coupling of bioinformatic and chemical/spectroscopic data using multivariate data analysis.

Teaching

  • Responsible for the course ”Basal Cell and Molecular Biology” (BSc-level)
  • Co-responsible for the course "Gut Microbiome and Nutrition" (MSc-level)
  • Co-responsible for the course ’’Cool Climate Viticulture and Enology” (MSc-level).
  • Lecturer on several microbiology B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. courses.
  • Supervisor and co-supervisor on numerous B.Sc. and M.Sc. projects. Main supervisor of 10+ PhD-students 

CV

Education:

2008:           “Adjunktkursus” (Teaching at University level for Assistant Professors and similar), Danish University of Education (DPU)
2006:           Ph.D. Food Science, KVL
2002:           M.Sc. Food Science & Technology, KVL
2000:           B.Sc. Food Science & Technology, KVL.

Scientific positions:

2024-                Professor, Head of Section, Dept. of Food Science

2021-23            Professor, Dept. Food Science, UCPH

2017-21            Professor (MSO), Dept. Food Science, UCPH

2010-17            Associate Professor, Dept. of Food Science, UCPH             

2009-10            Assistant Professor, Dept. of Food Science, UCPH              

2007-09            Post Doc, Dept. of Food Science, UCPH

2003-06            Ph.D.-student, Dept. of Food Science, KVL

2004-05            Guest Researcher, Bundesforschungsanstalt für Ernährung, Karlsruhe, Germany

2002-03            Research Assistant, Dept. of Food Science, KVL

 

Other positions

2021-           Editor, FEMS Microbiological Reviews

2020-           Board member, Independent Research Fund Denmark (FTP)

2018-           Co-organiser (deputy head) of the bi-annual conference Microbial Food and Feed Ingredients (MiFFI)

2011-           Danish corps of external evaluators (censorkorps) food science (from 2011) and engineering (from 2014).

2011-           Reviewer for research foundations in UK, the US, New Zealand, Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden and Qatar

Keywords

  • Faculty of Science
  • Gut microbioata
  • Probiotics
  • Prebiotics
  • Microbiology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Cocoa
  • Coffee
  • Vin
  • Cider
  • Dairy
  • Phages
  • Microbial interactions
  • Yeast
  • Starter cultures
  • Wine

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