Primary fields of research

Research activities:

> Microbiota, 16S rRNA amplicon, metagenomics

> Population genetics and population genomics of bacteria

> Pathogenic bacteria in poultry

> Bacterial systematics and taxonomy

> Pasteurellaceae: Rodentibacter, Actinobacillus, Gallibacterium, Mannheimia

> Serotyping Pasteurella multocida (PCR, whole genomic)

> Probiotics

Teaching activities:

> Bioinformatics in veterinary microbiology at MSc and PhD levels

> Bacterial diagnostisc and typing

> Fungi veterinary importance

International societies:

> Vice chair Judicial Commission of ICSP

> Chair of ICSP Subcommitee on Pasteurellaceae 

> Associate editor of Avian Pathology, IJSEM 

reviewer board Avian Diseases

Editor-in-chief Veterinary Microbiology, 

> Member of Judicial Commission of ICSP (2018-)

> Member of ICSP (co-opted)

> Member of EFSA FEED panel and microbiological working group (2018 -)

Possible conflicts of interests:

Collaborates with different branches of animal production and biotech industry in different countries including Denmark. This work occationally include externally funded projects. The representatives from the companies are occationally partners in the projects or serve as advisors to the projects. In all these relations I act as an employee of the University of Copenhagen and do not receive any renumeration from the external partners. 

I work as scientific expert for EFSA as a menber of the FEEDAP panel ( - 2024) and as member of the FEED microbiology group. I receive a salary for this work from EFSA. My DOI is published at the EFSA website: https://ess.efsa.europa.eu/doi/doiweb/doisearch/panel/FEED/wg/684416

CV

Academic degrees

1987 MSc in biology (cand. scient.), Copenhagen University

1991 PhD, Copenhagen University

2006 DVSc (Dr. med. vet.), KVL

Employment

1987 Microbiologist, Danish Food Agency, Søborg, Denmark

1988 PhD student, Dept. Population Biology, Copenhagen University

1991 Post. doc., Biotechnological Institute, DTU, Lyngby, Denmark.

1995 Research assistant professor, Dept. Veterinary Microbiology (now IVP), KVL

1998 Research associate professor, IVP, KVL

2005 Professor with special duties within bioinformatics in veterinary microbiology

2013 Associate professor

Short presentation

News:

◊ Text book: Introduction to Bioinformatics for Microbiology published. 2nd published. German translation. 

◊ Online tool for MLST and capsular typing.

◊ Minimal standards for use of whole genomic sequencing in taxonomy 

Possible conflicts of interest

Collaborates with different branches of animal production and biotech industry in different countries including Denmark. This work occationally include externally funded projects. The representatives from the companies are occationally partners in the projects or serve as advisors to the projects. In all these relations I act as an employee of the University of Copenhagen and do not receive any renumeration from the external partners. 

I work as scientific expert for EFSA as a menber of the FEEDAP panel ( - 2029) and as member of the FEED microbiology group. I receive a salary for this work from EFSA. My DOI is published at EFSA