Lars Nørgaard Hansen

Short presentation

• Conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in general and genetic resources in forest trees in particular, including management, monitoring, conservation and applied research within these fields.
• The dynamics of reproductive systems (i.e. pollination and seed dispersal mechanisms) in regard to understand the genetic population structure and gene flow of plant species and their patterns of distribution and local adaptation.
• The biology of Danish shrub and tree species with particular reference to their ecological and genetic dynamics, distribution and occurrence, habitat preferences and amplitude as well as their conservation and use in landscape enrichment.
• Data and sample collection under field - and lab - conditions.
• Sustainable project strategies that integrates the development needs of rural communities with environmental concern and conservation of biodiversity.
• The Himalayan Region: Its flora, fauna and ecology as well as its environmental and developmental challenges.

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1998 Master of Science in Biology (Cand. Scient. i Biologi).

Department of Genetics and Ecology, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

M.Sc. Project: 1993-1998 Population Genetic Characterisation of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb. in Nepal. The project included seven months of fieldwork in Nepal divided into two field seasons. The thesis contains two separate parts. Part 1 treats the results of the fieldwork, the laboratory analyses and the interpretation of the population genetic data (60 p.). Part 2 provides a detailed manual for the application of allozyme electrophoresis in general as well as for its status and use in investigations of Dalbergia sissoo (277 p.).

Supplementary Education:

2005 Ph.D-course in Molecular Markers in Plant Genetics. Arranged by the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen and held at Risø National Laboratory, Roskilde, Denmark (January-February 2005).

2001 Training Course in GIS and GPS. Horsens Tekniske Skole (November 2001 - primo December 2001).

2000-2001 Training Course in International Project Management. Carl Bro Management, Aarhus, Denmark (10 + 12 weeks) (18 September 2000 - 2 February 2001).

2000 Advanced Training in Forest Gene Resource Management. International Forestry Institute, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B. C., Canada (5 weeks) (15 May - 16 June).

1999 Biodiversity Assessment and Monitoring for Adaptive Management Course. Smithsonian Institution/Man and the Biosphere Programme (SI/MAB), the National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., USA (5 weeks) (9 May - 11 June).

Employments & Experinces:

2005 - Biologist/Academic Technician at Centre of Forest, Landscape and Planning, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark (KVL) (August 2005 - ungoing)

2002-2005 Research assistant at the Arboretum/Forest & Landscape (Centre of Forest, Landscape and Planning) at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark (KVL) (3 years, August 2002 - July 2005)

2001 Employment as Consultant at Danida Forest Seed Centre (DFSC). (2 Months) (April + June 2001)

2000-2001 OJT at Danida Forest Seed Centre as part of the Carl Bro course in "International Project Management". (3 Months) (30 October 2000 - 28 January 2001)

1999 Research Assistant at Centre for Tropical Ecosystems Research (cenTER, Aarhus University). (4 Months of employment)