Curriculum vitae for Niels Høiby, M.D., Dr. Med. Sci.

NAME:                                                                          Niels Høiby

RANK:                                                Past chairman (1980-2012) now head of Department of Clinical Microbiology, Professor of Medical Microbiology.

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:           August 12, 1941, Copenhagen

CITIZENSHIP:                                                              Danish, ORCID ID 0000-0002-1347-725X

HOME ADDRESS:                                                       Skovbakken 50, 3520 Farum                  

HOME PHONE:                                                            +45-44993532

                                                                                                             Mobil Phone:                     +45-40463532

BUSINESS ADDRESS:                          Department of Clinical Microbiology    

                                                                                                             Rigshospitalet, afsnit 9301

                                                                                                             Juliane Maries Vej 22

                                                                                                             DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø                        

BUSINESS PHONE:                                                     +45-35457788

                                                                                                             Fax:               +45-35456412

                                                                                                             E-mail: [email protected]

MARITAL STATUS:                         Married (Birgit Juel Høiby), 3 children (Cathrine, Jacob, Anders), 6 grand-children

MILITARY SERVICE:                           Danish AIR FORCE, Medical Service 1971-72, spent 6 months in Greenland as medical doctor for the airforce crew and the Greenlandic population  in Narsarsuaq March – August 1972.

POLITICS:                                                                    Member of the Danish Parlament (Folketinget), representing the party Liberal Alliance,  2011. Member of the Council of Region Hovedstaden for Liberal Alliance (the Capital Region of Denmark),  2014-17, reelected (5748 personal votes) 2018-21.

UNIVERSITY AND OTHER EDUCATION:

                                                                                                                                                                              DATES         DEGREES

University of Copenhagen                                                                                        1960 - 1968  M.D.

Scholarship (1 year reseaerch), Statens Seruminstitut, Dept.

Clinical Microbiology, Blegdamshospitalet                                                             1966

ECFMG, Copenhagen                                                                                                                     1968

Thesis, University of Copenhagen                                                                            1977                      Dr. Med. Sci.

Autorisation as a specialist in Clinical Microbiology                         1979

POSTGRADUATE CLINICAL APPOINTMENTS:

                                                                                                                                                                                                    DATES

Resident, Medical Dept., County Hospital, Nykøbing F                                                                                                                                 01.08.68 - 31.07.1969

Resident, Surgical/Gynaecological/Obstetrical Dept., County Hospital, Nykøbing F                                                              08.08.69 - 28.02.1970

Resident, Medical Dept. C, County Hospital, Gentofte                                                                                                                                  01.03.70 - 31.08.1970

Resident, Statens Seruminstitut, Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Blegdamshospitalet                                                            01.09.70 - 31.10.1972

Research Fellowship                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   01.11.72 - 30.04.1975

Resident, Statens Seruminstitut, Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Hvidovre Hospital                                                              01.05.75 - 31.12.1976

Resident, Statens Seruminstitut                                                                                                                                                                                             01.01.77 - 31.12.1978

Resident, Statens Seruminstitut, Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet                                               01.01.79 - 31.03.1979                                                                                                                                                                                      & 01.12.79 - 29.02.1980

Resident, Rigshospitalet, Dept. of Infectious Diseases                                                                                                              01.04.79 - 30.09.1979

Temporary Head of Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet                                                                                        01.10.79 - 30.11.1979

Senior Resident, Statens Seruminstitut, Dept. of Clinical Microbiology, Rigshospitalet                                    01.03.80 - 22.06.1980

Temporary Head of the same Department                                                                                                                                                                             23.06.80 - 31.03.1981

Chairman of the same Department                                                                                                                                                                                        01.04.81 – 31-8-2012

Head of the same department                                                                                                                                                                                                                     01.09.2012 where I choose to step down as chaiman and continue as senior resident to present

Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Copenhagen                                                                              01.09.83 - 31.08.1988

Professor of Medical Microbiology, University of Copenhagen                                                                                               01.09.1988 to present

SCHOLARSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, ACADEMIC HONORS:

Scholarship, University of Copenhagen,                                                                                        1966

Stipendium, University of Copenhagen, higest examination marks.                       1968,

Research Fellowship, The Thorvald Madsen Research Foundation,                       1972 - 1975

The Family Hede Nielsen Foundation, Research Award,                                                              1976

The Essex Award for Danish Clinical Microbiologists,                                                                                      1978

Visiting professor, University of Hannover Medical School                                                         1989

Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology                                                                      1992

The German President’s wife, Mrs. Christiane Herzog’s

                      “Cystic Fibrosis Aid”- research grant                                                                       1995

The Fourth Joseph Levy Memorial Lecture, 22nd European Cystic

Fibrosis Congr., Berlin, Germany                                                                                                                        1998

Professor honoris causa, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, China                 1998

Ridder af Dannebrogordenen                   (Knight of the Dannebrog Order)                                  1999

The Richard C. Talamo Distinguished Clinical Achievement Award

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (USA)                                                                                                                       2005

American Society of Microbiology & American Academy of Microbiology’s

GlaxoSmithKline International Member of the Year Award                                                         2006

The William Nielsen Foundation Award                                                                                                             2006

Visiting professor,  Chinese PLA Postsgraduate Medical School & Chinese

    PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China                                                                                       2011

Professor honoris causa, West China School of Stomatology,

   Sichuan University, Chengdu, China                                                                                          2011

Ridder af 1. Grad af Dannebrogordenen (Knight, 1st order, of the Dannebrog Order) 2012

Honorary editor of the 1st Chinese book about biofilms:

’Microbial Biofilm and Infection’,   Sichuan University, Chengdu, China             2012

European Cystic Fibrosis Society Award                                                                                                             2012

Member of The European Academy of Microbiology (EAM)(FEMS)                                         2013

Honorary editor of the Chinese book: ’Oral Microecology’,

Sichuan University, Chengdu, China                                                                     2014

ESCMID mentor (European Society of Clinical Microbiology

                      and Infectious Diseases)                                                                                                                 2015

ESCMID Fellow (European Society of Clinical Microbiology

                      and Infectious Diseases)                                                                                                                 2017

Honorary editor of the Chinese book: ’Oral Microecology’,

Sichuan University, Chengdu, China                                                                                                       2014

Visiting professor 2018-2021, Peoples University Hospital, Youjiang  

Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, Guangxi, China 2018

Tribute  from the Brazilian Group  of Studies on Cystic Fibrosis which

confer a certificate of merit and gratitude to professor Niels Høiby in

recognition of the relevant services,  provided to scientific research and

knowledge on cystic fibrosis, training of professional and the attention

and dedication throughout  his professional life he has provided to

patients with cystic fibrosis. VII Congresso Brasileiro Multidisciplinar

de Fibrose Cistica. Campinas, Brazil, May 1-4, 2019                                              2019

Member of European Research Council LS9 evaluation panel (Consolidating Grants) 2021-

Professional responsible for medical microbiology, lex.dk (Den Store Danske Encyklopædi)

RESEARCH GRANTS:

The National Danish Cystic Fibrosis Association,                                                                         1972 - 1973

The Danish Medical Research Council,                                                                                         1973 - 1979

Queen Louises Children Hospital’s Research Foundation,                                                            1979

The National Danish Association for the Fight against Tuberculosis,                                           1979 - 1980

Novo’s Foundation,                                                                                                                                                                    1979

The Foundation of October 28, 1972,                                                                                                                  1980 - 1981

The J. Lauritzen Foundation,                                                                                                                                                      1982 - 1995

Lundbeck Foundation,                                                                                                                                                                1989

The Danish Medical Research Council,                                                                                         1989 - 1993 (5-years)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1995 - 1997 (3-years)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1998 - 2000 (3 years       with M. Givskov)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          1998 - 2001 (4 years)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          2003-5 (3 years)

International German-Danish PhD School for Pseudomonas Research:

Joint chairmanship: Niels Høiby, Dpt. Clinical Microbiology, Copenhagen Medical School, and Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, professor Søren Molin, Biocentrum, Danish Technical University, professor Burkart Tümmler, Medical School Hannover University Hospital, Germany, and professor Ken Timmis, German Environmental Research Centrum, Braunswick, Germany (Funded by the German and Danish Research Councils 2000-09 1.4 mio. DM for first period 2000-2003). Large multi-disciplinary research collaborations (STF)(with Søren Molin and others), 2004-8 25 mio. DKK. Forskningsstyrelsen, Large multi-disciplinary research collaborations (Danish Research Agency) with Frank Aaerestup and others (12 mio DKR) KVL, DTU, DFVF, RH, IMMI) 2006-2009. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (USA)(1.2 mio DKR).EU grant (2008-9) with partners from UK, France and Italy (NPARI: New peptide antibiotics, 2.8 mio. €, my part appr. 1.5 mio. DKK). ABT foundation 2009-11 15 mio. DKK, EU Grant (IMPACTT, PsAer-IgY) 2011-2014: 6 mio € with others, own part of the grant 430,000 €. Univ. Copenhagen UC-CARE 2013-16 21 mio. DKK with others.

And numerous other grants to me and my research fellows.

Bibliometry (Google Scholar):

H-I (Hirsch Index): (Febr. 12, 2024) 127

Total citations: (Febr. 12, 2024) 65.898

i10-indeks: (Febr. 12, 2024) 511

2017 I was the 22. - and only Danish - most cited author in Microbiology in Europe 2007-2013 (Lab Times 2;April 27;  2017)

2018 I was one of the of the 33 scientists from Univ. of Copenhagen which was on the list of the 6000 most cited researchers  2006-2016 in the world (Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science, Uniavisen 6-12-2018), same in 2022.

2019 I was the 2^rd top-rated expert in Biofilms worldwide (my young collaborator, Thomas Bjarnsholt was 1^st rated, Expertscape; Biofilms) and my city (Copenhagen) and institutions (Copenhagen University Hospital/Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen) the 4 top-rated institutions in Biofilms based on 28,918 articles published since 2009.

2020 I was the top-rated expert in Pseudomonas aeruginosa worldwide, Expertscape; and my city (Copenhagen)  and institutions (Copenhagen University Hospital/Rigshospitalet and University of Copenhagen) the 3-4 top-rated insitutions in Pseudomonas aeruginosa based on 16,591 articles published since 2010.

2020 I was the 13^th top-rated expert in Cystic Fibrosis worldwide, Expertscape; and my institution (Copenhagen University Hospital/Rigshospitalet) the 29 toprated institution in Cystic Fibrosis based on 12,152 articles published since 2010.

Patents:

09768853.5 – 2112  PCT/DK2009050141: Acetic acid and a buffer (Biofilm treatment), date: 23-6-2009 (DTU)

11799621.5-1451 ’Process for the manufacture of Ajoene derivatives’(Garlic as quorum sensing inhibitor), date 07.12.2011 (DTU)

Commercialisation of my research’s results: PSEUDOMONAS-CF-IgG Elisa kit, marketed by Statens Seruminstitute (SSI-DIAGNOSTICA, DENMARK).

Research in the areas of chronic infections (= biofilm infections), taxonomy, clinical microbiology, hospital infections, antibiotsic resistance mechanisms, One Health Infections