CV

Personal data

• Born 1951, Danish citizen  

Education

• M.Sc. in Marine Ecology, University of Copenhagen, 1977
• PhD. in Ecophysiology, University of Copenhagen, 1982
• Dr. Sc., University of Copenhagen, 1988 

Employments

• Civil service, 1977-78
• Various fellowships, 1978-1983
• Research Scientist at DTU Aqua,1983
• Senior Scientist at DTU Aqua, 1992
• Research Professor at DTU Aqua, 1994
• Professor at DTU Aqua, 2008-present
• Adjunct Professor at SDU, 2006-2010
• Visiting Professor at CSIC, Barcelona, Spain, 2005-2006
• Visiting Professor at MIT, Boston, USA, 2009-2010
• Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley, USA, 2013-14

Research competencies and interests

• Plankton ecology and biogeography
• Eukaryotic evolution
• Small-scale biological-physical interactions
• Zooplankton ecology
• Microbial ecology
• Trait-based ecology
• Marine snow
• Modelling

Research leadership

• Leader of VKR Centre of Excellence Centre for Ocean Life, 2012-2024 (www.oceanlifecentre.dk)
• Leader of Research network (Trait-based plankton ecology) supported by the Danish Research Council, 1993-2013
• Head of section at DTU Aqua, 2008-13

Teaching

• Taught courses in Ecology, Oceanography and Biological Oceanography at DTU
• Co-organizer and teacher at many international summer schools
• Frequently gives public talks in schools and elsewhere

Community services (international)

• Co-editor or member of the editorial board of 6 international journals (4 at present)

Honours and awards

• Elected Fellow of The Danish Academy of Natural Sciences, 1994
• Elected Fellow of Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters, 1996
• Listed as “Highly Cited Author” by ISI WoS, 2001
• Awarded Danish ‘Researcher of the year’, 2005
• Recipient of the A.G. Huntsman Award, 2007
• Elected Member of The Danish Academy for Technical Sciences, 2009
• Knight of the Dannebrog, 2014
• Recipient of G. A. Hageman Gold Medal, 2015
• Elected Sustaining Fellow of ASLO, 2016
• Recipient of Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize, 2019

Publications 

• About 270 peer reviewed journal articles and 2 books (publication list)
• H-index 93
• Have written multiple popular science articles in Danish and international journals.