MAJOR ONGOING RESEARCH:  

Studies on genetically sustainable management and domestication practices in the face of climate change. We work with more than 25 species including Quercus, Fraxinus, Tilia, Ulmus, Corylus, Cystisus and Malus.  

Studies on genetics of host pathogen interaction with focus on resistance European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) against the novel Ash decline (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus) in Europe. 

The Hørsholm Arboretum and suitability of tree species to present and future climate

Academic degrees

1999 Doctor of Science in Forest Genetics;

1989 M.Sc. Forestry (Cand silv)

Employment

2001->            Professor, University of Copenhagen (until 2006: Royal Vet. &  Agric. University), DK

1999-2001       Senior Advisor. Danida Forest Seed Center, DK

1995-1999       Head of Tree improvement and gene conservation section. The Nature Agency, DK

1993-1995       PhD fellow, The Hørsholm Arboretum, Royal Vet. and Agric. University, DK

1989-1993       Forestry officer (forest seed supply and nursery operations). Nature Agency, DK

Professional memberships outside University of Copenhagen: Danish Advisory committee on forest reproductive material, Danish committee for approval of forest reproductive material. Censor for BSc, MSc and PhD in Biology. Previously: Member of evaluation committee for Tandem Forest (Sweden, 2018), Member of Swedish Research Council FORMAS (2010-2012).Reviewer for IFS (MSc grants) and Trees4u (mobility grants),  Organisation review for CIRAD (France; 2005), External PhD/Docent/ Professor  assessment committees: Swedish Agricultural University; University of Gothenburg, University of Vienna, Technical University of Copenhagen, University of Aarhus, Norwegian Institute for Forest and Landscape.  Chairman for Nordics network of Forest genetics (ADAPCAR) 2011-15. 

Teaching and supervision: BSc, MSc, PhD and post doc. Coordinator of PhD programmes within the Forest, Nature and Biomass programme.

Publications

More than 200 Publications: papers in peer reviewed journals, peer-reviewed contributions to books/proceedings, and guidelines on how to use the research findings in forest management, breeding and/or conservation in Denmark, Europe and Worldwide. http://scholar.google.dk/citations?user=RHwq7vYAAAAJ&hl=en