Bo Thisted Simonsen

CV

Current position 

• Deputy Director of the Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen.
• Forensic Geneticist, Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen

Education and scientific qualifications

1997: PhD Population Genetics
1993: MSc Population Biology
1990: BSc Ecology

Positions

2007 - now: Deputy Director of the Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine,    University of Copenhagen
1999 - 2007: Manager of paternity and kinship testings, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen
1997 - 1999: Forensic geneticist, Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen
1994 - 1997: PhD student, Dept. Biology, Section of Population Biology, University of Copenhagen
1989 - 1990: Teaching assistant, Department of Phycology, University of Copenhagen

Knowledge of languages

• Danish
• Swedish
• Norwegian
• English

Primary fields of research

• Molecular markers for the forensic identification of persons
• Molecular markers for the analysis of family relationships
• Molecular markers for the ethnical identification of persons
• Patterns of genetic variation within and between populations of large terrestrial mammals
• Elucidation of the evolutionary and historical background of patterns of genetic variation      within and between populations of large terrestrial mammals
• Basic population genetics and population ecology

Teaching

• Teaching in forensic genetics of
  - Medical students
  - Biology students
  - Employees at the Danish courts
• Pre- and postgraduate teaching in evolution, population biology, population genetics and molecular evolution of biology students