Jesper Velgaard Olsen
20002019

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Jesper Velgaard Olsen 

Current positions
2012–:

Vice director, CPR

2009–:

Professor and group leader, Proteomics Program, CPR, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Previous positions
2009–2014:

Group leader and professor MSO, CPR, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2011–2012:

Interim managing director, CPR, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2006–2009:

Postdoctoral fellow at Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany

2001–2003:

Staff scientist at MDS Proteomics A/S, Odense, Denmark

 

Education 
2006:

PhD in Molecular Biology (Supervisor Prof. Matthias Mann), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark (defended on May 5, 2006)

2001:

MSc in Chemistry (Supervisor Prof. Roman Zubarev), Department of Chemistry, University of Southern Denmark

1998:

BSc in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Southern Denmark

Short presentation

Jesper Olsen studied analytical chemistry in the group of Roman Zubarev at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, and obtained his PhD in biochemistry and molecular biology in the laboratory of Matthias Mann. During his PhD he was involved in developing high-resolution mass spectrometry-based proteomics. He spent 4 years as a post-doctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Munich, where he developed a quantitative phosphoproteomics technology that was applied to global time-resolved analyses of cell signaling pathways in human cells. In 2009, Jesper was recruited back to Denmark to head a group at the newly established Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR) at University of Copenhagen. In 2012, he was promoted to vice director of CPR and in 2014 full professor. Jesper has received a number of research awards including the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry Junior Research Award and HUPO Young Investigator Award in Proteomic Sciences.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

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  • Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

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