Short presentation

My primary research interest is in conservation biology, looking at the relationship between management (conservation responses) and changes in animal populations (State) or threats (Pressures).

The main focus of my PhD work, is addressing how different parameters of protected area management affect biodiversity indicators, to evaluate present conservation strategies and improve future ones. I am especially interested in African protected areas, but also more overall conservation efforts to preserve biodiversity though Strategic Conservation Planning and selection criteria for protected areas. I collaborate with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), Cambridge and Oxford Universities and UNEP-WCMC using the Protected Area Management Effectiveness information module (METT) and the Living Planet Index (LPI).

Teaching

I am involved in the teaching in “International Nature Conservation” for Master students as well as the advanced course in statistics for Biology students at the University of Copenhagen. I also help plan the seminar course for Master students at the Section for Ecology and Evolution.

I am involved in the supervision of two master thesis projects. One on Management effectiveness of Scandinavian birds and another on the Biological relevance and historical use the Danish Nature conservation instrument “Fredninger”.

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Education

2012                Visiting PhD student, Zoological Society of London
2010 –             PhD student in conservation Biology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
2008                MS in Biology, (Cand.scient.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
2004 - 2005    Graduate student (Snyder lab.), Department of Entomology, Washington State University, USA.
2004                BS in Biology (Bach.scient.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark. 

Previous employments

2009 – 2010     Research assistant, Center for Macroecology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen.
2009 – 2010      High school Teacher, Det Frie Gymnasium, Copenhagen.
2007 – 2008      Scientific employee, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen.
2007                 Project coordinator, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen.

Memberships

2011 –              Member of IUCN Species Survival committee (SSC).
2011 –              Member of the Danish National Committee for forest, appointed by the minster of the Environment.
2010 –              Member of the IUCN SSC-WCPA Task Force on Biodiversity and Protected Areas.
2009 –              Member of the national board, Danish Society for Nature Conservation.
2005 – 2008      Member of the group of directors, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen.
2001 – 2007      Member of the Study board for Biology, Univeristy of Copenhagen.
2002 – 2004      Member of Rector’s educational committee, University of Copenhagen.