Susanne Knøchel

Primary fields of research

• Food- and waterborne bacteria important for human health or food quality.
• Microbial ecology of foods.
• Predicting the growth, stress response and survival of microorganisms.
• Cross-resistance phenomena in foodborne bacteria and the implications for food preservation.
• Interactions between starter cultures and foodborne pathogens.
• Food preservation technologies, HACCP and risk assessment.
• Use of genomics, proteomics and metabolomics for the study of physiological responses to preservation.
• Developments in hygiene and sanitation in the food and health sector.
• Biofilm and adhesion mechanisms.
• Hygiene and disinfection in food production and food service.
• Hygienic reuse of water.

Teaching

• Responsible for the international MSc course “Safety in the Food Chain” at University of Copenhagen
• Responsible for the development, planning, administration and teaching of the course in “Control of Foodborne Microorganisms” (7,5 ECTS)

Short presentation

Professor and Section Head, Food Microbiology 

Primary fields of research

2015-18                   Professor II at Norwegian University for Science

                               and Technology,Trondheim

2010-                       Professor and Section Head, Food Microbiology,

Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

2003                        Professor with special assignment in microbial food safety

2002-3                    Initiator and head of LMC research school “FOOD”

1991                       Associate professor (Food Preservation Microbiology), Dept.

Dairy & Food Science,  Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark

1989-91                  Senior researcher. Water Quality Institute.

1984-89                  Senior researcher. Danish Institute for Fisheries Research

1982-84                  Visiting scholar, Osaka University, Japan

(Awarded Monbusho Scholarship).

1981-82                  Research Associate. Danish Institute for Fisheries Research

Other activities

Co-founder and Chairman of the organisation Council for Better Hygiene (from 2008). The council has approx. +800 members from academia, companies, municipalities and unions in Denmark and Sweden and has arranged >30 meetings for >2000 participants.

Member of the Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV) 

Communication activities to the broader public

2-5 annual lectures/speeches at national meetings

> 25 TV/radio appearances and 120 newspaper/journal citations

Has been part of the science panel in Ingeniøren as well as Samvirke