Short presentation

Svend Christensen holds an M.Sc in Agriculture (1988) and a Ph.D. (1993) from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen. As a researcher, he has coordinated 10 larger research projects prior to becoming Research Director of the Department of Agricultural Engineering under the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences in 2001. In 2008 he was appointed Professor and Head of Department of the Department of Plant and Environmentsal Sciences at the University of Copenhagen.

Primary research areas

• Crop-weed competition
• Weed biology and management
• Biosystem technologies
• Precision agriculture

Professional Affiliations

Currently Svend Christensen chairs the Master Subject Area group 'Site Specific Weed Management' of the European Weed Research Society (EWRS) and is also member of the EWRS scientific committee, as well as coordinating the Nordic Plant Phenotyping Network (NPPN). He is also member of the board of editors of Journal of Precision Agriculture. Svend Christensen was a member of the Danish Research Council for Technology and Production from 2007 to 2013.

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Education

• Ph.D., The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University 1993
• M.Sc. Agr., The Royal Veterinary- and Agricultural University 1988

Positions

• Professor, Head of Department of Plant and Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH) 2012-
• Professor, Head of Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, UCPH 2008-2012
• Acting Head of Department of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life Sciences, UCPH 2011-2012
• Professor, Head of Dept., Inst. of Chemical Eng., Biotechnology and Environmental Tech, Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern Denmark (SDU) 2007-2008
• Research Director, Department of Agricultural Engineering, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences (DIAS) 2001-2007
• Deputy director, Department of Agricultural Engineering, DIAS 2000-2001 Head of Research Unit, Department of Crop Protection, DIAS 1998-2000
• Senior Scientist, Department of Crop Protection, DIAS 1995-2000
• Guest researcher at the University of Wageningen, Department of Theoretical Production Ecology, The Netherlands 1990-1991
• Researcher, Department of Crop Protection, DIAS 1988-1995

Professional Activities

• Member of the Danish Research Council for Technology and Production 2007-2013
• Member of the board of directors, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences 2002-2007
• Coordinator on the Collaborative Working Group on ‘ICT and Robotics in Agriculture and related Industries’ under the European Commission’s Standing Committee for Agricultural Research (SCAR) 2005-2008
• Member of the Expert group ‘ICT from farm to fork’, Ministry of Science and Technology 2004-2007
• Member of the inter-ministerial expert group ‘Agro-environmental technology’, Ministry of Science and Technology, 2004-2007
• Chairman of the Danish agricultural Network in engineering and technology 2002-2007
• Member of the board of the Centre for Agro-technology at Aalborg University, Denmark 2002-2007
• Member of the board of Testing, The National Committee for Pig Production 2002-2007
• Member of the development board of Vitus Bering Denmark 2002-2007
• Member of the Advisory board of Agricon Vally Advisory Board, Denmark 2004-2007
• National representative of ENGAGE – European Network of Engineering for Agricultural and Environment 2001-2007
• Member of the board of editors of Journal of Precision Agriculture
• Member of the scientific committee of the European Weed Research Society Chairing the Master Subject Area group 'Site Specific Weed Management' of the European Weed Research Society
• Technical and scientific co-organiser of the 2nd European Conference on Precision Agriculture, Odense, July 1999