Svend Christensen

Svend Christensen

Institutleder

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

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