Christian Andreasen

Christian Andreasen

Associate Professor

Member of:

    Curriculum Vitae, January 2023

    1) Section of Crop Sciences

    Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences

    Faculty of Science 

    University of Copenhagen

    Højbakkegård Allé 13

    2630 Taastrup
    Phone (+45) 353 33453; Secretary:  (+45) 353 33503
    Mobil: (+45) 51 32 25 51

    Fax: (+45) 353 33478
    E-mail:  can@plen.ku.dk

     

    2)  Affiliated Division of Biotechnology and Plant Health from 1 January 2021

    Invertebrate Pests and Weeds in Forestry, Agriculture and Horticulture

    NIBIO

    Højskoleveien 7, 1433 Ås

    Norway

     

    Jobs and education

    2015          Associate Professor, Research Group Leader (Plant Protection)

    2004 – 2015 Head of Crop Sciences (70 employees in 2015)

    1995 –          Associate Professor in Weed Science

    1991 – 1995 Assistant Professor in Weed Science

    1990 – 1991 Research Assistant in Weed Science

    1990            PhD degree in Weed Science from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural        University (KVL now University of Copenhagen)

    1986            MSc in agronomy from Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL now University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

     

    Publication

    More than 100 peer-reviewed publications. Please, see the publication list at:

     

    https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dz_2wDcAAAAJ&hl=da&oi=ao

     

    Research area

    Plant Protection (including weed biology), Crop Science, Seed Science and Technology

     

     

    Management and Administration:

     

     

     

    1999 – 2002

    Member of the board of Department of Agricultural Sciences, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL).

     

    2002 – 2003

    Member of the Academic Coordination Committee of the Faculty of Agricultural Science (KVL)

     

    2004 – 2015

    Member of the Safety Committee at Højbakkegaard, Faculty of Life Sciences, Copenhagen University (representing the board of Department of Agricultural Sciences)

     

    2004 – 2015

    Head of Crop Science, Department of Agricultural Sciences (Now Department of Agriculture and Ecology), Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen (about 40 employees in 2004)

     

    2005

    Deputy in the Local Liaison Committee

     

    2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019

    Chairperson of DanSeed (see http://danseed.dk/), (Vice Chairperson every second year)

     

    2007 – 2010

    Chairperson of the board of directors of Agrokemisk laboratorium Ltd.

     

    2008 – 2012

    Chairperson of the board of directors of Agrolab Ltd.

     

    2009 – 2012

    Member of the steering committee of the innovation consortium “Greenhouse concept 2017“

     

    2012 – 2015

    Member of the board of directors of Agrolab Denmark Ltd., Agrolab Sweden Ltd., Agrolab Baltic Ltd.

     

    2008

    Member of the steering committee of the Faculty of Life Sciences for promoting of women in research and management

     

    2008

    Member of the interview committee for a position as secretary for the administration of research projects at Department of Agriculture and Ecology.

     

    2008

    Member of the assessment and interview committee for a position as Head of the Secretariat of Department of Agriculture and Ecology.

     

    2009 – 2010

    Mentor for an Assistant Professor and a Post Doc as a part of "Mentor program for female researchers".

     

    2010 – 2013

    Member of the steering committee of the innovation consortium “Innovative plants”

     

    2010 – 2013

    Member of the steering committee of the innovation consortium “The laboratory for Plant Innovation”

     

    2010 – 2015

    Head of Crop Sciences (about 70 employees), Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2012 – 2015

    Member of the Leader Group, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen (about 550 employees).

     

    2012 – 2014

    Member of the Local Liaison Committee, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2012 – 2015

    Member of the Safety Committee, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2014 – 2018

    Member of the steering committee of the innovation consortium “ Biofactory”

     

    2015 –

    Research group leader (Plant Protection)

     

    2018-2020

    Member of the board of the Anniversary Foundation associated to Science, University of Copenhagen.

     

    Organising Conferences:

     

     

     

    1994 – 1995

    Member of the programme committee of the 9th EWRS Symposium on "Challenge for Weed Science in a Changing Europe" held by the European Weed Research Society (EWRS). 

     

    1995 – 1996

    Member of the national organizing committee of the Second International Weed Control Congress held by the International Weed Science Society (IWSS) and European Weed Research Society (EWRS) in Copenhagen, Denmark, 25-28 June 1996.

     

    1999

    Chairperson of the session "Weed Biology" at the 11th EWRS symposium "Towards 25 years", 28 June -1 July 1999, Basel, Switzerland.  

     

    2002

    Member of the programme committee of the conference "Biodiversity in the arable land and its surroundings". 6 March 2002.  

     

    2002 

    Chairperson and member of the programme committee of the conference "New Directions of Teaching in Science at University Level" 23-24 May, Centre for Educational Development in University Sciences, Aalborg University, LO-skolen, Helsingør.

     

    2005

    Chairperson of the symposium "Seed Vigour and Performance" Seed Symposium arranged by Danish Coordination Group for Seed Physiology / March.

     

    2007

    Chairperson of the programme committee of 1st Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (20 & 21 March 2007, Vissenbjerg Storkro, Fyn, Denmark).

     

    2008

    Chairperson of the programme committee of 2ed Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (26 & 27 March 2008, Kobæk Strand Konferencecenter, Skælskør, Denmark).

     

    2009

    Member of the programme committee of 3ed Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (24 & 25 February 2009, Kobæk Strand Konferencecenter, Skælskør, Denmark).

     

    2010

    Chairperson of the programme committee of 4th Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (8 & 9 March 2010, Kobæk Strand Konferencecenter, Skælskør, Denmark).

     

    2011

    Member of the programme committee of 5th Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (7 & 8 March 2011, Kobæk Strand Konferencecenter, Skælskør, Denmark).

     

    2012

    Chairperson of the programme committee of 6th Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (5 & 6 March 2012, Kobæk Strand Konferencecenter, Skælskør, Denmark).

     

    2013

    Member of the programme committee at Plant Congress 15 - 16 January 2013, Messecenter Herning and Herning Kongrescenter, Denmark.

     

    2013

    Member of the programme committee of 7th Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (11 & 12 March 2013, Kobæk Strand Konferencecenter, Skælskør, Denmark).

     

    2014

    Chairperson of the programme committee of 8th Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (10 & 11 March 2014, Kobæk Strand Konferencecenter, Skælskør, Denmark).

     

    2015

    Member of the programme committee and Chairperson of sessions at Plant Congress 14 -15 January 2015, Messecenter Herning and Herning Kongrescenter, Denmark.

     

    2015

    Member of the programme committee of 9th Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (9 & 10 March 2015, Kobæk Strand Konferencecenter, Skælskør, Denmark).

     

    2016

    Member of the programme committee and Chairperson of sessions at 20-21 January 2016 in Messecenter Herning and Herning Kongrescenter, Denmark.

     

    2016

    Chairperson and member of the programme committee of 10th Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (14 - 15 March 2016, Kobæk Strand Konferencecenter, Skælskør, Denmark).

     

    2017

    Chairperson of a session at ICBBBB 2017 : 19th International Conference on

    Biomass, Bioenergy, Biofuels and Bioproducts. Singapore, SG
    January 8 - 9, 2017

     

    2017

    Member of the programme committee for the Danish Plant Congress at 17-18 January 2017, Herning Kongrescenter, Denmark.

     

    2018

    Chairperson and member of the programme committee of 11th Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (12 & 13 March 2018, Kobæk Strand Konferencecenter, Skælskør, Denmark).

     

    2018

    Member of the programme committee for the Danish Plant Congress January 2018, Herning Kongrescenter, Denmark.

     

    2019

    Chairperson and member of the programme committee of 11th Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (18 & 19 March 2019, Kobæk Strand Konferencecenter, Skælskør, Denmark).

     

    2019

    Member of the programme committee for the Danish Plant Congress, January 2018, Herning Kongrescenter, Denmark.

     

    2020

    Chairperson and member of the programme committee of 12th Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (9 & 10 March 2020, Kobæk Strand Konferencecenter, Skælskør, Denmark).

     

    2021

    Vice-chairperson and member of the programme committee of 13th Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (3 March 2020), on-line conference, Denmark).

     

    2022

    Chairperson and member of the programme committee of 12th Seed Symposium held by DanSeed (8 March 2022, on-line conference, Denmark).

     

     

    Research committees,

    Advisory committees,

    Peer-reviews of applications

     

     

     

    1988

    Member of the project committee of the project "Unsprayed marginal zones in cereals" at the National Environmental Research Institute, Ministry of the Environment, Denmark.

     

    1988 – 1990

    Member of the project committee of the project "Weeds and insect on ecological and conventional grown cereal fields", National Environmental Research Institute, Ministry of the Environment, Denmark.

     

    1995 – 1997

    Member of the project committee of the international project "Discrete observation of continuous changes-point models", Department of Mathematics and Physics, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark; I.N.R.A., Laboratoire de Biometrie, Jouy-en-Josas, France.

     

    1995 – 1999  

    National delegate of the Management Committee of COST-Action 816: "Biological control of weeds in Europe".

     

    2002

    Reviewer of research proposals submitted to Research Council of Norway.

     

    2002

    Reviewer of research proposals submitted to The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.

     

    2004 –

    Member of the board of the Seed Tax Foundation (Frøafgiftsfonden).

     

    2006

    Member of the Seed Production Committee (Danish Agricultural Advisory Services).

     

    2007 –2008

    Member of the commission of seeds from forest trees and forest plants (Danish Plant Directorate).

     

    2008 – 2009

    Peer-reviewer for the Georgian National Science Foundation (www.eng.gnsf.ge).

     

    2008

    Member of task group on promoting increase collaboration between the horticultural industry and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2008 – 2009 – 2015

    Peer-Reviewer for Qatar National Research Fund (Member of Qatar Foundation).

    2008 –

    Member of the committee to promote collaboration between the Horticultural industry and Faculty of Life Science. University of Copenhagen.

    2009

    Member of that committee to coordinate research and collaboration between Research Centre Årslev, University of Århus and Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen   

    2010

    Member of the Steering Committee of the consortium: "Greenhouse Concept 2017"

     

    2010

    Member of the steering committee of the "Consortium for Innovative Plants" 

     

    2011

    Peer reviewer for the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Tbilisi, Georgia

     

    2011

    Peer reviewer for the Icelandic Research Fund, Iceland

     

    2015

    Reviewer of research proposal for Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and    Community Development.

     

    2015

    Reviewer of 36 research proposals submitted to the national research council of Portugal. FCT Project Grants 2015 (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Ministério da Educaciâo e Ciência) Agricultural and Forestry Sciences Panel. Panel meeting, Lisbon, 17-19 June 2015.

     

    2015

    Reviewer of research proposals for the ARIMNet2 program, an ERA-Net funded by the European Commission FP7, which aims to enhance coordination of Agricultural Research in the Mediterranean Area.

     

    2016

    Reviewer of research proposal submitted to the national research council of Portugal. FCT Project Grants 2016 (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Ministério da Educaciâo e Ciência)

     

    2016-

    Member of the board of “Jubilæumsfondet”, Faculty of Science, University of  Copenhagen

     

    2018

    Reviewer of research proposal submitted to the Norwegian Research Council.

     

    2019

    Reviewer of Fellowships at Université libre de Bruxelles, IF@ULB, is a European postdoctoral programme (Marie Skłodowska Curie COFUND action) open to international postdoctoral researchers

     

    2021

    Reviewer of Fellowships at Université libre de Bruxelles, IF@ULB, is a European postdoctoral programme (Marie Skłodowska Curie COFUND action) open to international postdoctoral researchers.

     

    2021 -

    Chairperson of the Committee for Plant Breeding, Varieties, and Seed Trade, Danish Agricultural Agency, Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries in Denmark.

    (Udvalget for forædling, sorter og handel med frø, Landbrugsstyrelsen, Ministeriet for Fødevare, landbrug og fiskeri).

     

    2021

    Evaluating research proposals for research council in Romania: UEFISCDI Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding.

     

     

     

    Assessment and Recruitments

     

    PhD students, Post Doc’s, Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors, Engineer, Technical Staff, Secretaries, Leaders.

     

    2001

    Member of the board of examiners regarding the PhD-examination of Tamodo Tana, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden. Title: Biology and management of Parthenium weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) in Eastern Ethiopia.  

     

    2003

    Chairperson of the assessment committee concerning a PhD stipend in Weed Science, Crop Science, KVL.

     

    2004

    Member of the board of examiners for the PhD-examination of Linnea Wang, Agricultural University of Norway (NLH), Ås. Title: Biological control of Chenopodium album by Ascochyta caulina.

     

    2004

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for assessing Ole Kjerkegaaard Nielsen’s PhD thesis, KVL. 

     

    2004

    Opponent at PhD student Terho Hyvönen's doctoral thesis defence, University of Helsinki, Finland. Title: Temporal and spatial variation in weed community composition of spring cereal fields.   

     

    2006

    Member of a committee for describing a professorship in Horticultural Science, Department of Agricultural Sciences (KVL) and member of the interview committee.

     

    2006

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for assessing Majid Abbaspour's PhD thesis, KVL. Title: Chlorophyll a fluorescence and herbicide efficacy, metabolism and selectivity. 

     

    2006

    Member of the board of examiners for the PhD-examination of G. Farleys, School of Land and Food Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia. Title: Germination and dormancy of Australian native grass species for mine site rehabilitation.  

     

    2007

    Member of the assessment committee for the PhD examination of Laila M. Karlson, IFM Biology, Division of Ecology, Linköping University, Sweden. Title: Seed dormancy and germination in an ecological content.

     

    2007

    Member of the assessment committee for Ken Suszkiewicz Krogholms application for a PhD scholarship. Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen

     

    2008

    Member of the assessment committee for a mycology position at The Danish Seed Health Centre for Developing Countries, Department of Plant Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2007

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for a position as Associate Professor in Crop Science (irrigation) at Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2008

    Member of the assessment committee for Samuel Odeyos Nyalala's application for a PhD scholarship. Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2008

    Member of the assessment committee for Christian Vogiatzis' application for a PhD scholarship. Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2008

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for a position as Associate Professor in Crop Science (under-utilized crop species) at Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen

     

    2008

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for a position as Associate Professor in Crop Science (under-utilized crop species) at Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen

     

    2008

    Member of the assessment committee for a position as Associate Professor in molecular plant breeding at Department of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen

     

    2008

    Member of the assessment committee for Alexandra Pyes' PhD examination, Department of Crop Production Ecology, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.

     

    2008

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for a position as Associate Professor in Crop Science (crop water relations) at Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2008

    Member of the interview committee for a position as secretary for the administration of research projects at Department of Agriculture and Ecology.

     

    2008

    Member of the assessment and interview committee for a position as Head of the Secretariat of Department of Agriculture and Ecology.

     

    2008 – 2009

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for a position as Associate Professor in Crop Science (climate management for crop production in protected environments) at Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2009  

    Member of interview committee for a position as Associate Professor (climate management for crop production in protected environments) at Department of Agriculture and Ecology, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2009

    Member of interview committee for a position as Assistant Professor (Quality of postharvest and biology of plants) at Department of Agriculture and Ecology.

     

    2009

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for a position as adjunct Associate Professor at the Department of Agriculture and Ecology. 

     

    2009

    Member of interview committee for a position as Professor (Crop Science) at Department of Agriculture and Ecology.

     

    2010

    Member of interview committee for a position as engineer at Department of Agriculture and Ecology.

     

    2010

    Member of interview committee regarding position as Associate Professor in Biochemistry and Natural Product Chemistry at the Department of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2010

    Member of the assessment committee for a position as Assistant Professor in Crop Science (climate changes and crop ecology) at Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen

     

    2010

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for a position as PhD fellow in Crop Science (the intelligent sprayer boom) at Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2010

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for Liv Âkerblom Espeby's PhD examination, Department of Crop Production Ecology, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala (22 May 2010).

     

    2010

    Member of the assessment committee for a position as Assistant Professor in "Plant and Technology" at Forest and Landscape, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2010

    External examiner for two PhD students at Norforsk, Ås, Norway

     

    2011

    Expert adviser for evaluating applicants for a senior lecturer in Crop Production, SLU, Uppsala, Sweden.

     

    2011 – 2012

    Member of the assessment committee for Merete Halkjær Olesen's PhD examination, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University

     

    2012

    Member of assessment committee and member of interview committee regarding a position as Scientific Secretary in the research area Environmental Management and Ecosystem Services. Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2012

    Member of interview committee regarding a position as Professor with special responsibilities within Floriculture and Translational Plant Science, Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2012

    Chairperson of assessment committee and member of interview committee regarding a position as Research Assistant within Environmental Management and Ecosystem Services. Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2015

    Member of an assessment and  interview committee regarding a position as Post Doc in Agroecology and Crop Physiology of Protein Crops, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2015

    Member of interview committee regarding a position as Post Doc Agroecology and Crop Physiology of Protein Crops Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2015

    Member of assessment committee and chairperson of interview committee regarding a position as statistician (Post Doc position) for phenotyping research at Crop Sciences, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences. University of Copenhagen.

     

    2015

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for a PhD position in phenotyping of crops with unmanned aerial systems (UAS). Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences. University of Copenhagen.

     

    2017

    Member of the PhD assessment committee regarding the PhD thesis of Santosh Shresta: “Improving tomato seed quality- challenges and possibilities”, Aarhus University, Denmark.

     

    2017

    Member of the PhD assessment committee regarding assessment of the PhD thesis of Ananda Scherner: “Tillage and crop rotation effects on soil seed bank, weed germination, emergence and herbicide dissipation in winter cereals”,  Aarhus University, Denmark

     

    2017

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for a position as Research Assistant concerning e-learning at Crop Sciences, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences. University of Copenhagen.

     

    2017

    Member of the PhD assessment committee regarding the Sandra A.M. Lindström’s PhD thesis “Insect Pollination of Oilseed Rape”, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

     

    2017

    Member of assessment committee for a position as postdoctoral researcher (Post Doc) to work on root development of deep rooted crop species and intercropping systems at Crop Sciences, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences. University of Copenhagen. 

     

    2017

    • Chairperson of the assessment committee and member of interview committee for a position as assistant professor of Applied Plant Biotechnology at Crop Sciences, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences. University of Copenhagen.

     

    2017

    Assessment of an applicant to a position as research assistant in modelling in relation the EU project SustainFARM, at Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences. University of Copenhagen.

     

    2019

    Member of the PhD assessment committee regarding Christoph Eberhard Freiherr von Redwitz PhD thesis  “Unkräuter in Mais – Auswirkungen von landnutzungsänderungen und Herbizideinsatz”,  Universität Rostock, Germany

     

    2019

    Chairperson of the assessment committee for a position as Associate Professor at Crop Sciences, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences. University of Copenhagen.

     

    2019

    Member of the PhD assessment committee regarding Zahra Salimi PhD thesis “Beet (Beta vulgaris) seed quality assessment and phenological development advancement”

    Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Flakkebjerg, Slagelse.

     

    2020

    Chairperson of the PhD assessment committee regarding Gaia Luziatelli Hansen’s PhD  thesis “Andean Root and Tuber Crops – Promotion as Nutraceuticals and Gourmet Products: Possibilities, Constraints and Implications for in-situ Conservation and Rural Development in Bolivia and Peru​​”. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, UC

     

    2020

    Member of the PhD assessment committee regarding Margaret Rose Mc Collough’s PhD thesis “Non-chemical weed management strategies for controlling intra-row weeds” Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Flakkebjerg, Slagelse

     

    2020

    Chairperson of the PhD assessment committee regarding Sajid Shokat’s PhD thesis,

    Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, UC

     

    2020

    Chairperson of the PhD assessment committee regarding Jesper Svendgaard’s PhD thesis,

    Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, UC

     

    2021

    Chairperson of the PhD assessment committee regarding Affendy Hassan’s PhD thesis

    ”Root methods for intercropping”, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, UC.

     

    2021

    External experts regarding the recruitment of a professor in “Crop production ecology with specialization in weed ecology and management”. Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala.

     

    2021

    Chairperson of assessment committee for a PhD position in weed evolutionary ecology, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen (SMJ).

     

    2021

    Member of the appointment committee concerning a Postdoctoral scientist in weed ecology.

     

    2021

    Assessment of qualifications for an position as Assistant Professor in Applied Statistics, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen (SMJ).

     

    2022

    Member of the assessment committee concerning a PhD fellowship in applied statistics in monitoring pesticide effects.

     

    2022

    Member of the assessment committee concerning a PhD fellowship in microbial interaction

     

    2022

    Assessment of applicant for a postdoc position associated the EU project: Reforest.

     

    2022

    Member of the PhD assessment committee regarding Margaret Rose Mc Collough’s PhD thesis “non-chemical weed management strategies for controlling intra-row weeds” Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Flakkebjerg, Slagelse

     

    2023

    Member of the assessment committee concerning a postdoc position in data science, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

     

     

    PhD supervision

     

     

     

    2018 – 2021

    PhD student Carla Colque-Little: Genetic variation of quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) diversity panel in response to downy mildew (Peronospora variabilis Gäum.)

    and discovery of new fungal diseases.

     

    2012 – 2018

    PhD student Zahra Bitarafan: Ecophysiological evaluation of fenugreek ecotypes response to late season water stress under biochar application and non-application conditions.

     

    2013 – 2017  

    PhD student Muhammed Yasin: Factors effecting plants germination, growth and competition ability.

     

    2012 – 2014

    PhD student Juan Pablo Rodriguez: Ethno-ecological and Agronomic Contributions toward the Knowledge, Conservation, and Use of Cañahua, and Ahipa in Bolivia.

     

    2011 – 2014

    PhD student Asif Ali: Weed control based on real time patchy application of herbicides using image analysis as a non-destructive estimation method for weed infestation and herbicide effects.  

     

    2007 – 2012

    PhD student Anne Merete Rask: Non-chemical weed control on hard surfaces: An investigation of long-term effects of thermal weed control methods.

     

    2008 – 2011

    PhD student Ken Suszkiewicz Krogholm: Pesticide Free Golf Course Management.

     

    2003 – 2006

    PhD student Preben Klarskov Hansen: Measuring competition between crop and weeds using sensor technique

     

    2000 – 2003

    PhD student Søren Ugilt Larsen: Establishment of mixtures of grasses 

     

    1998 – 2001  

    PhD Torben Heisel: Weeds in sugar beet rows. I. Influence of neighbour plant on beet yield. II. Investigation of a CO2 laser for in-row weed control.

     

     

     

     

    Teaching committees

     

     

    1994 –  

    Member of the Educational Committee of the Department of Agricultural Sciences, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

     

    1996 – 1997       

    Member of the Committee of Quality Development at The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

     

    1997

    Member of the committee for merging The Committee of  Quality Development and The Pedagogical Committee, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

     

    1997 – 1999    

    Chairperson of The Pedagogical Committee of The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

     

    1996 – 1998 

    Chairperson of the Education Committee of the Department of Agricultural Sciences, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University.

     

    1998 – 1999 

    Member of the board of the Learning Resource Centre, The Technical University of Denmark.

     

    1998 – 1999  

    Anchor person at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University for the Centre for Educational Development in University Sciences, Aalborg University, Denmark.

     

    1998 – 2001

    Representative for the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in the Danish Pedagogical Network between Universities. 

     

    1998 – 1999

    Representative for the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University for IT (Information Technology) Political Contact Organ for Institutions covered by Laws of  the Universities (Ministry of  Education, Denmark).

     

    2001 

    Chairperson of the Supplementary Education Committee of Department of Agricultural Sciences, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL).

     

    2002 – 2004

    Member of the Coordination Committee for Development of a Master Educations in Food Science. The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL).

     

    2006 –

    Chairperson of the working group for coordination of two courses in the Master Educations in Food Science regarding 1. Quality of Primary Produce and 2. Food Production. Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2007 –

    Representative for the Education Committee at the Faculty for Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen in assessment committees for appointments of Associate Professors at the Faculty.

     

    2008 –

    Member of the external examiner corps at Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Aarhus, Denmark 

     

    2009

    Member of the committee for evaluation of the master education in horticulture at Faculty of Life Science, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2009

    Member of the committee for evaluation of the master education in horticulture at Faculty of Life Science, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2010

    Supervisor for Assistant Professor Louise Andresen in her pedagogical education as assistant professors.

     

    2011

    Supervisor for Post Doc Bhim Bahadur Ghaley in his pedagogical education

     

    2015 – 2019

    Member of the Study Board, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen.

     

    2019 –

    Member of the Educational Committee of the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen.

     

     

    Projects

     

     

    2021 – 2024

    WeLASER: Sustainable weed management in agriculture with laser-based autonomous tools. Horizon 2020 Call: H2020-SFS-2018-2020 (Sustainable Food Security).

     

    2021 – 2022

    Applying and Combining Disturbance and Competition for an Agro-Ecological Management of Creeping Perennial Weeds (AC/DC Weeds) (ERA-Net, Funded by GUDP, Landbrugsstyrelsen, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark, J.nr. 34009-18-1484)

     

    2018 ­– 2021

    Clopyralid in Danish honey (Environmental Protection Agency, Ministry of the Environment)

     

    2018 – 2020

    Evaluation of genebank material after 30 years storage (Nordic Joint Committee for Agriculture and Food Research)

     

    2018 ­– 2021

    Use of drones and image analysis to site-specific growth regulation (Seed tax foundation)

     

    2017 ­– 2018

    Use of drones and image analysis to map variation in grass fields to support site-specific management (Seed Tax Foundation)

     

    2016 – 2019

    Sweedhart: 

    Separation of weeds during harvesting and hygienisation to enhance crop productivity in the long term. EU FACCE SURPLUS project.

     

    2014 – 2016

    Changes in the soil seed bank of arable fields over 50 years (University of Copenhagen)

     

    2014 – 2016

    Site-specific growth regulation of Festuca rubra based on crop biomass (Seed Tax Foundation)

     

    2014 – 2015

    Site-specific weed control with drones (Sugar Beet Tax Foundation)

     

    2014 – 2015

    Optimizing of a biomass production system by improving resource efficiency and maintaining the long-term soil fertility (Biovalue-spir).

     

    2010 – 2013

    The intelligent sprayer boom (Danish Advantage Technology Foundation)

     

    1010 – 2014

    AndesCrop: Competent Use of High Value Andean Crop. (DANIDA, University of Copenhagen, Bolivia State Universidad Mayor de San Andres (UMSA) and PROINPA Foundation)

     

    2011 – 2012

    Using logaritmic spayer to evaluate and optimize herbicide dose in sugar beets (Sugar Beet Tax Foundation)

     

    2010 – 2012

    Seed quality of lupines (Seed Tax Foundation)

     

    2011

    Developing new organic product based on local flora of Knuthenlund (Innovation Foundation)

     

    2011

    New herbs and baby leaf crops (Innovation Foundation)

     

     

    2007 – 2010

    Weed control in Quinoa (Seed Tax Foundation)

     

     

    2008

    Biological control of  the invasive weed Solidago Canadensis (support by municipalities)

     

    2008 – 2011

    Weed control on golf courses (Danish Golf Union and Forest and Landscape, University of Copenhagen)

     

    2007 – 2010

    Non-chemical weed control on hard surfaces – an investigation of long term effects of thermal weed control methods (Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen)

     

    2005 – 2008

    EU-project “Establishing of a new master degree in Seed Science“ Tempus Programme (CD-JEP-33014-2005) in Egypt together with four universities in Egypt and one in Poland.

     

    2001 – 2004

    Flora changes in Danish arable fields (Danish Agricultural and Veterinary Research Council (SJVF) 

     

    2000 – 2003

    II-5 Grain legumes and cereals - new production methods for increased protein supply in organic farming systems. Acronym: Genesis. (Danish Research Center for Organic Farming (FØJO))

     

    2001

    Placement of fertilizer in cereal fields in order to improve the competition ability of cereals (Norsk Hydro's Foundation, Hydro Agri Denmark)

     

    2001– 2002

    Pricing of environmental effects of pesticide use. Danish EPA, Environmental Protection Agency.

     

    1990 – 1991

    Herbicide resistance in weeds and crops. (Danish Agricultural and Veterinary Research Council, (SJVF))

     

    1997– 1990

    The occurrence of weed species in Danish arable fields
    Danish Agricultural and Veterinary Research Council ( SJVF)

     

     

    Peer reviewer for International Journals

     

     

     

    Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica- Section B- Plant and Soil Science; African Journal of  Plant Science; Agronomy; Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment; Agriculture and Food Science; Crop Protection; HortScience; International Journal of Agriculture and Forestry; Journal of Applied Ecology; Journal of Plant Nutrition; Pest Management Science; Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences; PLOS one; Scientific Reports; Weed Research; Weed Science; Weed Technology

     

     

     

    Teaching

    I have teaching experience from undergraduate, graduate, and postgraduate courses at University of Copenhagen. Courses:

     

    In service training                     

    • Quality of Primary (Course responsible) module 2 in the master education “Master i fødevarekvalitet og –sikkerhed” (Master in Food Quality and Food Safety) for academics employed in the food industry
    • I have participated in many courses about weed ecology and weed control for farm advisors arranged by Danish Agricultural Advisory Service (Seges).
    • I offer my own course for farm advisors: Identification of grasses and dicotyledonous weed species at young stages of development.
    • I have given courses in Seed Science and Technology for employees at the seed company Dæhnfeldt A/S and lectures for staff at DLF-Trifolium ltd.

     

    Teaching outside Denmark
    I have given lectures for horticultural students in Seed Science at Institute of Floriculture and Woody Plant Science, University of Hanover, Germany (2007, 2008)

     

    I have given lectures in “Seed Sciences and Technology” and “Weed mangement” for agricultural Students at Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China (2015).

     

    I have given lectures in the following international courses for scientists:

    • Training course in "Weed Ecology and Competition" for scientists jointly organized by The Department of Agriculture, Thailand, and Food and Agriculture organization of United Nations (FAO) during March 20-28, 2000, at the Botany and Weed Science Division, DOA, Bangkok, Thailand.
    • Training course in Weed Science organized by European Weed Research Society (EWRS) for scientists from East-European countries, Minsk, White Russia, 3-9 September 1995.

     

    Partner in the EU-project “Establishing of a New Master degree in Seed Science“, Tempus Programme (CD-JEP-33014-2005) in Egypt together with four universities in Egypt and one in Poland and, taught in Egypt and Denmark.

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