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 Scientific director for the section on Fungal Cell Factories.
Professional Experience
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1986: Research Assistant, School of Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Canada
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1987-1989: PhD student, Dept. of Biotechnology, DTU, Denmark
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1989: Post doc, Institut für Technische Chemie, Universität Hannover, Germany
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1990-1995: Associate Research Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, DTU, Denmark
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1995-1996: Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, MIT, USA
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1996-1998: Associate Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, DTU, Denmark
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1998-2008: Professor, BioCentrum, DTU, Denmark
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2005-: Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Biotechnology, NTNU, Norway
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2008-: Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chalmers, Sweden
Awards and Honors
Professor Nielsen’s honors include the Fulbright Fellowship (1995), Sunner Memorial Lecture (2002), Hough Memorial Lecture (2004), and the Merck Award for Metabolic Engineering (2004). He is an elected member of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences since 1997, The Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters since 2010, and the US National Academy of Engineering since 2010.
Publication Summary
Professor Nielsen has published > 300 peer-reviewed papers, >30 book chapters and has authored/co-authored three text books: Bioreaction Engineering (1994, 2003), Metabolic Engineering (1998), and Metabolome Analysis (2007). His work has been cited more than 7,000 times and he has an h-index of 44.
Patenting and Technology Transfer Professor Nielsen has 32 issued patents and 18 patent applications. He is the founder of GeneCare ApS (1997), founder and CEO of N&N Biotech ApS (1997-2001), founder, CEO (2002-2004), and CSO (2002-2008) of Fluxome Sciences A/S (2002-), and founder of MycoTeQ A/S (2006-2009).
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