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1981: Kandidat som Agronom ved den Kongelige Veterinær- og Landbohøjskole, København
1988: PhD in Husdyrvidenskab ved den Kongelige Veterinær- og Landbohøjskole, København

1995: Head of research unit and partof Department management

2008-2011: Chairman PhD-Committee,Faculty of Agricultural Sciences
2010-2020: Head of PhD programme for Animal Science

2018-2022: Member of a national steeringcommittee for a cross-disciplinary research program focusing on reducing antibiotic usage in Danish pig production

2020: AU Coordinator for research based public advice to the authorities regarding animal behaviour, welfare and health

Editor for the journal:- Animal (2010-2021)
Scientific reviewer for the journals:
Agricultural Systems, Livestock Science, Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section A. Animal Science, Veterinary Research, Journal of Dairy Science, Theriogenology, Animal Welfare, Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Principal investigator on 29 research projects

Research into methods for livestock herd management with a focus on herd health, welfare, biosecurity and production. Research includes animal welfare assessments at herd level and production and health management in conventional and organic livestock herds.

Author on 526 publications including 121 publications in peer reviewed journals (18 as first author and 56 as last author).

Invited lectures at or organizer for 20 international scientific conferences

International networks: (i). Research residences six month at University of Edinburgh in 1985, University of Minnesota 4 month in 1989. University of British Colombia Canada 3 month in 2009. (ii) Short visits to Cornell University USA, Cambridge University, UK, University of Guelph, Canada, (iii) Research collaboration in five EU research projects. AU coordinator for activities in the EU Reference Centre for Animal Welfare (EURCAW Pigs) from 2018. (iv) Participated in more than 40 international scientific conferences

Education responsible for the 60 ECTS MSc education Assessing Animal Welfare in Primer Production since 2017

Course responsible, teacher and examiner for the 10 ECTS Autumn course Animal Production, Health and Welfare in the MSc education Agrobiology, 2008-2020

Course responsible, teacher and examiner for the 10 ECTS Autumn course Organic Livestock Farming in the MSc education Agrobiology since 2012

Main supervisor of 5 PhD students; co- supervisor of 17 PhD students; supervisor of 22 master students

I have been involved in research and development projects involving commercial companies such as:

•Danish Crown in the project QualityLowInputFood (FP6 2004-07) (responsible for the AU part),
•DeLaval and Aqua-Cleaner in the project [Development of an automatic hoof washer (2008-11)] (project participant) ,
•Lyngsoe Systems in the project Cowtrack (2014-17) (Member of steering committee),
•Them Dairy in the project [Organic milk with more animal welfare 2017] (Project leader)
•Calvex A/S in the project Viable Organic Calves (2014-2018) (Project leader).

I have been a board member of the AU spin-off company Simherd A/S since the company was founded in 2010.

2016-22: Coordinating a research-based consultancy service provided by AU to the largest Danish retailer COOP concerning development of a graded animal welfare label on milk, beef, pork, chicken, and egg products.