About us
Hanne Damgaard Poulsen
Professor Emerita
Senior Researcher
Department of Animal Science - Animal nutrition and physiology
Blichers Allé 20
S20, 3314
8830 Tjele
Denmark
Email: hdp@anis.au.dk
Mobile: +4522161386
Phone: +4587157895
Web: http://pure.au.dk/portal/en/hdp@anis.au.dk
Profile
Fields of Research:
- Mineral metabolism, requirement and utilisation, primarily in pigs
- Nutritional significance of minerals for production, health and quality
- Interaction between minerals
- Interaction between minerals and other substances, ANF etc.
- Sector research responsibility tasks regarding the nutrients N, P, K, Cu and Zn
Current projects:
- Improvement of the phosphorus utilisation of pigs
- Determination of the phosphorus requirements of pigs
- Determination of the phosphorus digestibility in vivo and in vitro
- Studies of the significance of copper and zinc for the growth and health of piglets
- Zinc availability
- Nutrient balances
H-index
Google Scholar: 26
Scopus: 24
Education
1981: MSc in biology (Cand. scient.), Aarhus University, Aarhus
Experience
2001-2018: Head of Research Unit, Animal Nutrition and Environmental Impact, Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University (until 2007: Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences)
1994-2001: Senior Scientist, Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Physiology
1991-1993: PhD student, Danish Research Academy/National Institute of Animal Science/ The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen
1984-1991: Research assistant, Danish Institute of Animal Science, Dept. of Research in Pigs and Horses
1981-1984: High school teacher, Viborg, Denmark
Further Education
2012: Liaison committee course (Kursus for samarbejdsudvalg), Aarhus (1 day)
2011: Course for directors of research groups at Faculty of Science and Technology, Aarhus University (3*2 days)
2010: PhD supervision course, SAFE (1 day)
2008: Pedagogy and didactics for university teachers at DJF, Aarhus University (4*2 days)
2005-2006: Research Management Course – Education for research directors. Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen (3*3 days)
2002: Course in working environmental safety (Sikkerhedskursus i arbejdsmiljø), Aarhus (2*2 days)
1997-1998: Project leader course, modules 1 and 2, Foulum
1995: Theory of Science, Aarhus
1994: Laboratory animal science, Foulum
1991: Statistical methods of animal experiments, Aarhus
1988-1993: Three Internordic PhD courses (Regulation of metabolism in farm animals, Tune, Denmark; Methods and design of experiments in animal nutrition, Ås, Norway; Mineral and vitamin metabolism, Helsinki, Finland)
1991: Academic writing in English, Foulum
1986-1987: SAS statistics – basic and advanced courses, Copenhagen
1981: Theoretical and practical didactic and pedagogic course for high school teachers (5 months),
1975: Isotope technique and physics, Aarhus University
Competence
Teaching MSc and BSc students in agro-ecology and animal nutrition and production with focus on environmental impacts. Supervisor for several PhD and MSc students.
Public Sector consultant on the utilization of phosphorus, nitrogen, zinc, copper etc. in Danish livestock production and nutrient content of manure (Ministries and ministerial authorities.
Management and project leading skills from a number of granted projects and as head of research unit.
Memberships and awards:
Awarded ST Faculty’s honorary grant for science based consultancy of ministries and ministerial authorities (2017)
Awarded Legatstiftelsen Pedersholm’s grant for the research aiming at improving phosphorus utilization in farm animals (1997)
Member of the editorial board of ANIMAL, An International Journal of Animal Bioscience (since 2009)
Pig research coordinator at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, later Faculty of Science and Technology, AU
Chairman for the national committee on manure standards (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, volume, dry matter etc.) responsible for the annual updating of the standards (Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, since 1999)
Chairman for the committee on (1) phosphorus in animal production and (2) nitrogen (protein) in animal production (Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, 2003-2004)
Member of the Committee on Nutrient Requirements for Pigs (since 1994)
Referee for several scientific journals within animal science, editorial board member, and member of national and international evaluation committees
External examiner in animal science at The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen