Bekzod Khakimov
Associate Professor
SCIENTIFIC FOCUS AREAS
Foodomics
Metabolomics
Multivariate Data Analysis
Analytical Chemistry
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS)
EDUCATION
2013 PhD in Plant Metabolomics, Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen
2009 MSc in Chemical Research, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
2006 BSc in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, National University of Uzbekistan
POSITIONS
2017 - present Associate Professor, Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen
2013 - 2017 Postdoc, Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen
2010 - 2013 PhD fellow, Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen
AWARDS
2016 Nils Foss Talent Prize, International Award for a ground-breaking science in the area of advanced technologies for improved food quality and safety, FOSS Analytics, Denmark
2015 The Best Young Investigator Award in Plant Metabolomics, 10th International Conference of the Metabolomics Society, San Francisco, USA
TEACHING
Responsible Foodomics and Plant Foods, Full Degree Master Course, 7.5 ECTS
Teacher Thematic Course in Food Science and Technology, Full Degree Master Course, 7.5 ECTS
Teacher Quantitative Bio-spectroscopy, Full Degree Master Course, 7.5 ECTS
Teacher Advanced Carbohydrate Technologies, Full Degree Master Course, 7.5 ECTS
SUPERVISION
Currently I am a main supervisor of three postdocs, one PhD student and two MSc students
RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsible for four high-throughput GC-MS systems (incl. Agilent GC-singleQ-MS, LECO Pegasus HT GC-TOF-MS and Bruker EVOQ QQQ systems), one LC-QTof-MS (Bruker Impact II), and one LC-UV/Vis-FC system (Thermo Ultimate 3000)
Co-responsible for three Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectrometers from Bruker (600, 500, and 400 MHz)
FUNDING ACQUIRED AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI)/Co-PI
2022 – 2025 CoPI - Learning to EXplore the 2nd Order Advantage of 2D NMR (LEX2), Source: Independent Research Fund Denmark
2020 – 2023 PI - Introduction of statistical causality modelling and deep learning to solve the cage of covariance problem in Foodomics/Metabolomics, Source: UCPH Funding
2019 – 2022 CoPI - Low molecular weight compounds in milk and dairy streams - a potential new source for value added products (MilkStreamValue), Source: Danish Dairy Research Foundation
2018 – 2021 PI - Erasmus+ Credit Mobility with Partner Countries (Training students and staff members of HEIs in Uzbekistan at UCPH), Source: European Union
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.dk/citations?user=vhBBNdUAAAAJ&hl=en
Education
Associate Professor
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UDP-glycosyltransferases from the UGT73C subfamily in Barbarea vulgaris catalyse Sapogenin 3-O-glucosylation in Saponin-mediated Insect resistance
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Comprehensive and comparative metabolomic profiling of wheat, barley, oat and rye using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry and advanced chemometrics
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Counteracting age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass: a clinical and ethnological trial on the role of protein supplementation and training load (CALM Intervention Study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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