Jan Pravsgaard Christensen

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Current position

2012- Professor in Immunology of Infectious diseases, Department of Infectious Immunology, Institute of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen.

Academic qualifications, degrees etc.

1984 General Certificate (A-levels), science side.

1993 M.Sc., Biology, Final examination, Faculty of Natural Science, University of Copenhagen, average 10,3.

1994 Employed atInstituteofMedicalMicrobiology and Immunology,UniversityofCopenhagen.

1998 Ph.D., Faculty of Health Science, University ofCopenhagen.

1998 Deemed qualified as Associate Professor byUniversityofAarhus.

2003 Deemed qualified as Associate Professor byUniversityofCopenhagen.

2008 Deemed qualified as Professor by KU-LIFE, University of Copenhagen.

2012 Deemed qualified as Professor by KU-SUND, University of Copenhagen.

Previous positions

1995 Assistant teacher at pre- and postgraduate course in immunology, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Copenhagen.

1996 February to May. Assistant teacher at pre- and postgraduate course in immunology,Institute ofMedical Microbiology and Immunology,University ofCopenhagen.

June to December. Visiting scientist in Dr. Peter C. Doherty's laboratory, Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children'sResearchHospital,Memphis,Tennessee. Stay was part of my Ph.D.

1997 Postdoc in Dr. Peter C. Doherty's laboratory, Department of Immunology, St. Jude Children'sResearchHospital,Memphis,Tennessee.

1999 Employed as Assistant Professor,Institute ofMedical Microbiology and Immunology,University ofCopenhagen, financed by the Weimann Foundation.

2002 Employed as Assistant Professor,Institute ofMedical Microbiology and Immunology,University ofCopenhagen, financed by the Alfred Benzon Foundation.

2003 Employed as Associate Professor with start from 1/9-2004.

2004 Associate Professor at Department of Infectious Immunology, Institute of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen.

Research interest:

My research has always been concentrated on the immune response to viral infections; effector cell migration to areas of infection, effector molecules in virus control, induction and maintenance of T-cell memory. This is currently being used to develop vaccines against virus and bacteria.

Member of the Danish Society for Immunology, Danish Society for Flow Cytometry, and The Danish Society for Virology.

Board member of the Danish Society for Immunology and Danish Society of Flow Cytometry. Reviewer for many international journals, Scan. J. Immunol., J. Virol., J. Immunol., APMIS and J. Clin. Invest.