Jens Borum
Associate Professor emeritus
Freshwater Biology
Universitetsparken 4
2100 København Ø
Curriculum vitae:
ORCID 0000-0002-4861-6563
Date of birth October 8 1953, Denmark
CONTACT +45 240342828; jborum@bio.ku.dk
EDUCATION
1984 PhD (Lic. Scient.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark (UCPH)
1980 Master of Science, UCPH
SCIENTIFIC FOCUS AREAS
Main research areas are within ecophysiology and ecology of aquatic plants with emphasis on resource utilization, environmental requirements and growth dynamics of seagrasses and other submerged rooted macrophytes. Has published more than 100 papers of which more than 70 are published in peer reviewed international journals.
POSITIONS
2022- Emeritus Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, UCPH, DK
1989-2022 Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology, UCPH, DK
1985-89 Assistant professor, Freshwater Biological Laboratory, UCPH, DK
1984-85 Marine biologist, Marine Pollution Laboratory, National Environmental Protection Agency.
1981-82 Ass. Biologist, Water Quality Institute ATV
ACADEMIC HONORS AND POSITIONS OF TRUST
Member of Miljø- og Fødevareklagenævn
Member of advisory group for the Danish Society for Nature Conservation
RESEARCH LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT
2014-20 Section Head of Freshwater Biology, Dept. of Biology, UCPH
2009-12 Member of Academic Counsil, Faculty of Science
1989-2005 Head of Freshwater Biological Laboratory
MAIN CURRENT FUNDING
None
SUPERVISION AND TEACHING
Supervised >25 MSc students and 5 PhD students.
PhD opponent/committee chairman (DK, Norway, Sweden)
Have taught: General Ecology, Freshwater Ecology, Experimental Ecology, Statistics and Field Courses
REVIEWER AND GRANT EVALUATION ACTIVITIES
Frequent reviewer for Plant Physiology, Limnology, Plant, Cell and Environment, Journal of Marine Biology and Ecology, Annals of Botany.
RECENT OUTREACH
2023 Chronicle about nutrients from agriculture in on-line medium, Altinget Mijø
2023 Chronicle on marine eutrophication in newspaper, Jyllandsposten
2022 Interview in television about mussel farming.
BIBLIOMETRICS (as of May, 2023)
>100 peer-reviewed papers (5 book chapters)
H-index: Google Scholar: 51
Citations: Google scholar: 9243
Published papers as first author: 23, as senior author: 19
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Eutrofiering og klimaforandring er en giftig cocktail for ålegræs
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