Rasmus Kjøller

Rasmus Kjøller

Associate Professor

Work
Section of Terrestrial Ecology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

Personal
Born in Copenhagen 1970, Danish citizen
Married, three children

Career
2006-                 
Associate Professor at Biological Institute, University of Copenhagen

2003-2005        
Assistant Professor at Biological Institute, University of Copenhagen

2001-2003        
Post doc. at Botanical Institute, University of Copenhagen. Funded by the Carlsberg Foundation

1999–2000       
Post doc. in Thomas D. Bruns laboratory at University of California – Berkeley, USA.  Funded by the Danish Research Council

1998                  
Received the PhD degree in Botany based on the thesis: Detection and activity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their interaction with the root pathogen Aphanomyces euteiches

1995-1998        
PhD student. Funded by the Danish Environmental Agency

1995                                                
MS in Biology from University of Copenhagen

1989                                                
Matriculated at University of Copenhagen

Active funding

2024-2026     PI: Aboveground-belowground functional interactions between plant effect traits and fungal response traits in forests. DFF DKK 2,39 mill – Post doc salery and consumables.

2023                  PI: Functional traits in mycorrhizal ecology. Carlsberg Foundation DKK 0,05 mill – Travel grant for sabbatical at EEZ-CSIC, Granada, Spain

2022-2025     PI: Biological aggregate formation towards a healthy soil - AGGREGATE.  Novo Nordisk Foundation DKK 3 mill – My share covers about 25% (0.75 mill) of the grant which includes technician help, post doc salary as well as consumables

2022-2025     Co-PI: GENEPEASE-II: Pesticide Effects on Agricultural Soil Ecosystems. 2.501.082. Danish Environmental Agency DKK 2.5 mill – My share covers about 5% (0.15 mill) of the grant which includes salary and consumables

2020-2025     Co-PI: Microbiome Assisted Triticum Resilience In X-dimensions (MATRIX).  Novo Nordisk Foundation DKK 62.5 mill (grant holder, Lars Hestbjerg Hansen) – My share covers about 5% (3.1 mill) of the grant which includes one PhD student plus some extra technician and post doc months as well as consumables 

Current administration and special tasks

 

2020-2025    Head of the Studies for Biology program on UCPH

2017-                Member of the Editorial board for the Springer journal Mycorrhiza.

2015-                Secretary in the Docent, dr. scient. Lauritz W. Olson’s Travel Foundation supporting UCPH mycology student’s participation in conferences, field trips etc.

 

Current or recent participation in larger networking activities

 

2023-2026    UCPH member of 4EU+ Flagship 4 (Environmental transitions)

2022-                Member of Mycology Denmark – a network including most institutions working with fungi in DK spanning both academia as industry

2022-2023     TRIAD network member, a UCPH sponsored network investigating land sparing versus land sharing for biodiversity measures

 

Teaching

Since 1996 I have been involved in all stages of university teaching including bachelor, graduate and PhD courses and supervision of students. My formal University Pedagogy education through the obligatory teaching course University Pedagogy and Didactics was approved in 2005 by the Faculty of Science.

I have organized PhD courses in 2016 (Microbial Community Analysis) and 2007 (From Environmental Sample to DNA Sequences) both the 20-25 students.

 

Evaluation commissions

In the evaluation board for PhD exams at University of Aarhus University (2012 and 2017), University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan (2016), Lund University (2008 and 2013), University of Copenhagen (2013), Oslo University (2012), University of Tartu  (2013), Inspruck Univeristy (2008), Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (2005)

Evaluated research applications for the Research Councils or other research bodies of: Netherlands (2015, 2012 and 2010), SNS/EFINORD (2014), Estonia (2011) and Norway (2004)

 

Referee commissions

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek International Journal, Applied Soil Ecology, Ecography, Ecology, FEMS journals, Forest Ecology and Management, Fungal Ecology, International Journal of Phytoremediation, ISME Journal, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Forestry, Microbial Ecology, Molecular Ecology, Mycological Research, Mycorrhiza, New Phytologist, Plant & Soil, PLoS ONE

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