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Senior scientist, PhD Paul Henning Krogh, 20. august, 1956,
University of Aarhus, Dep. of Terrestrial Ecology.
Married, 4 children.

Education

Ph.D. University of Aarhus October 1994. Thesis: "Microarthropods as bioindicators. A study of disturbed populations"
M.Sc. Odense University June 28, 1985. Thesis: "Toksisk pertubation af jordbundens mikroarthropodsamfund" a long-term field study at the Mols laboratory

Positions

• 1988-1989         Scientific assistant Danish Institute for Agricultural Sciences
• 1990 – 1998      Scientist, DMU, Silkeborg
• 1997 – 2000      Coordinator of the Soil Fauna Research Group, DMU
• 1998 – present  Senior scientist, DMU, Silkeborg, University of Aarhus
• 2000 – 2002      Head of Soil Fauna Research Group, DMU, Silkeborg
• 2002 - present  GLP certified Study Director of ecotoxicological assessment of persistent pesticides
  
• 2002 – 2007      Coordinator of EU FP5 project ECOGEN, European Commission CONTRACT No QLK5-CT-2002-01666. www.ECOGEN.dk

Research and management profile

I have been engaged in soil ecological and ecotoxicological studies since 1983. The topics include microarthropods, earthworms and enchytraeids in agricultural land and disturbed habitats. I have applied the soil fauna as bioindicator of soil quality in numerous investigations for the industry and governmental bodies. My research comprises ecological interactions between soil organisms in mesocosms and in the field. I co-ordinated the EU FP5 project ECOGEN, an interdisciplinary project involving economists, agronomists, ecologists, ecotoxicologists and computer scientists. My management experiences involves head of research team, Study Director of GLP compliant studies and project management of national and international projects such as EU projects and a ring test.

Agroecology - soil ecological impact of farming systems

Farming systems established at Faculty of Agricultural Sciences was studied and subject to novel data mining and decision support analyses.

Mesocosms

In collaboration with colleagues from France and Germany mesocosm methodology has been developed and studies undertaken in basic and applied research projects. The methodology is now intended for development into an international standard. See selected list of mesocosm related papers.

Single species testing

Laboratory testing has been done for materials and substances for which environmental concerns was raised. The test guidelines with  Folsomia fimetaria and Hypoaspis aculeifer, whose development I have contributed to, is implemented in the  OECD guideline programme: 232 and 226. Ring-testing of the collembolan test guideline is presented in DK-EPA Ringtest Report. Papers on various ecotoxicological aspects with soil fauna.

Sludge ERA

Ecological effects assessment of sludge and LAS, linear alkylbenzene sulphonates, has been an occasional activity since the middle of the nineties when organic contaminants in sludge raised concern. See list of sludge related publications.

GMO

Other professional activities and courses attended

• GLP Study Director, BARQA course C0305a, "GLP for Study Directors" 2003

• Management of research project collaborative intranets using Plone^® CMS.
• Analyses of data from experimental designs with SAS^®. Course attended: Prof. George Milliken "Analysis of Messy Data: Mixed Models".
• Plone CMS courses by Joel Burton, Plone Bootcamps
• Referee for Soil Biology and Biochemistry, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Norwegian Research Councel, Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, Chemosphere, Environmental Pollution, African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology and many more see Aarhus University webpage.
• Expert panel member of the Swiss VERDI-project (Valuating environmental impacts of GM crops - ecological and ethical criteria for regulatory decision-making)
• Member of ad-hoc working group supporting the EFSA GMO-panel on preparing guidance for the assessment of potential impacts of genetically modified plants on non-target organisms.
• Member of the European Soil Biodiversity Expert group, European Commission DG Joint Research Centre, Institute for Environment and Sustainability.

Ongoing project activities

• ORGGRASS
  Quantification of earthworm burrows and nitrogen leaching
• BIOBASIS
  Monitoring of microarthropods and decomposition in Nuuk, Greenland
• Effects assessment of persistent pesticides
• Technological implementation of ECOGEN results
• Ecotox research collaboration programme with Chinese Academy of Sciences, SIBS, Shanghai and ISS-SEBC, Nanjing
• Collaboration with Illinois Natural History Survey on collembolan biology.
  
• Danish contact person of the biodiversity-bioenergy pilot of ALTER-Net: "Building the framework: Bioenergy as a pilot study"
• GS Soil Assessment and strategic development of INSPIRE compliant Geodata-Services for European Soil Data. Supported by eContentplus. Danish INSPIRE introductions: KMS. GS Soil has produce a GS Soil Portal
• Soil ecological assessment of GM barley at elevated CO₂ in multispecies mesocosm systems within the project "Development of genetically modified cereals adapted to the increased CO₂ levels of the future" " Fødevareforskningsprogrammet 2009"

Publications/bibliometrics

Approx. 80 scientific papers in peer reviewed journals and 35 scientific consultation reports.
ISI/WOS Citation report 1027 citations or 589 when excluding auto-citations (August 2010).
Full publications list available on Aarhus University homepage

Named a "Rising Star" by Thomson Scientific Essential Science Indicators^SM May 2008.

Technical Reports and consultancy publications

Several risk assessment reports on field studies of effects of persistent pesticides on the soil ecosystem. GLP studies according to OECD 208 and 232.

Grants received from

Strategic Environmental research Programme, EU FP programmes, industry sponsors, Danish EPA, Nordic Counsel of Ministers, DARCOF (CRUCIAL) Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle.

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