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Copenhagen, Dk

Lyngby

Managing a team responsible for fermentation and purification of enzyme samples (9 lab technicians and 2 scientists)• Implementation of agile ways of working• Development of employees and goal setting• Overview of project portfolio in order to allocate resources in accordance with overall strategy• Optimization and automation of workflows• Hiring and on-boarding new employeesMain results• Fused 3 small teams into one and streamlining of work processes • By implementing an agile mindset, the team can react faster to project needs (within days).

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

Heading a corporate priority project (highest rating in Novozymes) and an automation project • Responsible for customer contact. • Matrix manager for a global team of scientists• Stakeholder management and presenting at Steering Committees• Presentation of high-level results at internal conferences • Experience in managing a research project from feasibility to launch. • Experience in managing automation projectsMain results:• Built a very strong relationship with the customer and was asked by the customer to remain their contact until launch.• Generated motivation and team spirit with a global team consisting of scientists working in many different functions of the company. • Demonstrated ability to balance both technical requirements and business requirements.

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

Head of team responsible for purification of wild types (4 lab technicians and 1 scientist) • Responsible for delivering wild type samples to R&D Novozymes in accordance with overall prioritization of projects• Development of employeesMain results• Designing and implementing a request system • Building a team where team deliverables are more important than individual deliverables.

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

• Developing assays for different projects• Responsible for a laboratory technician and gaining experience in giving feedback and motivating

Copenhagen Area, Capital Region, Denmark

2-year post doc position• Responsible for delivering material of the right quality at the right time to one project • Responsible for 1 laboratory technician and gaining experience in giving feedback and motivating.

My Industrial Ph.D. thesis was carried out at Carlsberg Research Center in collaboration with DTU. The thesis dealt with characterization of barley proteins and enzymatic breakdown of these during germination.• Project planning• Business understanding/the Ph.D. in a commercial perspective• HPLC/UPLC (reverse phase and gel filtration).• Cloning of enzymes expected to play a role in the malt process• Experience in teaching and communicating knowledge by teaching laboratory classes in Qualitative Analysis at DTU.

• Analytical chemistry • Responsible for HPLC equipment in the department • Writing user protocol for HPLC equipment

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Biotechnology

Cand.Polyt., Protein Chemistry