Grith Mortensen Email & Phone Number

Egtved, DK

Aarhus

Aarhus, Denmark

• Areas of responsibility:
• Management of a team of approx. 30 scientific and technical-administrative personnel; direct management of 4 team leaders.
• Development and follow up on global innovation strategy and research program.
• Business plans – development and follow-up.
• Financial and KPI responsibility of the team.
• Stakeholder management – internally within Arla and externally in relation to universities, suppliers and other knowledge providers.

Aarhus, Denmark

• Areas of responsibility:
• Management of a successful team of approx. 21 scientific and technical-administrative personnel; direct management of 2 team leaders.
• Development and follow up on global innovation strategy and research program.
• Business plans – development and follow-up.
• Financial and KPI responsibility of the team.
• Stakeholder management – internally within Arla and externally in relation to universities and other knowledge providers.

Foulum, Denmark

• Areas of responsibility:
• Management of the research unit of approx. 25 PhD students, scientific and technical-administrative personnel. The science team performs research on food quality and changes in quality parameters related to processing.
• Research administration, to include grant proposals, project management, stakeholder management, dissemination of activities and results, fundraising, contact to relevant industry partners, research institutions, and.
• Supervision of PhD Students.
• External examiner and teaching at KU-Science (dairy packaging).
• Member of a number of internal and external committees and boards within the food area.

Foulum, Denmark

• Areas of responsibility:
• Management of the research unit of approx. 37 PhD students, scientific and technical-administrative personnel.
• Research administration, to include grant proposals, project management, stakeholder management, dissemination of activities and results, fundraising, contact to relevant industry partners, research institutions, and.
• Supervision of PhD Students.
• External examiner.
• Member of a number of internal and external committees and boards within the food area.

Foulum, Denmark

• Areas of responsibility:
• Management of well-functioning group of approx. 25 PhD students, lab technicians and scientists. Focus on job satisfaction, high scientific level, knowledge exchange, and interactions with other research groups and.
• Research administration, to include grant proposals, project management, stakeholder management, dissemination of activities and results, fundraising, contact to relevant industry partners, research institutions, and.
• Supervision of PhD students.
• Member of a number of internal and external committees and boards within the food area.

Aarhus, Denmark

• Areas of responsibility:
• Managing and establishing a project portfolio of approx. 30 projects with both industry and university participation.
• Dissemination of results to the dairy industry.
• Fundraising and contact to research institutions and granting agencies.
• Establishment of Nordic network on dairy research.
• Dairy education area (student contact, politics, social events).

Aarhus, Denmark

• Areas of responsibility:
• Establishment of secretariat function.
• Initiation of projects and project management in the area of nano food science.
• Fundraising.
• Knowledge transfer of activities and results within the nanofood area.
• Matchmaking between participating companies and universities.

Aarhus, Denmark

• Areas of responsibility:
• Project management in the field of food/packaging interactions, light-induced quality changes, modified atmosphere packaging, edible coatings and films, and biobased packaging materials.
• Participation in EU projects on biobased packaging for foods and national projects on light-induced quality changes in foods.
• Establishment of analytical methods to describe quality changes.
• Close collaboration with packaging suppliers, research institutions, GTS institutions, and other relevant partners.
• Responsible for developing an internal newsletter on food packaging.

Aarhus And Copenhagen, Denmark

Thesis: Prevention of Light-Induced Quality Changes in Havarti Cheese by Optimal Packaging.

Copenhagen, Denmark

• Areas of responsibility:
• Part of establishing a food packaging group.
• Coordination of national and EU-based research activities.
• Contact to industry.
• Project management.
• Fundraising, including national program on biopackaging and EU projects.

Copenhagen, Denmark

• Areas of responsibility:
• Retail packaging of fresh meat and meat products.

Phd, Food Packaging

Thesis: Prevention of Light-Induced Quality Changes in Havarti Cheese by Optimal Packaging.

Msc, Dairy Science And Technology

Activities and Societies: Foreningen af Mejeriingeniørstuderende Foreningen af Mejeriingeniørstuderende Mejerilidenskabeligt Forum.

High School, Mathematics-Biology, High-School Diploma