Curriculum

Positions held
since January 2009 Full professor (chair) of pharmacy (professor i lægemiddelvidenskab) at Dept. Chemistry and Physics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
01/2009 to 12/2010 adjunct professor (professor II) at Dept. Pharmaceutics & Biopharma-ceutics, Institute of Pharmacy, University of Tromsø (UiT), Tromsø, Norway
04/1998 to 12/2008 Full professor (chair) in pharmaceutics (professor i legemiddelteknologi) at Dept. of Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics, Inst. Pharmacy, Tromsø, Norway
02/1992 to 03/1998 assistant professor (adjunkt) in pharmaceutics, Institute of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Albert-Ludwigs-University (ALU) Freiburg, Germany
02/1991 to 02/1992 Postdoctoral fellow, personal grant Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Bonn, Germany
08/1987 to 02/1991 Head of department of pharmaceutical affairs and registration (part time), GRY Pharma GmbH, Kirchzarten, Germany, (medium-sized pharmaceutical company)
01/1986 to 08/1987 Scientific officer at department of pharmaceutical affairs and registration (part time), GRY Pharma GmbH, Kirchzarten, Germany

Degrees earned
May 1998 Dr. rer. nat. habil. and venia legendi in pharmaceutics (Pharmazeutische Technologie) Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, ALU Freiburg, Germany
July 1990 Dr. rer. nat. in pharmaceutics „summa cum laude“, Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, ALU Freiburg, Germany, supervisor Prof. Dr. K.H. Bauer
Dec. 1985 „Approbation als Apotheker“ (equivalent to master of pharmacy / cand. pharm.), Bayerisches Staatsministerium des Inneren, Munich, Germany

Foreign research periods
2008 Guest professor at Inst. Pharmacy, ALU Freiburg, Germany, Prof. Dr. R. Schubert
2006 Guest professor at Tumor Biology Center, Freiburg, Germany, Prof. Dr. C. Unger 
2003 Guest professor at Tumor Biology Center, Freiburg, Germany, Prof. Dr. C. Unger
1995 Guest researcher at Dept. Pharmaceutics, Univ. Kuopio, Finland, Prof. Dr. P. Paronen,
1993 Guest researcher at Centre for Drug Delivery Research, School of Pharmacy, Univ. London, U.K., Prof. Dr. G. Gregoriadis
02/1991 to 02/1992 Postdoctoral researcher at Centre for Drug Delivery Research (CDDR), School of Pharmacy, University of London, U.K., Prof. Dr. G. Gregoriadis

Administrative and managenment experience
At SDU
since 08/2010 leader for pharmacy study program and head of program committee

At University of Tromsø
1998 – 2000 & 2005 - 2006 Head of Dept. Pharmaceutics & Biopharmaceutics, Inst. Pharmacy (IFA)
2001 - 2004 Leader of research center “Drug Transport & Drug Delivery”
1998 - 2000 & 2002 –2005 Member of institute board (instituttstyret), IFA
2004 - 2006 Member of teaching committee (undervisningsutvalget) at Medical Faculty
2000 - 2001 Member of Research Committee (forskningsutvalget) at Medical Faculty

Supervision
main supervisor of 8 PhDs (defended) and 4 ongoing phD-students, co-supervisor of 4 ongoing PhD-students
main supervisor of 2 former and 2 ongoing postdoctoral fellows