Birgitte Kiær Ahring

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Birgitte Kiær Ahring
NationalityDanish
Citizenship Denmark
Education Cand.scient. in Biology and PhD in Microbiology from University of Copenhagen
Occupationprofessor and Researcher at Aalborg University and researcher at Washington State University
Employer Aalborg University & Washington State University

Birgitte Kiær Ahring (born July 22, 1953) is a Danish biologist and researcher in biofuel. [1] Since 2008, she has been employed as a professor at the Department of Chemistry and Bioscience at Aalborg University Copenhagen. [2]

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Education

Ahring graduated as cand.scient. in biology at Copenhagen University in 1982. In 1986, she acquired a PhD in microbiology, also from Copenhagen University. [3]

Career

In 1986, Ahring became head-scientist at ‘The Nordic Council of Ministers’ biofuel research program. [4] Also, she was employed at the Technical Folk High School of Denmark the same year.

Ahring started working as an environmental consultant at the United Nations (UN) focusing on Africa and Asia in 1992. The following year, in 1993, she was employed as a lecturer in environmental engineering at Technical University of Denmark. [5]

In 1997, she started working as a professor in environmental engineering at University of California, Los Angeles, US, and at the same time worked at the research center, Biocentrum, at the Technical University of Denmark. [6]

In 2004, Ahring became the leader of the Danish Center for Biofuels. Later, in 2006, she became the chief executive and owner of the company, Biogasol. Simultaneously, she started leading the Maxifuel project at the Technical University of Denmark. [7]

As part of a collaboration between Washington State University and Aalborg University to develop a new type of biofuel, Ahring was employed as the director of both research centres, in 2008. [8] [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Birgitte Ahring | WSU Voiland School Faculty | Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering | Washington State University" . Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Birgitte Kiær Ahring". Aalborg University's Research Portal. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  3. ↑ "ABIC 2010 – Saskatoon, Canada – Agricultural Biotechnology for a competitive and sustainable future". abic.ca. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  4. ↑ "ABIC 2010 – Saskatoon, Canada – Agricultural Biotechnology for a competitive and sustainable future". abic.ca. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  5. ↑ "DTU-professor modtager Carl Bros Inspirationspris 2006 – DTU". dtu.dk (in Danish). Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Birgitte Ahring | NARA | Washington State University" . Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  7. ↑ "MaxiFuels bringer Danmark i front inden for bioethanol – DTU". dtu.dk (in Danish). Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  8. ↑ "AAU ansætter professor Birgitte Ahring". Aalborg University's Research Portal. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  9. ↑ Joshi, Pratik (June 29, 2008). "Biofuels research advanced by WSU". The Seattle Times. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing (CPD Credits) is on Aug 16 2018 at COPENHAGEN". Allied Academies Conference. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
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