New head of the Department of Biology

Professor of Biology Jesper Givskov Sørensen will take over as Head of the Department of Biology at the Faculty of Natural Sciences from June 1st this year. 

He has been a professor since 2020 and also has experience as head of the Section of Genetics, Ecology, and Evolution at the department. Throughout his career at AU, he also spent five years at another faculty, Technical Sciences, where he carried out research at the Department of Ecoscience.

It's valuable that he has experience from several faculties, says Birgit Schiøtt, Dean of Natural Sciences, in an AU news release.

"We need to work together across faculties - and even more so in the future. That's why I see it as a great strength that Jesper knows both the organisation and a lot of talented colleagues at Tech," Birgit Schiøtt says.

Jesper Givskov Sørensen would like to see biology play an even greater role in society in the future, he states in the news release. 

“Biology is more crucial than ever in the context of the green transition. We must seek out every opportunity to contribute in any way we can – including through interdisciplinary collaboration and in the field of natural resource management. We need to be good at fundamental research, but also offer solutions to society," Jesper Givskov Sørensen says.

This text is machine translated and post-edited by Cecillia Jensen.