Henrik H. de Fine Licht

I work on host-pathogen evolution using pathogenic fungi as models. A major focus is on insect-pathogenic fungi, some of which also can be mutualistic with plant roots in the rhizosphere. Recently, we are also focusing on plant-pathogenic fungi and fungicide resistance evolution in pathogenic fungi.

I recently moved the Technical University of Denmark in order to build and expand our activities in automation of fungal phenotyping and synthetic bioengineering of fungal strains. I spend 13 years at the University of Copenhagen and before that, I worked with Professor Anders Tunlid at Lund University, Sweden, for little over two years on morphological and genome-wide molecular adaptation in symbiotic fungi cultivated by fungus-growing ants. Before that I worked with Duur Aanen and did my PhD and first post doc with Professor Koos Boomsma at the Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen, focusing on co-evolution, particularly the cultivated fungi, in fungus-growing ants and termites.

• Associate Professor

• Section for Synthetic Biology

• Technical University of Denmark

• Room 228, Building 223

• Søltofts Plads

• 2800 Kongens Lyngby

• Denmark

• Mobile: +45 61 68 57 69

• Email: henlic @ dtu.dk

• Education

• 2009 PhD at the Centre for Social Evolution, University of Copenhagen

• 2006 MSc in Biology, University of Copenhagen

• 2003 Bachelor in Biology, University of Copenhagen