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.

Before returning to the University of Copenhagen 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, Professor promotion program

• Head of Section for Organismal Biology

• Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences

• University of Copenhagen

• Room B203

• Thorvaldsensvej 40, 3rd floor (Zoology)

• 1871 Frederiksberg C.

• Denmark

• Phone: +45 35 32 00 97

• Mobile: +45 61 68 57 69

• Email: hhdefinelicht @ plen.ku.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