Journal of Thermodynamics & Catalysis
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Bjarne Andresen

Biography

Highest Qualification 1984 Dr. scient. (senior doctor) from University of Copenhagen. 1974 Ph. D. in theoretical chemistry from Chemistry Laboratory 3, University of Copenhagen. Elected Appointments 1979 –1981 President of the Section for Theoretical Chemistry of the Danish Chemical Society. 1980 – date Employees’ spokesman (tillidsmand) at all levels of the University of Copenhagen. 1988 –1991 Member of the executive council of the Danish Union of University Teachers. 1988 –1991 Deputy director of Physics Laboratory, University of Copenhagen. 1991 –1993 Executive secretary of the Danish Physical Society. 1992 –1997 Vice chairman of the Danish Forum for University Policy and Planning. 1993 –1998 Member of the board of directors of the Danish Association of Masters and Ph.D.s (Dansk Magisterforening). 1996 – date Member of the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences. 1997 – 2000 Chairman of the committee on research and education of the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). 1997 – 2008 Chairman of the Danish Forum for University Policy and Planning. 2006 – 2009 Member of the board of directors of MP pension, the largest academic pension fund in Denmark. 2007 – 2009 Vice chairman of MP pension.

Research Interest

Statistical optimization, modeling, finite-time thermodynamics