Leif Horsfelt Skibsted

Leif Horsfelt Skibsted

Professor emeritus, Professor, emeritus

Member of:

    ORCID: 0000-0003-1734-5016

    Education

    • 1972, Cand.pharm. Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen
    • 1976, PhD. Royal Danish School of Pharmacy, Copenhagen

    Research and/or professional experience

    • 1974-1976, Assistant Professor, Dept of Chemistry, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL)
    • 1976-1988, Associate Professor, Dept of Chemistry, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL)
    • 1978-1979, Research Associate, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
    • 1988-1992, Docent, Dept of Chemistry, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL)
    • 1991-1994, Research Director, KVL Centre for Food Research
    • 1991-1995, Chairman of board, Institute for Dairy Research, KVL
    • 1992-2019, Professor of Food Chemistry/Physics, Department of Food Science
    • 2001-2004, Adjunct Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Kina
    • 2011-       , Chair Professor, Chemistry Dept., Renmin University of China, Beijing, Kina
    • 1992-2017, Technical consultant for Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (The Danish Encyclopaedia)
    • 1995-1997, Co-ordinator, EU-projekt, "Dietary Treatment and Oxidative Stability of Muscle and Meat Products: Nutritive Value, Sensory Quality and Safety", AIR2-CT94-1577
    • 2004-2010, Head of FOOD Denmark, The LMC Graduate School of Food Science and Technology
    • 2004-2006, Chairman, "Antioxidants and Health", report published, Danish Nutritional Council
    • 2007-       , Samvirke, Danish Food Coop Magazine, expert panel for consumer questions
    • 2008-2016, Associate editor, Journal of Food Science

    Awards

    • 1972, H.C. Ørsted Medal, the Royal Danish School of Pharmacy
    • 1981, Ole Rømer Award, Danish Ministry of Education    
    • 1986, Ellen og Niels Bjerrum's Award and Gold Medal
    • 1993, Ulrik og Marie Brinch's Award
    • 1994, The Food Science Award, Danish Society of Food Science and Technology 
    • 1996, The Carlsberg Research Award in Agricultural Sciences           
    • 2001, Students Award as Teacher of the Year (Den Gyldne Tyr, KVL)             
    • 2005, Awarded Denmark's most-cited authors in Agricultural and Food Science (1990-2004) by ISI Web of Knowledge, Thomson Scientific  
    • Status as“Highly cited” author in ISI Web of Knowledge from 2006   

     

    Membership

    • 1997-       , Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV), elected member
    • 1997-       , Editorial Board, European Food Research and Technology
    • 2003-       , International Academy of Food Science and Technology (IAFoST), fellow
    • 2003-2005, The Danish Nutritional Council (Ernæringsrådet), member
    • 2005-2008, The Danish Fitness and Nutrition Council (Motions- og Ernæringsrådet), member
    • 2008-       , L’Académie de la Gastronomie au Danemark, fellow
    • 2009-2014, Editorial Board, Journal of Functional Food
    • 2010-2017, Editorial Board, Food and Function
    • 2012-       , Editorial Board, Czech Journal of Food Science
    • 2015-       , Editorial Board, Journal of Food and Drug Analysis
    • 2016-       , Editorial Board, Food Science and Biotechnology

    Education

    PhD

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