Bo Thisted Simonsen, MSc, Ph.D. 

Section of Forensic Genetics
Department of Forensic Medicine 
Faculty of Health Sciences 
University of Copenhagen
11 Frederik V's Vej
DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Email:  bo.simonsen@forensic.ku.dk
Phone:  +45 35 32 61 36
Fax:  +45 35 32 62 70

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Born
20 April 1964

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Current position

• Deputy Director of the Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen
• Forensic Geneticist, Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen

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Education and scientific qualifications

1990: BSc Ecology
1993: MSc Population Biology
1997: PhD Population Genetics

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Positions

1989 - 1990: Teaching assistant, Department of Phycology, University of Copenhagen
1994 - 1997: PhD student, Dept. Biology, Section of Population Biology, University of Copenhagen
1997 - 1999: Forensic geneticist, Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen
1999 - 2007: Manager of paternity and kinship testings, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen
2007 - now: Deputy Director of the Section of Forensic Genetics, Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen

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Present research

• SNPs for the forensic identification of persons
• SNPs for genetic analysis of family relationships
• SNPs for the ethnical identification of persons

Previous research

• mtDNA and STRs for the genetic analysis of population structure of African bovids
• Patterns of genetic variation within and between populations of large terrestrial mammals
• Elucidation of the evolutionary and historical background of patterns of genetic variation within and between populations of large terrestrial mammals
• Basic population genetics and population ecology

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Teaching experience

• Teaching in forensic genetics of
  o Medical students
  o Biology students
  o Employees at the Danish courts
• Pre- and postgraduate teaching in evolution, population biology, population genetics and molecular evolution of biology students

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Publications

2006 Lorenzen ED, Simonsen BT, Kat PW, Arctander P, Siegismund HR: Hybridization between subspecies of waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) in zones of overlap with limited introgression. Molecular Ecology (15) 3787-3799.

2003 Simonsen BT, Morling N: Results of the 2003 paternity testing workshop of the English Speaking Working Group of the International Society of Forensic Genetics. In: () Proceedings in Forensic Genetics 10. Elsevier. Amsterdam.

2003 Simonsen BT, Tonnesen E, Hansen HE: The Quilakitsoq Mummies: Family relations re-examined by DNA-profile. In: Lynnerup N, Andreasen C, Berglund J (Eds.) Mummies in a New Millenium, Proceedings of the 4^th World Congress on Mummy Studies. Danish Polar Center Publication no. 11. Copenhagen.

1998 Simonsen BT, Siegismund HR, Arctander P: Population structure of African buffalo inferred from mtDNA sequences and microsatellite loci - high variation but low differentiation. Molecular Ecology (7) 225-237.

1996 Arctander P, Kat PW, Simonsen BT, Siegismund HR: Population genetics of Kenyan impalas - consequences for conservation. In: Wayne RK & Smith TB (Eds) Molecular Genetics in Conservation. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

1995 Simonsen BT: Antelope Genetic Resources. First National Workshop on the Conservation and Utilization of Animal Genetic Resources. Mbarara, Uganda.

1994 Simonsen BT: A population genetic puzzle: structure of Kenyan waterbuck populations. Society for the Study of Evolution Annual Meeting. Athens, Georgia, USA.

1993 Simonsen BT, Arctander P, Kat PW: Population structure of Kenyan waterbuck, based on mtDNA sequences. IV Congress, European Society for Evolutionary Biology. Montpellier, France.