Peter Høj

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Peter Bordier Høj , AC (born April 29, 1957 in Denmark ) is a Danish- Australian biochemist and university professor and since 2012 President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Queensland .

Life

Peter Høj studied chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Copenhagen , obtained an M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Genetics and a Ph.D. with a research paper on photosynthesis . After arriving in Australia in 1987, he initially worked as a lecturer at La Trobe University and as a professor of viticulture and oenology at the University of Adelaide . In 1992, Peter Høj was awarded the Boehringer Mannheim Medal of the Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , and in 2002 he received the Centenary Medal from the Australian Government for his services to the Australian Society for his scientific contribution to viticulture.

From 1997 to 2004 Peter Høj was Managing Director of the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) in Adelaide and from 2004 to 2007 Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Research Council. From June 2007 to October 2012, Høj served as Vice Chancellor and President of the University of Adelaide . On October 8, 2012, he took up his new position as Vice Chancellor and President of the University of Queensland in Brisbane .

Peter Høj is Vice President and Lead Vice Chancellor for Research at Universities Australia, Member of the Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization , Member of the Australian Qualification Framework Council and the National Research Infrastructure Committee (NRIC), Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering and Foreign Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences . Previously, Høj was a member of the Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) of the Prime Minister of Australia , a member of the Australian Institute of Marine Science Council, the Cooperative Research Centers Committee and the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy Committee.

Publications (a selection)

  • Peter Bordier Høj, Jørn Dalgaard Mikkelsen: Partial separation of individual enzyme activities of an ACP-dependent fatty acid synthetase from barley chloroplasts . In: Carlsberg Research Communications 1982, Volume 47, Edition 2, pp. 119ff.
  • Birger Lindberg Møller, Peter Bordier Høj: A thylakoid polypeptide involved in the reconstitution of photosynthetic oxygen evolution . In: Carlsberg Research Communications 1983, Volume 48, Issue 3, pp. 161ff.
  • Peter Bordier Høj, Ib Svendsen: Barley acyl carrier protein: Its amino acid sequence and assay using purified malonyl-CoA: ACP transacylase . In: Carlsberg Research Communications 1983, Volume 48, Issue 4, pp. 483ff.
  • Peter Bordier Høj et al .: Isolation and characterization of a (1 → 3) -β-glucan endohydrolase from germinating barley (Hordeum vulgare): amino acid sequence similarity with barley (1 → 3, 1 → 4) -β-glucanases . In: FEBS Letters 1988, Volume 230, Issue 1-2, pp. 67ff.
  • Peter Bordier Høj, Barbara Ann Halkier, Birger Lindberg Møller: Analysis of Isolated PS I Polypeptides for Acid Labile Sulfide . In: Progress in Photosynthesis Research, 1987, p. 53ff.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The University of Queensland: Professor Peter Høj, President and Vice-Chancellor. On: uq.edu.au. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  2. ^ The University of Queensland: Professor Peter Høj. ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. On: uq.edu.au. Retrieved January 4, 2014. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uq.edu.au
  3. ^ CSIRO: Professor Peter Høj: CSIRO Board Member. ( Memento of July 3, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) On: csiro.au. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
  4. ↑ Springer Link: Partial separation of individual enzyme activities of an ACP-dependent fatty acid synthetase from barley chloroplasts. On: link.springer.com. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ Springer Link: A thylakoid polypeptide involved in the reconstitution of photosynthetic oxygen evolution. On: link.springer.com. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  6. ↑ Springer Link: Barley acyl carrier protein: Its amino acid sequence and assay using purified malonyl-CoA: ACP transacylase. On: link.springer.com. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  7. ↑ Science Direct: Isolation and characterization of a (1 → 3) -β-glucan endohydrolase from germinating barley (Hordeum vulgare): amino acid sequence similarity with barley (1 → 3, 1 → 4) -β-glucanases. On: sciencedirect.com. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ Springer Link: Analysis of Isolated PS I Polypeptides for Acid Labile Sulfide. On: link.springer.com. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Høj, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Høj, Peter Bordier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish-Australian biochemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Denmark