Christine Nellemann holds a ph.d. in medicine and an MBA in technology and innovation leadership. She is provest at DTU, and she is experienced in public/private partnerships and in life science, innovation, technology and sustainability.
Christine is a member of multiple boards, including the Think Tank Against Food Waste (Tænketanken mod Madspild og Fødevaretab) which provides yearly recommendations to the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries of Denmark.
Furthermore, she was the chairperson of the Danish 3R-center for a number of years, and she is currently a board member of the national cluster organization Food and Bio Cluster Denmark, the private spin-out from the Technical University of Denmark Saxocon, as well as the National Research Center for Work Environment (NFA). Christine also participated in the Danish Climate Partnership for Agriculture and Food.
Christine has a large international network and participates in the Advisory Forum of the European Food Safety Authority. She also took part in the high-level expert group IPFSS which advised the European Commission on the use of research in climate change mitigation within the agricultural sector.
Christine Nellemann is reappointed from 1. April 2026 to 31. March 2026.