#  Morten Otto Alexander Sommer 

2009 PhD Graduate in Biophysics

Scientific Director at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability

Professor and Group Leader in Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability

 

 

 



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**Dissertation Title:** Functional Microbiomics: Uncovering Novel Reservoirs of Microbial Machinery for Antibiotic and Biomass Inhibitor Processing

**PhD Dissertation Advisor:** Dr. George M. Church, Dept. of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

**Past Positions:**

Professor MSO in Systems Biology at DTU (2010-2015)

Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Genetics at Harvard Medical School (2008-2010)

Ph.D. in Biophysics from Harvard University (2008), advisor: George M. Church.

Committee: Gary Ruvkun, Christopher Walsh, Roberto Kolter, Jon Clardy, Jack Szostak and Jim Hogle.



 

 

 





 

 

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