Eva Hoffmann

Prorector Eva Hoffmann

On 1 July 2025, Eva Hoffmann took office as the University of Copenhagen's Prorector for Research and Innovation.

Born in 1975, she graduated with a BA (1st Class) in Biology in 1998 and a DPhil/PhD in Biochemistry in 2002, both degrees from University of Oxford.

The Prorector for Research and Innovation, the prorector for Education, the Rector, and the University Director constitute the University's top day-to-day management, also known as the Rectorate.

Reporting to the Rector, Eva Hoffmann is appointed for a five-year term, running until the end of June 2030, with the possibility of a three-year extension.

More about Eva Hoffmann

 

2022-2025
Acting Head of the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen

2015-
Professor of Molecular Genetics at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen

2005-2015     
Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow & MRC Senior Non-clinical Research Fellow, MRC Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, UK

 

 

2002
DPhil/PhD in Biochemistry, University of Oxford

1998
BA (1st Class) in Biology, University of Oxford

 

 

Board member of ReproUnion; member of expert council for genomic medicine under the Ministry of the Interior and Health; former member of the DFF Council for Health and Diseases and the National Committee for Research Infrastructure under the Ministry of Higher Education and Science; former member of the Medical Research Council Training and Careers Group and the reference group for SUSTAIN (Academy of Medical Sciences, UK); co-founder and co-owner of OvartiX Ltd. and CEO of OvartiX ApS.

 

 

Member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO) and former EMBO Young Investigator; Novo Nordisk Foundation Distinguished Investigator Award and Tandem Award; ERC Consolidator Grant; Wellcome Trust Discovery Award (co-PI).