Emeriti

Albert Gjedde, Professor Emeritus 

Albert Gjedde’s research focuses on the relations between neuroplasticity and neurotransmission, as revealed by mapping radioligand binding and the neuroplastic changes of brain functions.

E-mail: gjedde@sund.ku.dk, Mobile: +45 2917 7601

Jørn Hounsgaard, Professor emeritus 

Jørn Hounsgaard is researching synaptic processing in dendrites during functional network activity. He is linked to the Perrier Lab. Jørn represents the University of Copenhagen on several foundation boards: Beatrice Surovell Haskell Fund for Child Mental Health Research of Copenhagen (chair), Agnes & Poul Friis Fond (chair), Konsul Ehrenfried Owesen og Hustrus Fond (Den Owenske Fond), Magda Sofie and Aase Lütz’s Mindelegat.

E-mail: jhou@sund.ku.dk. Mobile: +45 2116 2217

Hans Hultborn, Professor emeritus 

The first major project in Copenhagen was the intrinsic properties of motoneurons – the “plateau potentials” caused by a persistent inward current that were supported by monoaminergic innervation of the motoneurons. The second major project focused on the importance of sensory input to the spinal cord in controlling the “central pattern generator” (CPG) for locomotion, which determines the initiation and termination of the swing and stance phases in locomotion. Most recently, the group studied the interneurons mediating these effects, which also opens the way for identifying the interneurons that are part of the CPG.

E-mail: hhu@sund.ku.dk. Telephone: +45 3532 7461, Mobile: +45 2875 7461

Henrik Jahnsen, Lektor emeritus 

Henrik Jahnsen studies the function of neurons and neuronal networks in the mammalian brain and is associated with the Rekling lab. He is also an external assessor for the universities in Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense, and the editor of the section "Basic Neurophysiology" for Lex.dk - The National Danish Encyclopedia.

E-mail: jahnsen@sund.ku.dk. Telephone: +45 4037 7466

Christian Krarup, Professor Emeritus 

Christian Krarup has a long-standing interest in improving the outcome of peripheral nerve regeneration.

E-mail: ckrarup@sund.ku.dk. Telephone: +45 3545 3060.

Erling T. Mellerup, Lektor emeritus 

Erling Mellerup is working with mathematical/statistical analyses of combinations of genetic variants in polygenic disorders, and on an amateur level, on consciousness-related hypotheses (Medical Hypotheses https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2025.111665).

E-mail: mellerup@sund.ku.dk. Telephone: +452 164 8408, Mobile: +45 2164 8408

Per Roland, Professor Emeritus 

Per Roland examines the space-time dynamics in the cerebral cortex, i.e. the progression of membrane current changes, local field potential changes and spiking in the space made up of the cortical network of neurons, or in state space, with the purpose of finding principles of cortical mechanics.

E-mail: mgt875@ku.dk

Erik Bruun Simonsen, Lektor emeritus 

Erik B. Simonsen's research is focused on sports science and biomechanics, especially sprint running and running economy. Running is recorded by high-speed video and investigated by 3D inverse dynamics. Ground reaction forces are computer-simulated to avoid the use of force platforms in field studies. The latest publication, Fractions of propulsive joint work during maximal sprint running, is from 2024.

E-mail: eksn@sund.ku.dk. Telephone: +45 5853 6070, Mobile: +45 201 08293

Thomas Zeuthen, Professor emeritus 

E-mail: t.zeuthen@sund.ku.dk