Carsten Rahbek#
| Membership Number: | 7577 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Homepage(s): | https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/da/persons/carsten-rahbek/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4585-0300 |
| X: | @Carsten_Rahbek |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/carsten-rahbek/ |
| Publication Link: | https://researchprofiles.ku.dk/da/persons/carsten-rahbek/publications/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present Full Professor in Biodiversity, Institution, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2019 - present Adjunct Professor, Chair, in Macroecology, Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark
- 2012 - present Professor in Ecology and Evolution at Peking University
- 2020 - present Centerleader, Villum Center for Tropical Mountain Biodiveresity, University of Copenhagen
- 2010 - present Centerleader, Center for Macroecology, Evoilution and Climate, University of Copenhagen
- 2013 - 2019; Professor, Chair in Macroecology, Imperial College, UK
- 2012 - 2020 Bingzhi Forum Professorship at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Acad. of Sciences
- 2013 - 2019 Full Profession, Section of Biodiversity, the National History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen
- 2008 - 2013 Full Professor, Section for Ecology and Evolution, Department of Biology, Univ. of Copenhagen
- 1998 - 2008 Curator of Birds, Assoc to Full Professor, National Museum of Natural History, Denmark
Fields of Scholarship
- Biogeography
- Genomic
- Ornithology
- Conservation
- Biodiversity
- Macroecology
- Ecology and evolution
- Climate change
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Highly Ranked Scholar - Lifetime by ScholarGPS
- 2024 Distinguished Fellow Award, International Biogeographical Society
- 2020 Appointed a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog by Her Majesty The Queen of Denmark
- 2019 The Clarivate “Highly Cited Researchers”
- 2012 Villum Kann Rasmussen's Annual Award for Technical and Scientific Research; the highest personal research award in Denmark
- 2012 Last Round Nominee for the Kyoto Prize in Biological Science (2012)
- 2010 Danish 'Elite Researcher Price'; the highest personal research award in Denmark given by the government
- 2006 Elected Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
- 2003 Elected member of The International Ornithological Congress
