Niels Erik Skakkebaek#
| Membership Number: | 6596 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2023 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.rigshospitalet.dk/english/research/Pages/profiles/niels-e-skakkebaek.aspx |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4282-8020 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2006 - 2023 Professor and Consultant, Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
- 1990 - 2006 Professor and Chair, Department of Growth and Reproduction, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen
- 1990 - 2006 Professor of Growth and Reproduction, University of Copenhagen
- 1982 - 1990 Professor of Paediatrics, University of Copenhagen, Fuglebakken Hospital and Hvidovre Hospital
- 1980 - 1982 Consultant, Laboratory of Reproductive Biology, Rigshospitalet
- 1972 - 1980 Clinical training and laboratory research, at University Hospitals, Copenhagen
- 1974 - 1975 Senior Registrar, MRC, Rproductive Biology Center, and Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1970 - 1972 Research assistant, Chromosome Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen
- 1969 - 1970 Research assistant, Pacific Northwest Research Foundation, Seattle, USA
- 1967 - 1967 Research assistant, Chromosome Laboratory, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen
Fields of Scholarship
- Infertility
- Environment
- Andrological and paediatric endocrinology
- Spermatogenesis
- Testicular cancer
- Declining fertility rates
- Germ cell neoplasia in situ (GCNIS)
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Hormone Medal, European Society of Endocrinology
- 2020 Honorary Member European Academy of Andrology
- 2015 Dr.h.c. University of Liege, Belgium
- 2009 Danish Oncology Prize
- 2008 European Medal, British Society for Endocrinology
- 2008 The Lundbeck Foundation Nordic Research Prize
- 2006 Dr.h.c. University of Turku, Finland
- 2006 KFJ Medical Research Prize, University of Copenhagen
- 2005 Honorary Member of European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE)
- 1996 Andrea Prader Prize, European Society of Pediatric Endocrinology
- 1993 Novo Nordisk Research Prize
