Alex Toftgaard Nielsen

Alex has a background in metabolic engineering, bacterial physiology and synthetic biology.

He holds MSc and PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering and Microbiology from the Technical University of Denmark and has received postdoctoral training at Stanford University.

He has held positions at companies such as Exiqon (Denmark) and Genencor (USA). Alex is also a Professor at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at the Technical University of Denmark.