Jens Christian Frisvad

Jens Christian Frisvad is a Professor at the Technical University of Denmark's Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine. His research spans fungal biodiversity, biosystematics, and chemical diversity in molds, focusing on discovering new enzymes and secondary metabolites for medical applications. He also investigates systems biology, exo-metabolomics, and mycotoxin prevention in food and indoor environments.

His work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals through research in fungal ecology and biotechnology. Key research areas include:

• Mycotoxin formation prevention
• Fungal chemodiversity
• Microbial communication networks
• Industrial enzyme discovery

Recent publications focus on Aspergillus genomics and food safety applications. Research demonstrates advanced genomic approaches to fungal classification and metabolic pathway analysis.

Laboratory activities include maintaining the IBT Culture Collection of Fungi and leading projects on fungal monitoring in cereals and food quality assessment.