Per Moestrup Jensen

Per Moestrup Jensen serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, teaching foundational ecology and environmental science courses for Natural Resources and Animal Science bachelor's programs, alongside specialized instruction in parasitology and wildlife management.

His research centers on zoonotic disease ecology, with primary focus on tick-borne illnesses, leptospirosis, and Echinococcus multilocularis population dynamics. He actively collaborates with medical professionals to investigate environmental drivers of disease transmission at the human-wildlife interface, emphasizing reservoir host ecology and public health implications.

Analysis of his 2021-2025 publications reveals two dominant research trajectories: (1) climate-health relationships examining thermal impacts on birth weight, BMI, and food intake through epidemiological modeling, and (2) innovative big data applications using Google Trends to monitor ecological trends (bird populations) and tick-human interactions. This work integrates environmental science, epidemiology, and digital surveillance methodologies.

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Dr. Jensen participates in integrated disease monitoring networks with medical professionals, particularly for tick-borne disease surveillance, though specific laboratory structures or formal team names were not described in the excerpt.