MARIA VIBE
NORUP
Curriculum Vitae
Personal details:
Date and place of birth: 15.10.1975, in Holte, Copenhagen
Nationality: Danish
E-mail: m.norup@snm.ku.dk or mnorup@hotmail.com
Homepage: www.marianorup.dk
Education:
February 2006-present: Ph.D. student,
Natural History Museum of Denmark, Botanical Garden and
Museum, Lab. of Molecular Systematics.
December 2004: Cand. Scient. cum
laude in Biology (= M.Sc.), University of Aarhus,
Denmark
1994: Highschool/Studentereksamen, Aalborg
Katedralskole, Denmark
Fieldwork and other relevant botanical training:
September 2006-November 2006: Fieldwork,
South Africa, 2 months.
March 2006: Fieldwork, South Africa, 2
weeks.
March 2005-April 2005: Fieldwork, Bolivia,
2 weeks.
September 2004: Fieldtrip, Palawan
(Philippines), 1 week.
2004: Tropical Plant Identification
Course. 2 weeks intensive course at the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew (Passed with distinctions).
September 2003-April 2004: Determination
of SE-Asian Lauraceae. Independently, and with the SE Asian
Section of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
August 2002-April 2004:
Weekly participation in determination and sorting of
incoming herbarium material (tropical South-East Asian
plant families), at the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew, with the SE Asian Section.
Grants received:
2006: Christian &
Ottilia Brorsons Rejselegat for yngre videnskabsmænd og
–kvinder. Travel grant (15.000Dkr)
2006: Augustinus Fonden, Dk. Travel grant
(10.000Dkr)
2006: The Oticon Foundation (William
Demant’s and Wife Ida Emilie’s
Foundation), DK. Travel grant (8.000Dkr)
2006: The foundation of Svend G. Fiedler
and wife, DK. Grant to support fieldwork in South Africa
(6.000Dkr)
2006: Ph.D. Scholarship (3 yrs), granted
by the Natural History Museum of Denmark.
2004: The TOBU Foundation, Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew, UK. Travel grant to support participation in
the 6th International Flora Malesiana Symposium, University
of the Philippines, Los Baños, the Philippines. (ca.
8.000Dkr)
2003-2004: The Oticon Foundation (William
Demant’s and Wife Ida Emilie’s
Foundation), DK. Grant to support studies abroad at the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. (10.000Dkr)
2003: National Science Foundation (NSF), USA.
Travel grant for participation in the Monocots III
Conference, Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens, California.
(ca. 4.000Dkr)
2002: Faculty of Science, University of
Aarhus, DK. Overseas study grant to study at the Royal
Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK. (ca. 15.000Dkr)
Languages and level of proficiency:
Danish: Mother tongue
English: Fluent, excellent
Italian: Semi-fluent
Scandinavian languages: High
German: Basic
Referees:
Prof. Dr. Scient,
Ole Seberg, Botanical Garden and Museum, Natural History
Museum of Denmark, Sølvgade 83, Opg. S, 1307 Copenhagen K,
DK. Email: oles@snm.ku.dk
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Anders S. Barfod, University of Aarhus,
Institute of Biological Sciences, Department of Systematic
Botany, Ny Munkegade, Build. 540, 8000 Aarhus C, DK. Email:
anders.barfod@biology.au.dk
Dr. William J. Baker, Monocot Section: Palmae. Herbarium,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE,UK.
Email: w.baker@kew.org