Research interests

Ancient DNA:
- Retrieval of ancient DNA from fossil remains.
- Analysis of age introduced damages in DNA from fossile remains.

Polar and Alpine microbial ecology:
- Diversity of microbial communities in permafrost and glacier ice through time.
- Anabiosis or Cryptobiosis.

Hendrik Poinar: Tree_16_6_03ref.doc

Related links

Glaciology Group at the Dep. of Geophysics, University of Copenhagen

GEUS - Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

Danish Polar Center

Danish Planet Center

Collaborator MsC, PhD student Biology Eske Willerslev