Emil Poulsen

Background

Poulsen, Emil was born on July 12, 1921 in Ebeltoft, Denmark. Son of Niels Carl Waldemar Poulsen and Johanne Cecilie Carstensen.

Education

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University, Copenhagen, 1943. Doctor of Medicine Veterinariae, Royal Veterinary & Agricultural University, Copenhagen, 1957.

Career

Assistant in veterinary practice, Kolind, Denmark, 1943-1944; assistant professor, Royal Veterinary & Agricultural U., Copenhagen, 1944-1948, 51-64; veterinary supervisor, Public Health, Copenhagen, 1948-1951; associate professor, Department State Veterinary Medicine, Copenhagen, 1964-1968; director, National Food Agency Institute Toxicology, Copenhagen, 1968-1986; chief advisor toxicology, Ministry of Health, Copenhagen, 1986-1991; toxicological advisor, Ministry of Health, Copenhagen, since 1991.

Achievements

• Emil Poulsen has been listed as a noteworthy toxicological advisor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member European Union Scientific Committee for Food, 1974-1995, president, 1980-1986. Fellow Academy Toxicology. Member Toxicology Forum (board directors 1979-1998, George Scott Memorial award 2001), International Life Sciences Institute Europe (board directors 1989-1995).

Connections

Married Ellen Elisabeth Kibaek, February 24, 1945. Children: Per, Jorgen, Hanne.

Father:

Niels Carl Waldemar Poulsen

Mother:

Johanne Cecilie Carstensen

Spouse:

Ellen Elisabeth Kibaek

child:

Jorgen Poulsen

child:

Per Poulsen

child:

Hanne Poulsen