Background
Kristensen, Henning Gjelstrup was born on October 27, 1939 in Aarhus, Denmark. Son of Laurits Gjelstrup and Anna (Sorensen) C.
Kristensen, Henning Gjelstrup was born on October 27, 1939 in Aarhus, Denmark. Son of Laurits Gjelstrup and Anna (Sorensen) C.
Master of Pharmacy, Royal Danish School Pharmacy, Copenhagen, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, Royal Danish School Pharmacy, Copenhagen, 1968. Doctor of Science in Pharmacy, Royal Danish School Pharmacy, Copenhagen, 1981.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Uppsalla University, Sweden, 2002.
Assistant professor Royal Danish School Pharmacy, 1968-1970, research fellow, 1970-1973, associate professor, 1973-1977, professor, 1977—2004, rector, 1982-1988. Professor emeritus, 2004. Chairman Danish Pharmacopoeia Council, since 1976.
Member, chairman subcommittee on galenical preparations European Pharmacopoeia Commission, 1976—2001, 1st vice chairman, since 1998. Chairman European Pharmacopocic Commission, 2001—2004. Member World Health Organization Expert Panel, since 2001.
Member subcommittee Chemistry Danish Technology Research Council, Copenhagen, 1986—1994. Temporary member World Health Organization Expert Panel, 1996. Chair Graduate School Drug Research, 1998—2001.
Member science board Vikki Drug Discovery Technology Center, University Helsinki, since 2000.
Sergeant Danish Communicative Disorders, 1963-1965. Member Danish Pharmaceutical Society (chairman 1978-1984), Danish Academy Technology Sciences, European Federation Chemical Engineers.
Married Agnete Kjaervig Jensen, April 23, 1966. Children: Mads Gjelstrup, Jakob Gjelstrup.