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Alexander P. Hansen
Alexander P. Hansen is a German biologist, geographer, research manager, consultant, editor and author. Having obtained his M.Sc. in Environmental Science  (1982) from Washington State University (USA), his German Geography “Diplom” degree (equiv. to M.Sc.) from  University of Bonn  (Germany) in 1983 and his PhD in Biology from the  University of Western Australia  (1987), he worked as a Postdoc at the  Australian National University,  Murdoch University  (Western Australia) and  University of Hohenheim  (Germany). His research focused primarily on biological nitrogen fixation, an area in which he published extensively. In recognition of the quality of his work he received a fellowship from the prestigious German Alexander von Humboldt Foundation  in 1989 giving him the opportunity to work until 1990 at the National Agriculture Research Center (today  National Agriculture and Food Research Organization ) in Tsukuba Science City (Japan). Subsequently, in 1993 he focused on scientific research management after accepting a position offered by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, where he managed the Humboldt Awardee Program. In 1997 he accepted a position offered by the German Research Foundation  (DFG) where he directed the international cooperation with Asia. Early 2002 he was appointed German Advisor to the Indonesian Minister for Research and Technology (RISTEK) Mr. Hatta Rajasa  and his successor Dr.  Kusmayanto Kadiman  in Jakarta. In this position he also coordinated on behalf of the German Ministry for Education and Research ( BMBF ) the installation of the 55 million Euro Tsunami Early Warning System (GITEWS) in Indonesia http://www.gitews.de/en/homepage/. From 2010 to 2013 he worked in Paris as Senior Advisor for the UNESCO associated organisations ICSU  and  ISSC. The following years led him to India, where 2013 he became Director of the DFG India Office and Chairman of the Board of the German House for Research and Innovation (DWIH) in New Delhi, today German Center for Research and Innovation http://www.dwih.in. DWIH focused on bridging the gap between university research and industry, while enhancing Indo-German cooperation. Since 2017 he works as editor, author and advisor in the national and international tertiary education market.

Research and Teaching
Most of A.P. Hansen’s research work was conducted in plant physiology with focus on biological nitrogen fixation of the legume/Rhizobium-symbioses in various agricultural legume crop plants and native Australian legumes. He published extensively in high impact international journals and wrote review articles and book chapters covering the wider area of his expertise. He is the author and editor of several scientific books and recently has co-authored his first book in German on the tertiary education in Germany.

Next to his research he was also active in teaching at the University of Western Australia, the Australian National University, Murdoch University, University of Hohenheim and later as part of his professorship in India at  Amity University  in Noida https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amity_University,_Noida.

Awards
Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

Publications (sample)
·       B. J. Carroll, A. P. Hansen, D. L. McNeil and P. M. Gresshoff: The effect of oxygen supply on nitrogenase activity of nitrate and dark-stressed soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merr.) plants. In: Australian Journal of Plant Physiology. Band 14, 1987, S. 679–687

·       A. P. Hansen and J. S. Pate: Evaluation of the 15N natural abundance method and xylem sap analysis for assessing N2-fixation of understorey legumes in jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata Donn ex Sm.) forest in S. W. Australia. In: Journal of Experimental Botany. Band 38, 1987, S. 1446–1458

·       A. P. Hansen and J. S. Pate: Comparative growth and symbiotic performance of seedlings of Acacia ''spp. in defined pot culture or as natural understorey components of a eucalypt forest ecosystem in S.W. Australia. In: Journal of Experimental Botany.'' Band 38, 1987, S. 13–25

·       A. P. Hansen, G. Stoneman and D. T. Bell: Potential inputs of nitrogen by seeder legumes to the jarrah forest ecosystem. In: Australian Forestry. Band 51, 1988, S. 226–231

·       A. J. Webb and A. P. Hansen: Histological changes of the peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) gynophore and fruit surface during development, and its potential significance for nutrient uptake. In: Annals of Botany. Band 64, 1989, S. 351–357

·       A. P. Hansen, M. B. Peoples, P. H. Brown, B. J. Carroll and P. M. Gresshoff: Nitrogen partitioning during early development of supernodulating soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merrill) mutants and their wild-type parent. In: Journal of Experimental Botany. Band 41, 1990, S. 1239–1244

·       A. P. Hansen, P. M. Gresshoff, J. S. Pate and D. A. Day: ''Interactions between irradiance levels, nodulation and nitrogenase activity of soybean cv. Bragg and a supernodulating mutant. In: Journal of Plant Physiology.'' Band 136, 1990, S. 172–179

·       S. Akao, P. B. Francisco Jr., H. Hamaguchi, M. Kokubun, H. Kouchi, T. Yoneyama and A. P. Hansen: The characteristics of a supernodulating mutant isolated from soybean cultivar Enrei by the ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) treatment. In: Gamma Field Symposia. Band 31, 1992, S. 105–126

·      A. P. Hansen, T. Yoneyama and H. Kouchi: ''Short term nitrate effects on hydroponically grown soybean cv. Bragg and its supernodulating mutant. I Carbon, nitrogen and mineral element distribution, respiration and the effect of nitrate on nitrogenase activity. In: Journal of Experimental Botany.'' Band 43, 1992, S. 1–7

·      A. P. Hansen, T. Yoneyama and H. Kouchi: ''Short term nitrate effects on hydroponically grown soybean cv. Bragg and its supernodulating mutant. II Distribution and respiration of recently fixed 13C-labelled photosynthate. In: Journal of Experimental Botany.'' Band 43, 1992, S. 9–14

·      A. P. Hansen, T. Yoneyama, H. Kouchi and K. Hiraoka: Respiration and nitrogen fixation of hydroponically cultured Phaseolus vulgaris''L. OAC Rico and a supernodulating mutant. II. Respiration and distribution of recently fixed 13C-labelled photosynthate and the effect of sink removal on carbon partitioning. In: Planta.'' Band 189, 1993, S. 546–556

·      A. P. Hansen, T. Yoneyama, H. Kouchi and P. Martin: Respiration and nitrogen fixation of hydroponically cultured Phaseolus vulgaris''L. OAC Rico and a supernodulating mutant. I. Growth, mineral composition and effect of sink removal. In: Planta.'' Band 189, 1993, S. 538–545

·       A. P. Hansen, B. Rerkasem, S. Lordkaew and P. Martin: Xylem-solute technique to measure N2-fixation by Phaseolus vulgaris L.: Calibration and sources of error. In: Plant and Soil. Band 150, 1993, S. 223–231

·      A. P. Hansen: Symbiotic N2 Fixation of Crop Legumes: Achievements and Perspectives. Hohenheim Tropical Agricultural Series; 2. Verlag Josef Margraf Weikersheim, 1994

·       A. Vaishnav; A. P. Hansen, P. K. Agrawal, A. Varma and D. K. Choudhary. Biotechnological Perspectives of Legume-RhizobiumSymbiosis. In: A. P. Hansen, D. K. Choudhary, P. K. Agrawal and A. Varma (Hrsg.): Rhizobium Biology and Biotechnology (Soil Biology, Band 50). Springer, 2017, S. 247–256

·       A. P. Hansen, D. K. Choudhary, P. K. Agrawal and A. Varma (Hrsg.): Rhizobium Biology and Biotechnology (= Soil Biology, Band 50). Springer, 2017

·       A. P. Hansen: Legume-Rhizobium Symbioses: Significance for Sustainable Plant Production: In: A. K. Sharma and A. Varma (Hrsg.): Modern Tools and Techniques to understand Microbes. Springer, 2017, S. 159–182

·      A. Doll and A. P. Hansen: Die Managerschmieden – Studieren an privaten Hochschulen macht sich bezahlt. Springer Gabler, 2019, S. 214.

·      A. P. Hansen, A. Doll and A. Varma: ''Management Careers Made in Germany – Studying at private German Universities Pays Off. ''Palgrave Macmillan, 2019 (in press)

Web Links

 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VogfMsY_n-k
 * https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?query=alexander+p+hansen&method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true
 * http://www.dwih.in/content/dr-alexander-p-hansen-live-radio-mirchi-during-eot-kolkata
 * https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/25670179_ALEXANDER_P_HANSEN
 * http://www.amity.edu/events/eventdetails.asp?id=3883
 * https://www.oav.de/iap-22015/artikel-1012.html
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