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Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen has been the Rector of Aarhus University (AU) since 2005. Additionally he is Chairman of the Nordic University Association, Vice-Chairman of Universities Denmark, Board Member of the European University Association (EUA), and a member of the National Growth Forum. Furthermore Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen has been a member of the Africa Commission, Board Member of the Danish National Research Foundation, Rector of the Danish Research Academy, Vice-Chairman of the Danish Research Commission, Chairman of the Danish Natural Science Research Council and the Danish Council for Development Research.

Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen has a degree in botany from AU (1971) and was Dean of the Faculty of Science at AU (1976-79) before he became professor at P. Universidad Católica, Quito, Ecuador (1979-81). Lauritz B. Holm-Nielsen has spent 18 years working abroad, 12 of these at the World Bank in Washington D.C. (1993-2005).