Poul Toft Frederiksen
Poul Toft Frederiksen assists the Foundation on our work with selected universities and STEM learning partners.
Poul Toft Frederiksen

Poul Toft Frederiksen, Senior Advisor, Research and Learning.

Special competencies
  • Research; primarily but not exclusively technical research
  • Research policy
  • Technology transfer, university/industry collaborations
Curriculum Vitae
2024 – Senior Advisor, Research and Learning (part time)
2018 – 2024 Head of Programme, Research and Learning, Grundfos Foundation
2008-2017 Senior Science Advisor/Principal Scientist, Grundfos Holding A/S
2006-2008 Research Manager, Grundfos Management A/S
2000-2006 Dept. head, Electronic Development, Grundfos Management A/S
1996-1999 Senior Engineer, Grundfos A/S
1992-1996 Development Engineer, Grundfos A/S
1991-1992 Design Supervisor, Alcatel Kirk Aerospace Systems Division
1989-1991 Development Engineer, Alcatel Kirk Aerospace Systems Division
1990 PhD (lic. techn.) Technical University of Denmark
Appointments and positions of trust
2023 – Member of Danmarks Forsknings- og Innovationspolitiske Råd (The Danish Council for Research and Innovation Policy)
2020 – Board member, Naturvidenskabernes Hus
2020-2022 Chairman, the Council for Technology and Society of the Danish Academy of the Technical Sciences
2018 Kraks Blå Bog
2016 – Employer Contact Panel, Copenhagen University (Physics, Chemistry and Nanoscience)
2015-2019 Independent Research Fund Denmark | Technology and Production Sciences (Danish Ministry of Research)
2013 – Danish Academy of the Technical Sciences, and the academy think tank
2013-2018 Employer Contact Panel, Technical University of Denmark
2011-2014 Research evaluation committee, Industrial post-docs, Danish Advanced Technology Foundation
2010-2013 Board of Representatives, Technical University of Denmark
2008-2013 Industrial Ph.D. evaluation committee, Danish Ministry of Research (vice chairman 2011-13)
2005-2016 Advisory Board, Technical University of Denmark Electrical Engineering
1994-2002 Corps of censors, Danish electrical engineers’ educations
Year of birth
1962