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The Natural History Museum of Denmark (NHMD) is Denmark’s national museum for Natural History and at the same time a department of the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science. There is about 50 permanent scientific staff and a large number of students, postdocs and staff working on various projects. The collections amount to ca. 14 mio specimens plus the living collection in the Botanical Garden. The museum has three overarching research themes: Origin and evolution of Earth and the solar system – Origin, evolution and diversity of the living Nature – Interactions between Nature and Man. Facilities include SEM and state-of-the-art molecular labs. The public exhibitions are visited by ca. 100.000 persons per year, and the museum engages in many other forms of outreach to schools, high-schools and the general public. The international secretariat of GBIF is placed at the museum which is also co-hosting the Danish GBIF node, DanBIF.

In addition to research, collections, and outreach the museum is involved in several international/ European collaborative efforts, including CETAF, SYNTHESYS and OpenUp!

WP 1 Data sources: requirements, gap analysis and data mobilization

WP 3 Improving tools and methods for data analysis and interface

WP 6 Stakeholder engagement and science-policy dialogue

	Prof. Henrik Enghoff  Professor of zoological systematics and biogeography Representing the museum in SYNTHESYS and OpenUp! Research interests: taxonomy, especially of millipedes.
	Dr. Isabel Calabuig  Entomologist, node manager and data curator of DanBIF Research interests: Biodiversity informatics, solitary bee diversity, population ecology, behaviour, and taxonomy
	Lotte Endsleff  Biologist, web editor and scientific communications officer at DanBIF Web content and website management, science communication, social networking, conference organisation, biodiversity informatics
	Martin Stein  Collection coordinator Data manager