College of Arts & Sciences

Faculty & Staff

Dr. Jens Eriksen Associate Professor of Chemistry Email: jeriksen@pi.ac.ae Phone:+971-2-607-5445 (Bu Hasa) and 607-5694 (Arzanah) Office: 2015 (Bu Hasa)/8276 (Arzanah)

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D., Organic Chemistry, New York University, New York, USA, 1976
• M.Sc., Organic Chemistry, New York University, New York, USA, 1974
• B.Sc., Chemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

 Experience

2005 to now	Associate Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences, Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi
1986 to 2005	Associate Professor of Chemistry, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman
1979 to 1986	Associate Professor of Chemistry, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
1976 to 1979	Postdoctoral Research Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

 Research Interests

Organic chemistry, photochemistry, spectroscopy, environmental chemistry, wildlife photography

 Teaching Interests

Organic chemistry, general chemistry, e-learning

 Awards

Numerous awards in photography, including three times winner of the British Birds Bird Photograph of the Year competition

Selected Publications

During my career I have published approximately 20 articles in chemistry and about 90 articles in ornithology and popular science. I am the author or co-author of 13 books.  More than 7,000 of my pictures have been published worldwide.

Eason, P., Victor, R., Eriksen, J. & Kwarteng, A. (2009). “Status of the exotic Ring-necked Parakeet, Psittacula krameri, in Oman (Aves: Psittacidae),” Zoology in the Middle East, vol. 47, pp. 29-38.