Christian Aalkjær

I am a medical doctor from Aarhus University. In 1980 I started early work on vascular structure in hypertension under the supervision of Professor Mike Mulvany and later as a colleague of Mike's. Later I also initiated work on ion transport in the vascular wall and defined two novel anion-transporters – Na/HCO3- cotransport and cGMP dependent Cl-channel. In my spare time, I studied the hemodynamics of giraffes. I am currently Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology at Aarhus University and Director of Danish Cardiovascular Academy.