Torben Larsen (May 1, 1942) is a noted Danish scientist working in the field of hydrology and water pollution.

Biography

Torben Larsen was born in Copenhagen on 1 May 1942.65 år
, Nordjyske, 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2012-05-06. He graduated with a degree in hydraulic engineering from the Polyteknisk Læreanstalt (

Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark (), often simply referred to as DTU, is a polytechnic university and school of engineering. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and it is today ran ...

) in 1966.Torben Larsen, 65 years
Aalborg Universitet. Retrieved 2012-05-06. From 1967 to 1969 Larsen worked for the Directorate for Hydraulic Engineering. In 1969 he moved to

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to work for Danmarks Ingeniørakademi, later

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. In 1989 he was appointed Associate Professor and in 2001

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. In 2001 Torben Larsen defended his doctoral thesis about dilution of waste water in the coastal zone. Between 1997 and 2005 Larsen was a member of Statens Teknisk-videnskabelige Forskningsråd (the Danish Technical-Scientific Research Board). Larsen has been working on the possibility of closing the Thyborøn channel in the

Limfjorden The Limfjord ( common Danish: ''Limfjorden'' , in northwest Jutlandish dialect: ''Æ Limfjord'') is a shallow part of the sea, located in Denmark where it has been regarded as an inlet ever since Viking times. However, it now has entries both ...

to prevent flooding in the low coastal areas.

References

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