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Name:	Klaus Hinsby
Position:	Senior Research Hydrogeologist
Institution:	Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland,
Address:	Øster Voldgade 10, 1350 København K
Phone:	+453814 2780
Email:	Khi@geus.dk
Website:	http://www.geus.dk

Research interests: Environmental tracers, groundwater dating, groundwater flow, solute transport, stable and radioactive isotopes, groundwater chemistry, baseline groundwater quality, palaeowaters, geophysical logging, geological models, fractured aquifers, spatial and temporal evolution of the quality and quantity of the freshwater resources, integrated water resources management
Involvement in research projects: EU – INTERREG NORTH SEA project – “BurVal” - Ancient groundwater reservoirs in buried valleys – sustainable water resources for the future, 2004-2006. Partners: GGA – Leibniz Institute for Applied Geosciences, BGR – Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, TNO-NITG (Netherlands Institute for Applied Geoscience) and regional counties and public authorities from Denmark and Germany. DANIDA – ENRECA (ENhancing REsearch CApacity) project:, 2004-2007: Water Resources Research in Vietnam – The mobilisation of arsenic and the relation to the dynamic interaction between groundwater and surface water in the Red River Plain. DK-Partners: Technical University of Denmark, DHI Water and Environment – VN-Partners: Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, Hanoi University of Science and Northern Hydrogeological and Engineering Geology Division. EU – specific targeted research project– ”BRIDGE”, (FP6-2003-SSP3), 2004-2006: Background cRiteria for the IDentification of Groundwater thrEsholds. Partners: 28 European research institutes, public authorities and consultants from 17 European countries. EU – project: Network of Excellence on Geological Storage of CO2 – ”CO2GeoNet”. FP6 project (contract No SES6-2004-CT-502816). Partners: BGS, BRGM, BGR, TNO etc.
Advisor for PhD students: None officially - but contributions to: Søren Hvilshøj (subject: tracer tests and hydraulic tests in a tracer test site) Lars Troldborg (subject: groundwater dating tools and flow modelling)

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