Hugo de Boer

Stilling

Forskningssjef, Naturhistorisk museum, Universitet i Oslo (UiO)

Utdanning

2006-2012:Uppsala University – PhD

2003-2004: Uppsala University – MSc

2001-2003: Wageningen University and Research - MSc

1998-2001: Wageningen University and Research - BSc

Arbeidserfaring

2022 - d.d.: Forskningssjef, Naturhistorisk museum, Universitet i Oslo

2020 – 2022 Fungerende forskningssjef, Naturhistorisk museum, Universitet i Oslo

2018 – 2020 Leder for Forskningsgruppen for planteevolusjon og DNA-metabarcoding (PET), Naturhistorisk museum, Universitet i Oslo

2018 Professor i biosystematikk, Naturhistorisk museum, Universitet i Oslo

2017 – 2018 Førsteamanuensis, Naturhistorisk museum, Universitet i Oslo

2015 – 2022 Leder for Nordic Research School in Biosystematics – ForBio, Naturhistorisk museum, Universitet i Oslo

2014 – 2016 Docent, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden

2015 – 2021 Forsker, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the Netherlands

2012 – 2014 Postdok-forsker, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden

2012 – 2014 Postdok-forsker, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the Netherlands

2009 – 2009 Postgraduate research fellow, Integrative Biology, University of California - Berkeley

Øvrig faglig bakgrunn

2026 – d.d.: Vitenskapskomiteen for mat og miljø (VKM), leder for hovedkomiteen og leder for faggruppen for CITES
2025 – d.d.: Valgt medlem i Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi
2025 – d.d.: Medlem i CITES Plantekomitteen (Europeisk region); vara 2022–2025
2025 – d.d: Første vise-leder Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Vitenskapskomiteen
2022 – 2026: Vitenskapskomiteen for mat og miljø (VKM), leder for faggruppe for fremmede organismer, handel med truede arter (CITES)
2015 – 2022 Vitenskapskomiteen for mat og miljø (VKM), faggruppe for fremmede organismer, handel med truede arter (CITES)
2020 – Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) – Norway, Head of Delegation
2011 – 2011 Center for Sustainable Development, UU-SLU, styre, varamedlem
2009 – 2012 Uppsala University, Faculty of Technical and Natural Sciences, stipendkomité (2009-2012)
2006 – 2008 Uppsala University, Faculty of Technical and Natural Sciences, fakultetsstyre
2006 – 2009 Uppsala University, rekrutteringskomité for biologi (2006-2009; 2010)
2006 – 2012 Uppsala University, stipendkomité (2006-2012)
2003 – 2006 Botanisk ekspert for medisinplanter for Uppsala Monitoring Centre, WHO Collaborating Centre for International Drug Monitoring, Uppsala

Utvalgte publikasjoner

Kapli, P., Carter, H., Free, H.B., Leaché, A.D., de Boer, H.J., Flouri, T., Price, B., Broad, G.R., Clark, M.D., Blom, M.P. and Meusemann, K., 2026. Species-dense genomics through natural history collections. Nature Reviews Genetics, pp.1-3.
Veltman, M.A., … de Boer, H.J., 2026. Molecular evidence reveals unsustainable harvest of wild orchids. Current Biology 36(7): 1842–1856.

de Boer, H.J., et al., 2025. Assessment of listing proposals submitted for CITES CoP20. VKM Bulletin 21: 1–171.

Ariza, M., … de Boer, H.J., 2023. Plant biodiversity assessment through soil eDNA reflects temporal and local diversity. Methods Ecol. Evol. 14: 415–430.
Manzanilla, V., … de Boer, H.J., Kool, A., 2022. Using target capture to track a globally-traded herbal medicine. Mol. Ecol. Resour. 22(1): 212–224.
Trucchi, E., … de Boer, H.J., et al., 2021. Ancient genomes reveal early Andean farmers selected common beans while preserving diversity. Nature Plants 7: 123–128.

Manzanilla, V., Kool, A., Nhat, L.N., Van, H.N., Thu, H.L.T., de Boer, H.J., 2018. Phylogenomics and barcoding of Panax: toward the identification of ginseng species. BMC Evol. Biol. 18, 44.

de Boer, H.J., Ghorbani, A., Manzanilla, V., Raclariu, A.C., Kreziou, A., Ounjai, S., Osathanunkul, M., Gravendeel, B., 2017. DNA metabarcoding of orchid-derived products reveals widespread illegal orchid trade. Proc. R. Soc. B 284, 1863, 20171182