Milena Penkowa (born 1973) is a Danish neuroscientist who was a professor at the Panum Institute at the University of Copenhagen from 2009–2010.
Her research at Panum Institute at the University of Copenhagen from 2009–2010 mainly concerned the protein metallothionein.
In 2010 Penkowa was accused of scientific misconduct, as her graduate students were unable to replicate her previous results.
Penkowa responded: "No-one is perfect, not even me, and there is no doubt that unforeseen errors could have been committed since I started working in a laboratory in 1993 and for that I apologise deeply.
"[7] In September 2017, the University of Copenhagen stripped Penkowa of her doctoral degree, after determining she had covered up her scientific misconduct.