CV
Education
- 1998 PhD in Physics, University of Southern Denmark
- 1995 Cand. Scient in Physics and Mathematics, University of Southern Denmark
- 1992 Bachelor of Physics and Mathematics, University of Southern Denmark
Positions
- Since 2015 Center leader for StemPhys, a Danish National Research Foundation Center of Excellence
- Since 2015 Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute
- 2008-2013 PI of MolPhysX, a University of Copenhagen Excellence Center
- Since 2006 vice-group leader of Biocomplexity Group, NBI
- Since 2003 Group leader of the Optical Tweezers Group, NBI
- 2003-2014 Associate Professor
- 1998-2003 Assistant Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute
- 1996-1997 Visiting graduate student at the James Franck Institute, University of Chicago
Awards
- 2015 Elite Research Prize 2015, the largest public Danish Research Prize
- 2014 Member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
- 2011 Silver Medal from Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
- 2011 CeNS Publication Award issued by the Center for NanoScience, LMU for PRL vol 106 p. 048103
- 2003 Danish Optical Society Award for young investigators
- 1994, 1995, and 2003 Danish Physical Society best poster award
Memberships
- Danish Royal Academy of Sciences and Letters
- AcademiaNet Expert Database
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Pre-exploratory seed program committee
- Danish National Committee for Biophysics
- Biomimetics EU Marie Curie training network
- BioNET, sponsoreret af Villum Kann Rasmussen fonden
- American Biophysical Society
- Dansk Fysisk Selskab. (Danish Physical Society)