Niels Obers

Vita

 

Born March 22, 1966, Nijmegen, Netherlands


1983-1987: Physics study at University of Nijmegen, Netherlands

1987-1991: Doctoral studies in theoretical physics at University of California,      

                   Berkeley, USA (PhD degree, May 1991)

1991-1993: Postdoc at University of Bonn, Germany

1993-1996: Postdoc at Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France

1996-1998: Research Fellow at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

1998-2000: Research Fellow at Nordita, Copenhagen, Denmark

2000-2002: Assistant Professor at University of Utrecht, Netherlands

2002-2011: Associate Professor at Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

2012- ...    : Professor at Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

For a short (two-page) CV see twopagecv_0218.pdf (updated Feb. 2018)


For an extensive CV see cvlong_0218.pdf (updated February 2018)



Some recent scientific-administrative activities:


  1. -Deputy Head of Institute for Research (since 2012)

  2. -Chair of NBI Research Committee

  3. -Acting Head of Institute (Jan. 1, 2017 - Aug. 31, 2017)

  4. - Danish representative in Management Committee  of the Cost-Action CA16104 ``Gravitational waves, black holes and fundamental physics'' (2017-)

-  Danish representative in Management Committee  of the Cost-Action MP1405 ``Quantum structure of     spacetime'' (2015-) 

- Danish member of the Nordita Subatomic Committee (2013-)

- NBI coordinator of DFG Internationale Graduirtenkolleg  ``Models of Gravity'' (2011-)