Profile

Head of Department for Department of Chemistry since 1 May 2010.

Department of Chemistry has a wide range of educational and research activities as well as an active innovation and entrepreneuship culture.

I am active as research leader within applied thermodynamics with a number of projects supported by Innovation Fund Denmark as well as Danish and international companies. During the period September 2009  to June 2014 I was Center Director of the Center for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE). This center is an expansion and development of the Center for Phase Equilibria and Separation Processes (IVC-SEP), of which I was the Director from 1994 to 2009. From 1 July 2014 to 31 January 2017 Scientific Director for Enhanced Oil Recovery at the Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre (Centre for Oil and Gas - DTU).

CERE is involved in applied thermodynamics and scientific computing in relation to energy resources and climate. The center combines a range of discipplines that are of great importance for hydrocarbons, biogas, hydrogen, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS), as well as geothermal energy. Further more the center is engaged in generic research in the basic disciplines. CERE currently has acitivities at DTU Chemistry, DTU Chemical Engineering, and DTU Compute.

My main tasks are heading the Department of Chemistry, supervising research within my scientific area, and participating in the national partnership INNO-CCUS.

Research areas

Applied Thermodynamics, Energy Resources, Petroleum Engineering, Enhanced Oil Recovery, Carbon Capture and Storage, Geothermal Energy, as well as combatiing the PFAS challenge.

Other information

International experience:
1993-1994 Visiting Professor at the University of Pau, France

Other information:
2003-05 Chairman of the Danish Technical Research Council (STVF); Vice Chairman 2001-03; Member 2000-2005 2005-06 Chairman of the Danish Council for Technology and Production Research (FTP) 2007- 2009 Chairman of the Executive Committee of the IEA Collaborative Project on Enhanced Oil Recovery

Honors:
Knight of the Order of Dannebrog (2013);DGMK-Kolleg (2006);Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Academique (2004); Honorary award from DONG’s Jubilæumslegat (2000); Research Award from the Reinholdt W. Jorck og Hustrus Fond (1995).