My main research interests are in theoretical solid state physics, where I focus on the understanding and design of materials on an atomatic scale based on quantum mechanical calculations.

Participation in centers/networks/organizations:

• Member of the Center for Atomic-scale Materials Physics (CAMP) (Danish National Research Foundation), 1993-2003
• Member of the board of the Danish Physical Society, -2002
• Project leader, “Nanomechanics” (grant from Danish Research Councils), 2000-2004
• Member of SIMU: The European Science Foundation programme “Challenges in Molecular Simulations: Bridging the time-scale and length-scale gap”, 2000-
• Member of European Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical  Research (COST) Action 523 “Nanostructured Materials”, 2000-2004
• Chairman of the Center Committee for the Engineering Research Center “Materials Structures and Materials Models”, Risø, Denmark, 2000-2003
• Member of the Steering Committee for “Free Software Project for Atomic-scale Simulations” (FSatom), CECAM, Lyon, France, 2002-
• Member of  MIKA Advisory Board, Helsinki, Finland, 2005-
• Vicedirector of Center for Atomic-scale Materials Design (CAMD) (Lundbeck Foundation) 2006-2010
• Director of Center for Atomic-scale Materials Design (CAMD) (Lundbeck Foundation) 2010-2012

Administrative posts at DTU:

• Chairman of the Physics PhD Programme Committee,  -2001
• Coordinator of the Engineering Physics educational programme, 1992-2000
• Chairman of the Education Committee of the Department of Physics, 2001-2005
• Member of the Scientific Committee of LearningLab DTU, 2004-2005
• Member of the PhD Programme Committee for Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics, 2006-
• Member of the DTU Physics steering committee, 2008-2015
• Chairman of the DTU Physics educational board, 2014-

Honours:

·         Ellen and Hans Hermer Foundation, Copenhagen, December 1994

·         Elected Member of The Danish Academy of Natural Sciences (DNA), 1994

·         Elected Member of Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV), 2001

·         Reinholdt W. Jorch's Award, Copenhagen 2004

Miscellaneous:

·         Member of the American Physical Society

Research:

• Research interests in the theoretical description of materials, nanostructures, and biomolecules.
• Approximately 145 published papers (cited 6442 times, SCI March 25, 2008; Hirsch index 42), and 73 invited talks at international conferences.

 Teaching:

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  Extensive teaching experience at both undergraduate and graduate level. Supervised 25 PhD students

• International Advisor on Nanoscience, the Finnish IT center for science (CSC), Espoo, Finland.
• Visiting professor at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
• Postdoc at Cornell University, Ithaca, USA

• Approximately 145 published papers (cited 6442 times, SCI March 25, 2008; Hirsch index 42), and 73 invited talks at international conferences.

International conference organization:

• Organizer of 3rd Topsøe Summer School on Surface Science, August 1990
• Chairman of Workshop on Total Energy and Force Methods, Copenhagen, January 1994
• Member of International Programme Committee, 17th European Conference on Surface Science, The Netherlands, September 1997
• Member of International Advisory Committee, 19th Risø International Symposium on Materials Science, September 1998
• Co-organizer of the CECAM Workshop: “Open Source Software for Microscopic Calculations”, Lyon, France, June 2002
• Co-organizer of the conference: “Frontiers in Electronic Structure Theory”, Denmark, October 2004