Forskningsprofil

Leader of the research group in Materials Science and Engineering

Focus areas:

Expertise in soft matter physics, polymers, rheology, structure/properties, diffusion, rheology, colloids and nanocomposites, biomaterials and recycling plastics.

Academic awards and honours:

• Knighted by her Majesty the Queen of Denmark (Ridder af Dannebrogordenen),
• Honorable Professor, Ludong University, Yantai, China, 2015

Selected management experience:

• Principal Investigator. "RHQI, Recycling High-Quality Industrial Plastics," Grand solution project, Innovation Foundation Denmark, 2020 – 2024.
• Coordinator of the European Community Research Program FP-7 CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project EVOLUTION: "The Electric Vehicle Revolution," 2012 – 2016.
• Coordinator for the European Community Research Program FP-7 NMP CP-IP - Large-scale integrating project NANOTOUGH "Nanostructured Toughened Hybrid Nanocomposites for High-Performance Applications," 2008 – 2011.
• PI ADNOX project. Energi effektiv NOx reducering. Energinet SOV. 01/10/2019 - 30/09/2022

International relations:

National Expert in the Danish Delegation to the Horizon Europe Program Committee of the European Commission, 2021 – current.

Coordinator of EU projects EVOLUTION and NANOTOUGH (above).

Expert for The Cyprus Research and Innovation Foundation (RIF) evaluation of research proposals. June 2022.

Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Polymer Science, 2014 – 2017,

Editorial Advisor for Springer Nature; BMC Mechanical Engineering,

Guest Editor for Resources, Conservation & Recycling (Elsevier), 2021,

Scientific Advisory Committee on Nanotechnology for Norges Forskningsråd / The Research Council of Norway 2003

Collaboration and synchrotron beam time with University of Tianjin, CAS and and Ludong University, 2014 – 2024.  

Supervision of students (PhD students and postdocs):

15 finished PhD students. Head of Doctoral program for Materials and Production (aprox. 60 PhD students) since 2010. 

Other selected scientific qualifications:

ESS advisor group, April 2024, Ministry of Higher Education and Science.

Board member of Danscatt, facilitating Danish memberships in ESS, E-XFEL, ESRF, and ILL, along with strategic collaborations with PSI and MAX IV.

Member of the National Board for Research Infrastructure, The Danish Ministry of Research and Innovation (NUFI) 2010 – 2021.  

Participant ESS lighthouse SMART, Coordination Aarhus University, 2020 – 2025.

Participant "Fast track Materials Research," Innovation Foundation Denmark, 2016 – 2019