Work experience
(Academic related)
2024 - Professor and group leader of the
QLDS Group ,
DTU Electro
2023 - Group leader of the
QLDS Group ,
DTU Electro (group and dept. names changed)
2017 - 2023 Group leader of the
Structured Electromagnetic Materials (SEM) Group, DTU Fotonik, Denmark
2011 - 2017
Associate Professor in the SEM Group
2010 - 2011 Assistant Professor in the SEM Group
2009 - 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow in the
SEM group of N. Asger Mortensen, DTU Fotonik, Denmark
2007 - 2009 Postdoctoral Fellow in the
group of Anders S. Sorensen,
Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Research project 1: Continuous-variable quantum communication,
Research project 2: Solid-state based quantum information processing
2004 - 2007
Postdoctoral Fellow in the
group of Peter Hanggi, University of
Augsburg, Germany
Research project 1: Multi-level and dissipative Landau-Zener transitions,
Research project 2: Non-Markovian decoherence in solid-state based quantum information,
2003 Researcher in
Complex Photonic Systems Group,
University of Twente, The Netherlands
1997 - 2003
PhD student, University of Amsterdam
and University of Twente, The Netherlands
Research project 1: Spontaneous emission and superradiance in photonic media,
with
Ad Lagendijk (Amsterdam and Twente) and
Leendert Suttorp (Amsterdam)
Research project 2: Quantum electrodynamics of dispersive inhomogeneous dielectrics,
with
Leendert Suttorp
1997 Assistant editor of school books, Wolters-Noordhoff Publishers, Groningen, The Netherlands
Awards & Fellowships
2020 Grant from Danish Council for Independent Research, with N. Stenger
2020 IOP Tusted Reviewer
2017 Senior Member of OSA
2016 Distinguished EPJ Referee
2016 Journal of Optics Outstanding Reviewer
2016 Grant from Villum Fonden to hire a postdoc
2014 Grant from International Network Program of Danish Ministry of Science and Education
2013 Grant from Danish Council for Independent Research, with N. A. Mortensen
2007 A CeNS Publication Award by the Bavarian Center for NanoScience, for this Physical Review Letter
2007 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Niels Bohr International Academy
2006 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Augsburg, by the German SFB 484
2005 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Augsburg, by the German SFB 631
2004 Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Augsburg, by the A8 Quantum Information Highway
1997 PhD Fellowship at the University of Amsterdam and Technical University of Twente, by the Dutch FOM
1997 Highest distinction Cum Laude for Masters degree in Physics, University of Groningen
Other academic experience
Joined the Editorial Board of IOP's Journal of Optics (2020).
Joined the Editorial Board of MDPI's Nanomaterials (2020).
Co-applicant of Nanophotonics Center of Excellence NanoPhoton (2019).
Principal Investigator of work package "Collective Physics" in NATEC Center of Excellence (2016).
Supervisor of BSc, MSc and PhD students at the Technical University of Denmark, 2009 - present, see
Physics Tree;
of PhD students at the University of Augsburg, 2005 - 2007, and at the Technical University of Twente, 2003.
Co-organizer of Lorentz Center workshop Nanoscale Quantum Optics (Leiden, the Netherlands, June 2014).
Affiliated Faculty of the Center for Nanostructured Graphene
Referee for 40+ journals including Physical Review Letters and Nature Photonics, see my Web of Science profile.
Grant reviewer for several research agencies.
Assessor and chairman in PhD committees, local and abroad; external assessor of BSc and MSc projects.
Teacher and course responsible for BSc course Optics and Photonics, and MSc course Optical Properties of Solids.
Didactic courses Education in University Teaching at DTU: "Teaching and Learning", "Teaching methods and planning", "Feedback and Evaluation", 2010; PhD supervision course, 2010.
Stand-in Lecturer for Quantum Mechanics course, and assessor for oral examinations in Quantum Mechanics and Electrodynamics, University of Augsburg, 2004 - 2007
Teaching Assistant for Quantum Mechanics course for second-year students, University of Amsterdam, 1998 - 2000;
for Modern Photonics, a BSc/MSc- Advanced Course, Technical University of Denmark, 2009;
for Introduction to Physics and Nanotechnology, a BSc/MSc- BSc course, Technical University of Denmark, 2010.
Visiting Scientist in Philosophy of Physics group of Prof. Dr. M. Redhead, University of Cambridge, UK, 1996.
Student Researcher at Heavy-Ion Research Facility GSI, Darmstadt, Germany, 1993.
University education
1997 - 2003
PhD in Theoretical Physics
Thesis:
Quantum Optics and Multiple Scattering in Dielectrics
Advisors:
Prof. Dr. A. Lagendijk and Dr. L. G. Suttorp
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands (11-06-2003)
1994 - 1997
Master in Philosophy, and Master in Philosophy of Science
Thesis: Laws or Models? A Comparative Study of Two Models of Scientific Explanation
Advisors:
Prof. Dr. T. A. F. Kuipers (Philosophy) and
Prof. Dr. A. C. D. van Enter (Physics)
University of Groningen, The Netherlands (19-08-1997)
1990 - 1997
Master in Theoretical Physics (Cum Laude)
Thesis:
Optical Line Shapes of Dynamically Disordered Molecular Aggregates
Advisor:
Prof. Dr. J. Knoester
University of Groningen, The Netherlands (27-03-1997)