Curriculum

SCIENTIFIC AUTOBIOGRAPHY

My goal is to link the chemical structure of materials with their macroscopic properties, which is achieved by combining several experimental techniques and in international, interdisciplinary collaborations. I am a physical chemist by training and work on the interface between materials and environmental science. Current research focusses on the development of NMR spectroscopy of paramagnetic materials and phosphate recovery from waste water with emphasis on layered double hydroxides and their application as catalysts, energy materials and ion-exchangers.

EDUCATION

2002                  Ph.D.  Faculty of Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark (Dec 4^th)                       

1998 – 2002      Ph.D. studies (4+4), Department of Chemistry, University of Aarhus, Denmark

                           Advisors: Prof. Hans J. Jakobsen and Assoc. Prof. Jørgen Skibsted

1993 – 1998      Masters studies, Physics & Chemistry, University of Aarhus, Denmark. ERASMUS exchange student at University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland (Spring 1997)

CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2019 -                       Professor, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark 

2011 –               Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

2007 – 2011     Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark                   

2004 – 2007      Post Doc. Center for Environmental Molecular Science, Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, NY, USA. Advisor: Prof. Clare P. Grey

2004 – 2003      Post doc. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Berkeley, CA, USA,

                           Advisor: Prof. Alexander Pines.

2002/9-12         Post doc. Department of Chemistry, University of Aarhus, Denmark. Advisors: Prof. Hans J. Jakobsen and Assoc. Prof. Jørgen Skibsted

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

2018                  Invited professor (1 month), University Auvergne Clermont 

2018                 Research fellowship Japanese Science Society (2 weeks)

2012 – 2017      Villum Young Investigator, Villum Foundation, Denmark (DKK 6.6 mill = € 880,000)

2007                  L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science Fellowship (DKK 100,000 = € 13,000)

2007 – 2011      Steno Fellowship, Danish Research Foundation (DKK 2.1 mill = € 218,000)

2004 – 2006      Camille and Henry Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry, USA (US$ 80,000)

2004                  Danish Young NMR Researcher Award (DKK 5,000 = € 670)

2003 – 2005      Carlsberg Foundation, Denmark, Postdoctoral Fellowship (DKK 465000 = € 63,000)

GRANTS

2017-2020        Phosphorous capture and recycling by magnetically anchored single sheet sorbents   Danish Research Foundation, Technology and production (co-PI; DKK 2.6 mill kr » € 335,000 of 5.7 mill dkr total)             

2017-2020        “The atomic level structure of layered double hydroxides”, Danish Research Foundation, Science and Nature (PI), (DKK 2.6 mill kr » € 335,000                     )

2015-2019        Innovation foundation Denmark, Recover-P (co-PI, PI Per Halkjær, Aalborg University, 2.2        mill dkr)

SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS

 Current research group: 1 post doc., 4 Ph.D. students (2 as co-advisor), 3 M.Sc. students (1 co-advisor)

2007 – 2018      4 Ph.D. students (1 co-advisor, 3 primary advisor), 9 M.Sc. students

2003 – 2007                                      2 Ph.D., 1 M.Sc. and 2 undergraduate students as well as NMR user training and maintenance, Stony Brook University, NY, USA

      ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

2016-2017        Danish NMR meeting 2017 (Principal organizer, ca 100 participants)

2015-2019        EuroClay 2019, Paris, France (Scientific Committee, 4-500 participants)

2015-2016        EUROMAR 2016, Aarhus Denmark (Local Organizing committee, ca. 500 participants)

2007-2008        Danish NMR Meeting 2008 (Coordination and scientific program, ca. 90 participants)

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES (University of Southern Denmark)

2017-                 Section leader, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy

2013 –                Institute Council, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy

2013 –               Board of Equality, Faculty of Science, University of Southern Denmark

2008- 2016       Coordinator of outreach activities for high school student

2014-                 Assessment (Chair) and Hiring Committee, Assistant Professor, 2x Associate Professor, (chair of 1), 1 professor.

2012–                Chair 3 Ph.D. assessment committees, University of Southern Denmark

COMMISSIONS OF TRUST (External)

2017-                 European Research Council: Evaluator (MC-IF and FET-OPEN)

2016-                 Ph.D. assessment committees, University of Oslo, University of Oulu, Finland, Technical University of   Denmark, Copenhagen University, Ecole Normale Superior Lyon, France

2015                  Assessment Committee (external member), Assistant Professorship in Materials Chemistry, Copenhagen University, Denmark

2010 –               External Examiner, Chemistry, Danish Universities

RESEARCH LEADERSHIP and DEVELOPMENT

2018                  CBS Project Management Course for Researchers

2017                  CBS Executive – Leading Women

2012-2018        Villum Young Investigator Fellowship (3 Ph.D. students + international collaborators)

2015                  Ph.D. Advisor course, University of Southern Denmark

2012                  Project Management for Researchers, University of Southern Denmark

2007-2011        Steno Fellowship (FNU)

Research areas

Materials & Environmental Chemistry, Solid state NMR spectroscopy