CV

Academic record

2020 - present:	Senior scientific and communication coordinator at the Cosmic Dawn Center, Copenhagen.
2016 - 2020:	Postdoc at Institutt for teoretisk astrofysikk, Oslo.
2015 - 2016:	Sysadmin / IT support at the Dark Cosmology Centre (DARK), Copenhagen.
2012 - 2015:	Postdoc at DARK, Copenhagen.
2010 - 2012:	Postdoc at the Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm
2007 - 2010:	Ph.D. student in astrophysics, DARK, Copenhagen. Three months were spent at The Excellence Cluster Universe, Garching.
2004 - 2006:	M.Sc. student in astrophysics, DARK (average grade 13/13).
1999 - 2002:	B.Sc. student in physics/mathematics, Roskilde University, Roskilde.

Research fields

See a detailed description of my research here.

Summary of fields:

Publications

Awards & achievements

In addition to three grants for independent research as a postdoc/fellow at OKC (2 yr), DARK (3 yr), and ITA (3 yr), respectively, I was in

2021: Author of the most read research news article at the University of Copenhagen.
2019: Awarded best Danish public outreach author 2018 on Forskerzonen for popsci article "Big Bang — An Eyewitness Account". Mentioned on videnskab.dk, Danish National Research Foundation, and titan.uio.no.
- Read the article in Danish, English, or Norwegian.
2011: First-author of Sweden's most cited paper in astrophysics (Laursen et al. 2011). Mentioned on popularastronomi.se.
2009: Granted four nights of observing time at the NOT, as a Principal Investigator at a program searching for Lyα emission from damped Lyα absorbers.

Invited talks & seminars

2024: "Outreach in Denmark: Why & how", Annual Danish Astronomy Meeting 2024, Roskilde, Denmark
2024: "Timescales in Galaxy Evolution", Roskilde University seminar, Roskilde, Denmark
2023: "Lyman α as a (numerical) tool to study galaxies", Congreso Estudiantil de Física y Matemática, Guatemala
2019: "Lyman α radiation from galaxy formation", University College London, UK
2015: "Lyman α — a window to the distant Universe", Institutt for teoretisk astrofysikk, Oslo, Norway
2012: "Interpreting Lyman α radiation from young, dusty galaxies", Roskilde University seminar, Roskilde, Denmark
2011: "Dust and Lyman α", Dust in Space: Consequences and Origins, Nordic Network of Astrophysics and Cosmology workshop, Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargese, Corsica
2010: "Interpreting the Lyman α line", Nordic Astrophysics 2010, Visby, Sweden
2010: "Modeling Lyα emission from high-z galaxies", Lyα workshop, AlbaNova, Stockholm, Sweden
2009: "Lyman α radiative transfer in the high-redshift, dusty Universe", Lund Observatory, Lund, Sweden

Teaching & supervision

Main teacher
- Classic papers
Co-teacher / T.A. / guest lecturer
- "Cosmology 3", "Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy", "Observational cosmology", "Cosmology 1", "Computer Science for Physicists", "NOT Observing course"
Supervision
- 2019: M.Sc. student Espen Hodne (co-spv. with Sijing Shen, ITA)
- 2013: B.Sc. students Thejs Brinckmann and Mikkel Lindholmer (co-spv. with J. Fynbo, DARK
External examination
- 2022: External examiner at Magnus Sikora Ingastad's M.Sc. defence, University of Oslo
- 2015: External examiner at Nicolás Garavito's M.Sc. defence, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Public outreach

See full summary of my outreach activities here.

Popular science talks
- Regular talks about galaxies, cosmology, and other astronomy-related topics to high school students, astronomy associations, and the general public
Media
- Regular interviews in radio shows, video, newspapers, online science sites, etc.
Questions & answers
- Answering questions on StackExchange (phys/astro), the Niels Bohr Institute's outreach site, as well as in my own Q&A column.
Popular science articles
- Online and in science magazines
Press releases and other news stories
- About our research at DAWN
Miscellaneous
- Tweeting about astronomy:
- Consultancy on books, exhibitions, etc.; poster and flyer design; astronomy workshops orgainization; public debates on science; astronomy art; …

Academic activities

Scientific referee for
- The Astrophysical Journal
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- Astronomy & Astrophysics
Scientific Organizing Committees
- 2024: JWST mini-symposium: From the origin of Webb to the origin of galaxies.
- 2024: DAWN Summit 2024.
- 2023: DAWN Summit 2023.
- 2022: DAWN Summit 2022.
- 2021: DAWN Summit 2021.
- 2021: Cold ISM During the Epoch of Reionisation (CIDER).
- 2020: DAWN Summit 2020.
- 2014: European Week of Astronomy and Space Science (EWASS)
Other organizational work & memberships
- 2022 - : Member of the European Astronomical Society (profile)
- 2020 -: Organizing a weekly journal club at DAWN
- 2019 - : Junior member of the International Astronomical Union (profile)
- 2012 - 2015: Organized a daily, half-hour paper discussion session at DARK.
Observational experience
- The 2.5m Nordic Optical Telescope, La Palma (25 nights)
- The IAC 80cm, Tenerife (6 nights)
- The Danish 1.5m, La Silla (15 nights)
- The ESO 2.2m, La Silla (8 nights)
Attended conferences, workshops, etc.
- See list here

Coding skills & software

Miscellaneous

Languages
- Danish (mother tongue)
- English (fluently)
- Swedish/Norwegian ("it's basically Danish")
- German (moderately)
- Spanish (very basic, and only in the present and perfect tense)
Personal interests
- Boxing (club champion 2016)
- Cycling/racing (bike messenger team world champion 2000, Philadelphia)
- Playing music
- Drinking rum
- Reading books and comic books
Social networks