Curriculum vitae
Education
1991: Ms. Sc. (electrical engineering), Technical University
of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
1994: Ph.D., Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby,
Denmark
Affiliations
2006 - : Professor in biophotonics at Atomics Physics Dept.,
Lund Institute of Technology, Sweden.
Previous experience
1994 - 1996: Scientific Post Doc at Bang and Olufsen
Technology A/S, Struer, Denmark
Research fields: Modeling light propagation in heterogeneous
turbid media and non-invasive glucose monitoring.
1996 - 1997: Post Doc at Optics and Fluid Dynamics
Department, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark
Research fields: holographic storage systems for WDM, optical
coherence tomography for imaging in biological tissues, and
photo-acoustic imaging.
1998 – 2000: Scientist at Optics and Fluid Dynamics
Department, Risø National Laboratory, Denmark
Research field: Biomedical optics; optical coherence tomography,
and new laser systems for laser therapy and diagnostic purposes.
2000 – 2006: Senior Scientist at Dept. of Photonics
Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
(formerly Optics and Fluid Dynamics Department, Risø National
Laboratory)
Research field: Biomedical optics; optical coherence tomography,
and laser systems for diagnostic purposes.
2006 – : Research Professor at Dept. of
Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
(formerly Optics and Fluid Dynamics Department, Risø National
Laboratory)
Research field: Biomedical optics; optical coherence tomography,
and laser systems for diagnostic purposes.
Current research areas
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Optical coherence tomography for biomedical applications
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Components and laser technology for medical diagnostics
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Optical biosensors and lab-on-chip systems for medical/clinical
diagnostics
Publications
Author or co-author of more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific
papers and book chapters, editor of one book, 40 conference
proceedings within nonlinear photorefractive optics, laser
technology, light-tissue interactions, and optical coherence
tomography.
Appointments (selected editorships)
2007: Guest editor, Journal of Biomedical Optics (Special
section “Selected Topics in Biophotonics: Diffuse Optics and
Optical Molecular Imaging”, July/August 2008).
2008: Optics Letters, topical editor (Optical System Design
and General Optical Design).
Appointments (selected)
1999 – : Board member, Center for Biomedical Optics and New
Laser Systems.
2002 – : Director of BIOP Graduate School “Biomedical optics
and new laser systems”.
2003, 2005: Member of Subcommittee on "Optical
Coherence Tomography and Coherence Techniques" for the
European Biomedical Optics Conference (ECBO), Munich, Germany.
Since 2004: Member of Conference Program Committee in the
Coherence Domain Optical Methods and Optical Coherence Tomography
in Biomedicine Conference at SPIE Photonics West (Biomedical
Optics).
2007, 2009: Program chair on "Optical Coherence
Tomography and Coherence Techniques" for the European
Biomedical Optics Conference (ECBO), Munich, Germany.
2008: Head of Photonics Academy Denmark Graduate School (DTU
Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark).
2008: Head of BIOP Graduate School “Biomedical optics and
new laser systems” (DTU Fotonik, Technical University of Denmark)
Project management (selected)
Currently heads or participate in the following major projects:
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Heads the frame program “Bio-photonics: New lasers for
diagnostic and therapeutic applications – BIOPHOT”, funded by
the Danish Research Agency (1.53 M€, grant no. 26-02-0020,
2003-08).
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Heads the STREP “NANO UB-SOURCES”, funded by EU under FP6 (2.2
M€, running 2005-08).
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Heads the STREP “FUN OCT” funded by EU under FP7 (5.5 M€,
running 2008-12).
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Participate as task leader in the IP “WWW.BRIGHTER.EU”, funded
by EU under FP6 (9.8 M€, 2006-09).
Teaching and supervising
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Teaching part of the course “Biomedical optics (#10380)”,
Technical University of Denmark.
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Currently supervising four Ph.D. students working in the field
of biomedical optics (OCT and lasers for diagnostics).
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Currently supervising one postdoctoral fellows.
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Previously supervised/co-supervised 14 master students, 9 Ph.D.
students, and 3 postdoctoral fellows.
Organizer of a graduate summer school in Biophotonics:
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