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Research output per year
Organic chemistry / Medicinal chemistry
Universitetsparken 2
2100 København Ø
Research activity per year
EMPLOYMENT
Nov 2021 - Professor (full, tenured) at ILF/UCPH
Jan 2013 – Oct 2021 Associate Professor (tenured) at ILF/UCPH
Apr 2015 – Jun 2015 Visiting Prof., Dept. of Chemistry, Uni. of Oxford, UK
Oct 2006 – Dec 2012 Associate Professor (external funding) at ILF/UCPH
Mar 2003 – Sep 2006 Assistant Professor (external funding) at ILF/UCPH
Mar 2002 – Feb 2003 Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, DTU
EDUCATION
Sep 1998 – Feb 2002 Ph.D. in organic chemistry/medicinal chemistry, KU
Aug 1996 – Aug 1998 M.Sc. in organic chemistry, Florida State University, USA
Jan 1992 – Jul 1996 B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, DTU, Denmark
POST GRADUATE EDUCATION
Jun 2007 – Dec 2007 Leadership in research environments, CBS
Aug 2006 – Aug 2007 Higher Education Teaching and Teaching Practice, KU
POSITIONS OF TRUST
Apr 2021 – Leader of Center for Medicinal Chemistry at UCPH
Apr 2019 – Head of Medicinal Chemistry Discipline at ILF/UCPH
Apr 2019 – Member of the educational committee at ILF/UCPH
Apr 2019 – Member of the (new) teaching committee at ILF/UCPH
Apr 2019 – Head of teaching in chemistry and medchem at ILF/UCPH
Jan 2016 – Mar 2019 Member of the teaching committee at ILF/UCPH
Nov 2011 – Jun 2014 President of Danish Society of Pharm., Toxicol. and Medchem (DSFTM)
May 2008 – Oct 2011 Member of the board of DSFTM and head of the MedChem section
May 2008 – Jun 2014 Member of the council of Eur. Fed. of Medicinal Chemistry (EFMC homepage)
Apr 2007 – Dec 2010 Vice-coordinator of research network: Brain-Mind-Medicines (BMM) at UCPH
Aug 1999 – Jan 2002 Elected member of the PhD study board, DFU
Feb 1999 – Aug 2000 Elected member of the board at Department of Medicinal Chemistry, DFU
Ever since my first experience with organic chemistry as an undergraduate, I have been spellbound with this field of research: The ability of mankind to synthesize any compound of interest and hereafter investigate how a structural change affects its biological activity. The intellectual aspect of rational drug design and synthesis is to me captivating and motivates me every day I go to work.
My passion for natural science made it easy for me to choose my undergraduate studies as a chemical engineer with special focus on organic synthesis and quantum chemistry. My eager to learn more and understand the fundamentals of organic chemistry drove me to pursue a 2-year master study at Florida State University (FSU) in the USA. Accepting an offer of full tuition-waiver and a teaching position at FSU, those two years of intensive study made it clear to me that I wanted to establish a research group in academia within the field of organic and medicinal chemistry.
Returning to my home country for a PhD study in organic chemistry/medicinal chemistry was an easy choice for me. The topic of my thesis was new ligands for the glutamat receptors - a fascinating field within CNS research! Changing my focus for a while, I chose to do my postdoc at DTU in Denmark within organometallic chemistry developing new methodology.
My determinacy to pursue an academic career prompted me to apply for a three-year Assistant Professorship through the Danish Research Foundation, and was granted this in 2003 within the field of glutamatergic neurotransmission.
In 2006, I was promoted to Associate Professor and established my my own research group. We focus on development of new methodology relevant for medicinal chemistry as well as discover novel tool compounds for elucidating disease mechanisms in the CNS.
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Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review