CV

Academic employment

2024-present   Assistant Professor and group leader at SIC, ISIM, SUND, University of Copenhagen

2020-2024        Assistant Professor at Ødum lab, ISIM, SUND, University of Copenhagen

2019-2020        Visiting scholar at Koralov lab, Dept. of Pathology, NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA

2016-2020           PostDoc at Ødum lab, ISIM, SUND, University of Copenhagen

2016                  PostDoc at T-cell biology group, ISIM, SUND, University of Copenhagen

2013-2015        Ph.D. fellow at T-cell biology group, ISIM, SUND, University of Copenhagen

2012                  Visiting scientist at Dr. David Wiest Laboratory, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, USA

2011-2012           Master’s thesis student at T-cell Biology Group, ISIM, SUND, University of Copenhagen

2011-2012       Student assistant at The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen

2009-2011          Student assistant at Hagedorn Research institute, Novo Nordisk A/S

Education

2013-2016           Ph.D. in Immunology – SUND, University of Copenhagen

Thesis: Identification of requirements for γδ T cell maturation and lineage commitment in the thymus (Mentors: Associate Professor Jens Peter Holst Lauritsen & Professor Carsten Geisler)

2010-2012          M.Sc. in Human Biology - SUND, University of Copenhagen

Thesis: Identification of proteins involved in the development and differentiation of γδ T cells (Mentors: Associate Professor Jens Peter Holst Lauritsen & Professor Carsten Geisler)

2007-2010       B.Sc. in Biology & Biotechnology - LIFE, University of Copenhagen. Thesis: Genome‐wide characterization of alternative splicing in pigs (Mentor: Professor Jan Gorodkin)

Academic awards and honors

2023                  LEO Foundation Dr Abildgaard fellowship recipient. DKK 12,000,000 starting grant for establishing my group at SIC, ISIM, SUND, University of Copenhagen

2019                  Danish Cancer Society grant. DKK 127,000 for sabbatical in the Koralov lab at NYU School of Medicine, New York, USA.

2019                  Winner of best workshop presentation at World Immune Regulation Meeting (WIRM) XIII. Davos, Switzerland. Travel grant recipient and selected for oral presentation. Workshop: “W5 Tumors and tumor-related immune regulation”

2017                  Winner of best workshop presentation at World Immune Regulation Meeting (WIRM) XI. Davos, Switzerland. Selected for oral presentation. Workshop: “W1 Development of effector and regulatory T cells”.

2015      SUND PhD day: Winner of Best poster presentation (poster group 14)

2012      Novo Nordic Foundation Scholarship recipient

Short presentation

My primary focus is on the role of different cell populations and how their interplay contribute to pathogenesis, disease progression and treatment resistance of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (CTCL) and other inflammatory skin diseases. I have great interest in single-cell analysis methods and have specialized in characterizing and working with rare cell populations.