Experimental physicist with a solid background in nuclear instrumentation and development of state‑of‑the‑art ionizing radiation detectors via exciton driven luminescence phenomena. Proven ability to transfer knowledge and connect broad areas of scientific research going from high energy physics, lasers & optics to emerging nanotechnologies.
My research explores the physical mechanisms at the interface between radiation–matter and light–matter interactions. I currently focus on exciton dynamics, both delocalized and localized, at high excitation densities and have recently demonstrated a light-induced atomic motion mechanism that create atomic vacancy-interstitial pairs in ionic crystals.
I am teaching Particle Penetration in Matter and Dosimetry. The course (10 ECTS) covers the physics of fundamental interactions of photons and charge particles with matter and its application in the field of dosimetry. The student will apply physical laws for understanding diverse real-life applications, ranging from radiation therapy to particle detection, and have direct connection to research develovep at the Danish Center for Particle Therapy.
I am actively engaged in collaborations with the Danish Center for Particle Therapy in Skejby, Aarhus and the national Danish Innovation and Research
Accelerator for CERN-collaboration (DIRAC) project. I am part of the collaborative leading board of DRD5 - Quantum sensing for particle physics - an international collaboration based at CERN.
As an activity close to my research projects, I supervise bachelor, master and PhD students and work in close collaboration with two other professors at Aarhus University forming the Light and Matter research group. With support from Novo and DFF, I am in the process of setting up and building my lab called Exciton lab, where excitons are examined for both, fundamental and applied purposes.
