https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/ en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:54:13 +0200 Wed, 29 Apr 2026 18:54:13 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/emilie-capron-receives-international-early-career-scientist-award/ Emilie Capron received the IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics) Early Career Scientist...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/emilie-capron-receives-international-early-career-scientist-award/" alt="Emilie Capron receives international Early-Career Scientist Award" title="Emilie Capron receives international Early-Career Scientist Award"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/emilie-capron-receives-international-early-career-scientist-award/Emilie_1_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/emilie-capron-receives-international-early-career-scientist-award/ Thu, 20 Dec 2018 10:45:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/the-mystery-particle-of-the-universe/ Irene Tamborra, Knud Højgaard associate professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/the-mystery-particle-of-the-universe/" alt="The mystery particle of the Universe" title="The mystery particle of the Universe"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/the-mystery-particle-of-the-universe/Irene_Tomborra_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/the-mystery-particle-of-the-universe/ Tue, 11 Dec 2018 15:45:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/alone-in-space-or-not.-we-shall-soon-know-the-answer/ Research of recent years has shown that there are plenty of planets around other stars in the Milkyway...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/alone-in-space-or-not.-we-shall-soon-know-the-answer/" alt="Alone in space or not. We shall soon know the answer!" title="Alone in space or not. We shall soon know the answer!"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/alone-in-space-or-not.-we-shall-soon-know-the-answer/Uffe_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/alone-in-space-or-not.-we-shall-soon-know-the-answer/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 14:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/sapere-aude-research-leader-grants-for-the-niels-bohr-institute/ Three researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have received Sapere Aude...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/sapere-aude-research-leader-grants-for-the-niels-bohr-institute/" alt="Sapere Aude research leader grants for the Niels Bohr Institute" title="Sapere Aude research leader grants for the Niels Bohr Institute"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/sapere-aude-research-leader-grants-for-the-niels-bohr-institute/You_Zhou_55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/sapere-aude-research-leader-grants-for-the-niels-bohr-institute/ Thu, 06 Dec 2018 10:30:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/preparing-at-nbi-for-the-physics-olympiad-2019/ On Friday and Saturday, high school students underwent a challenging theoretical and experimental test...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/preparing-at-nbi-for-the-physics-olympiad-2019/" alt="Preparing at NBI for the Physics Olympiad 2019 " title="Preparing at NBI for the Physics Olympiad 2019 "><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/navnligt_navne/2018/nbi-forbereder-sig-til-fysikolympiaden-2019/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/preparing-at-nbi-for-the-physics-olympiad-2019/ Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/eugene-polzik-appointed-knight-of-the-dannebrog/ Eugene Polzik, professor and head of the research group QUANTOP (Quantum Optics Laboratory) at the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/eugene-polzik-appointed-knight-of-the-dannebrog/" alt="Eugene Polzik appointed Knight of the Dannebrog" title="Eugene Polzik appointed Knight of the Dannebrog"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/navnligt_navne/2018/eugene-polzik-udnaevnt-til-ridder-af-dannebrog/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/eugene-polzik-appointed-knight-of-the-dannebrog/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 09:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/dkk-22-million-project-intensifies-the-hunt-for-the-fundamental-building-blocks-of-the-universe-at-cern/ Research Infrastructure will upgrade the University of Copenhagen’s particle detectors and data...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/dkk-22-million-project-intensifies-the-hunt-for-the-fundamental-building-blocks-of-the-universe-at-cern/" alt="DKK 22 million project intensifies the hunt for the fundamental building blocks of the Universe at CERN " title="DKK 22 million project intensifies the hunt for the fundamental building blocks of the Universe at CERN "><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/navnligt_navne/2018/projekt-til-22-mill.-kr-intensiverer-jagten-paa-universets-fundamentale-byggesten-ved-cern/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/dkk-22-million-project-intensifies-the-hunt-for-the-fundamental-building-blocks-of-the-universe-at-cern/ Thu, 08 Nov 2018 12:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/lighthouses-on-stripes---monica-paints-bohr/ Monica Ritterband, who as a child lived next to the Aage Bohr family for several years, has recently...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/lighthouses-on-stripes---monica-paints-bohr/" alt="Lighthouses on stripes - Monica paints Bohr" title="Lighthouses on stripes - Monica paints Bohr"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/navnligt_navne/2018/fyrtaarne-paa-stribe---monica-maler-bohr/monica1-55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/lighthouses-on-stripes---monica-paints-bohr/ Wed, 07 Nov 2018 09:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/chinese-minister-of-science-and-technology-visits-nbi-with-a-delegation/ In connection with the PG4 Summit in Copenhagen last week, where the Chinese Minister of Science and...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/chinese-minister-of-science-and-technology-visits-nbi-with-a-delegation/" alt="Chinese Minister of Science and Technology visits NBI with a delegation " title="Chinese Minister of Science and Technology visits NBI with a delegation "><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/navnligt_navne/2018/kinesisk-forskningsminister-med-delegation-besoeger-nbi/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/chinese-minister-of-science-and-technology-visits-nbi-with-a-delegation/ Tue, 23 Oct 2018 09:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/lene-b.-oddershede-to-be-head-of-natural-and-technical-science-research-and-interdisciplinarity-at-the-novo-nordisk-foundation/ Lene B. Oddershede, professor and head of Center of Excellence StemPhys at the Niels Bohr Institute,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/lene-b.-oddershede-to-be-head-of-natural-and-technical-science-research-and-interdisciplinarity-at-the-novo-nordisk-foundation/" alt="Lene B. Oddershede to be Head of Natural and Technical Science Research and Interdisciplinarity at the Novo Nordisk Foundation" title="Lene B. Oddershede to be Head of Natural and Technical Science Research and Interdisciplinarity at the Novo Nordisk Foundation"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/navnligt_navne/2018/lene-oddershede-skifter-til-novo-nordisk/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/lene-b.-oddershede-to-be-head-of-natural-and-technical-science-research-and-interdisciplinarity-at-the-novo-nordisk-foundation/ Thu, 11 Oct 2018 14:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/leading-danish-researcher-receives-niels-bohr-medal/ One of the world’s leading researchers on catalysis, Prof. Jens Kehlet Nørskov from the Technical...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/leading-danish-researcher-receives-niels-bohr-medal/" alt="Leading Danish researcher receives Niels Bohr medal" title="Leading Danish researcher receives Niels Bohr medal"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/navnligt_navne/2018/dansk-topforsker-modtager-niels-bohr-medaljen/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/leading-danish-researcher-receives-niels-bohr-medal/ Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/microsoft-and-university-of-copenhagen-are-building-the-worlds-first-scalable-quantum-computer-in-lyngby/ Minister of Higher Education and Science, Tommy Ahlers (V) is cutting the ribbon today when the Microsoft...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/microsoft-and-university-of-copenhagen-are-building-the-worlds-first-scalable-quantum-computer-in-lyngby/" alt="Microsoft and University of Copenhagen are building the world’s first, scalable quantum computer in Lyngby" title="Microsoft and University of Copenhagen are building the world’s first, scalable quantum computer in Lyngby"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/navnligt_navne/2018/microsoft-og-ku-bygger-verdens-foerste-kvantecomputer-i-lyngby/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/microsoft-and-university-of-copenhagen-are-building-the-worlds-first-scalable-quantum-computer-in-lyngby/ Fri, 21 Sep 2018 10:45:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/official-opening-of-center-for-hybrid-quantum-networks-hy-q/ The official opening of the new Center of Excellence, Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks (Hy-Q) was...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/official-opening-of-center-for-hybrid-quantum-networks-hy-q/" alt="Official opening of Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks (Hy-Q) " title="Official opening of Center for Hybrid Quantum Networks (Hy-Q) "><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/navnligt_navne/2018/indvielse-af-center-for-hybrid-quantum-networks-hy-q/55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/official-opening-of-center-for-hybrid-quantum-networks-hy-q/ Mon, 17 Sep 2018 09:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/villum-experiment-millions-to-six-nbi-researchers/ Six researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen have received just under...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/villum-experiment-millions-to-six-nbi-researchers/" alt="VILLUM Experiment millions to six NBI researchers" title="VILLUM Experiment millions to six NBI researchers"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/villum-experiment-millions-to-six-nbi-researchers/villum55x55.gif/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/villum-experiment-millions-to-six-nbi-researchers/ Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/jesper-nygaard-appointed-professor-of-experimental-solid-state-physics/ The University of Copenhagen has appointed Jesper Nygård from the Niels Bohr Institute to a new...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/jesper-nygaard-appointed-professor-of-experimental-solid-state-physics/" alt="Jesper Nygård appointed professor of experimental solid-state physics" title="Jesper Nygård appointed professor of experimental solid-state physics"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/jesper-nygaard-appointed-professor-of-experimental-solid-state-physics/nygaard55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/jesper-nygaard-appointed-professor-of-experimental-solid-state-physics/ Mon, 20 Aug 2018 11:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/official-opening-of-dawn/ The official opening of the new basic research center of excellence 'Cosmic Dawn Center' (DAWN) supported...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/official-opening-of-dawn/" alt="The official opening of DAWN" title="The official opening of DAWN"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/official-opening-of-dawn/opening55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/official-opening-of-dawn/ Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/what-causes-superconductivity-it-will-take-legwork/ With a grant of 5,662,844 DKK from the Danish Council for Independent Research, Brian Møller Andersen...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/what-causes-superconductivity-it-will-take-legwork/" alt="What causes superconductivity? It will take legwork!" title="What causes superconductivity? It will take legwork!"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/what-causes-superconductivity-it-will-take-legwork/bma55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/what-causes-superconductivity-it-will-take-legwork/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 12:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/charles-marcus-elected-member-of-the-u.s.-national-academy-of-sciences/ Congratulations to Charles Marcus on being elected member of the United States National Academy of Sciences....<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/charles-marcus-elected-member-of-the-u.s.-national-academy-of-sciences/" alt="Charles Marcus elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences" title="Charles Marcus elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/charles-marcus-elected-member-of-the-u.s.-national-academy-of-sciences/charles55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/charles-marcus-elected-member-of-the-u.s.-national-academy-of-sciences/ Wed, 09 May 2018 13:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/from-musician-to-professor-of-quantum-physics/ Peter Krogstrup Jeppesen has had a meteoric career in a complex area of research and after only a relatively...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/from-musician-to-professor-of-quantum-physics/" alt="From musician to professor of quantum physics " title="From musician to professor of quantum physics "><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/navnligt_navne/2018/peter-krogstrup-jeppesen-fra-professionel-musiker-til-professor-i-kvantefysik/peter55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/from-musician-to-professor-of-quantum-physics/ Tue, 08 May 2018 09:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/the-carlsberg-foundation-supports-the-search-for-hidden-particles-with-a-grant-of-4.4-million-dkk/ Oleg Ruchayskiy, lector in the research group Experimental Subatomic Physics at the Niels Bohr Institute,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/the-carlsberg-foundation-supports-the-search-for-hidden-particles-with-a-grant-of-4.4-million-dkk/" alt="The Carlsberg foundation supports the search for hidden particles with a grant of 4.4 million DKK" title="The Carlsberg foundation supports the search for hidden particles with a grant of 4.4 million DKK"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/the-carlsberg-foundation-supports-the-search-for-hidden-particles-with-a-grant-of-4.4-million-dkk/oleg55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/the-carlsberg-foundation-supports-the-search-for-hidden-particles-with-a-grant-of-4.4-million-dkk/ Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:30:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/phd-student-awarded-the-nbi-ta-prize-for-teaching-in-linear-algebra/ The prize for the best TA at Niels Bohr Institute is awarded for only the second time. The prize was...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/phd-student-awarded-the-nbi-ta-prize-for-teaching-in-linear-algebra/" alt="PhD student awarded the NBI TA prize for teaching in Linear Algebra" title="PhD student awarded the NBI TA prize for teaching in Linear Algebra"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/phd-student-awarded-the-nbi-ta-prize-for-teaching-in-linear-algebra/anine55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/phd-student-awarded-the-nbi-ta-prize-for-teaching-in-linear-algebra/ Mon, 23 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/eugene-polzik-receives-erc-advanced-grant-for-the-second-time-this-time-for-16.2-million-dkk/ Since the ERC Advanced Grant was established ten years ago in 2008, 50 of these special grants have been...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/eugene-polzik-receives-erc-advanced-grant-for-the-second-time-this-time-for-16.2-million-dkk/" alt="Eugene Polzik receives ERC Advanced Grant for the second time, this time for 16.2 million DKK" title="Eugene Polzik receives ERC Advanced Grant for the second time, this time for 16.2 million DKK"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/eugene-polzik-receives-erc-advanced-grant-for-the-second-time-this-time-for-16.2-million-dkk/eugene55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/eugene-polzik-receives-erc-advanced-grant-for-the-second-time-this-time-for-16.2-million-dkk/ Thu, 12 Apr 2018 09:15:00 +0200 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/markus-ahlers-receives-7.3-mill.-ddk-to-find-the-sources-of-cosmic-neutrinos/ Markus Ahlers, assistant professor in the Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology research group at...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/markus-ahlers-receives-7.3-mill.-ddk-to-find-the-sources-of-cosmic-neutrinos/" alt="Markus Ahlers receives 7.3 million DDK to find the sources of cosmic neutrinos" title="Markus Ahlers receives 7.3 million DDK to find the sources of cosmic neutrinos"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/markus-ahlers-receives-7.3-mill.-ddk-to-find-the-sources-of-cosmic-neutrinos/markus_ahlers55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/markus-ahlers-receives-7.3-mill.-ddk-to-find-the-sources-of-cosmic-neutrinos/ Tue, 30 Jan 2018 14:30:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/giorgos-leloudas-receives-10-million-dkk-to-investigate-the-blackest-of-black-holes-in-the-universe/ The research in the black holes in the center of galaxies gets a boost on 10 million DKK with a Villum...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/giorgos-leloudas-receives-10-million-dkk-to-investigate-the-blackest-of-black-holes-in-the-universe/" alt="Giorgos Leloudas receives 10 million DKK to investigate the “blackest” of black holes in the Universe" title="Giorgos Leloudas receives 10 million DKK to investigate the “blackest” of black holes in the Universe"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/giorgos-leloudas-receives-10-million-dkk-to-investigate-the-blackest-of-black-holes-in-the-universe/Giorgos_Leloudas55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/giorgos-leloudas-receives-10-million-dkk-to-investigate-the-blackest-of-black-holes-in-the-universe/ Fri, 26 Jan 2018 00:00:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/lars-egstroem-kristensen-receives-9.3-million-dkk-to-look-for-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-the-universe/ From dead molecules to life – but how? Lars Egstrøm Kristensen, associate professor at the...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/lars-egstroem-kristensen-receives-9.3-million-dkk-to-look-for-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-the-universe/" alt="Lars Egstrøm Kristensen receives 9.3 million DKK to look for the building blocks of life in the Universe" title="Lars Egstrøm Kristensen receives 9.3 million DKK to look for the building blocks of life in the Universe"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/lars-egstroem-kristensen-receives-9.3-million-dkk-to-look-for-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-the-universe/lars55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/lars-egstroem-kristensen-receives-9.3-million-dkk-to-look-for-the-building-blocks-of-life-in-the-universe/ Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:15:00 +0100 https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/mark-rudner-receives-the-niels-bohr-institutes-teaching-award-2017/ At the Niels Bohr Institute's annual kick-off meeting on January 25, 2018, the Jens Martin Prize was...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/mark-rudner-receives-the-niels-bohr-institutes-teaching-award-2017/" alt="Mark Rudner receives the Niels Bohr Institute’s teaching award 2017" title="Mark Rudner receives the Niels Bohr Institute’s teaching award 2017"><img src="https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/mark-rudner-receives-the-niels-bohr-institutes-teaching-award-2017/rudner55x55.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://nbi.ku.dk/english/namely_names/2018/mark-rudner-receives-the-niels-bohr-institutes-teaching-award-2017/ Thu, 25 Jan 2018 13:30:00 +0100