Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information

Name: Janus Juul Eriksen, PhD

Date of Birth: October 23, 1987

Nationality: Danish

Civil Status: Married, two children (born Feb. 2016 / Jan. 2018)

Work Address: See Contact.

Twitter: @JanusEriksen

ResearcherID: N-2089-2019

Academic Career

2021-26: Assistant Professor (Villum Young Investigator) @ DTU Chemistry, Denmark

2019-21: Independent Research Fund Denmark International Postdoctoral Fellow @ University of Bristol, UK (Host: Prof. Fred Manby)

2017–19: Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow @ Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany (Host: Prof. Jürgen Gauss)

2013–16: PhD Fellow @ Aarhus University, Denmark (Supervisor: Prof. Poul Jørgensen)

2009–12: M.Sc. Student @ University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Supervisors: Prof. Kurt V. Mikkelsen & Prof. Stephan P. A. Sauer)

2006–09: B.Sc. Student @ Aarhus University, Denmark

Career Breaks

2017-18: Two months of parental leave (Dec. 2017–Jan. 2018)

2016: German Language School (Nov. 2016 – Dec. 2016, integrated prequel to my Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship)

Grants and Fellowships

  1. Villum Young Investigator (2021-26), [PI]

  2. Carlsberg Foundation Reintegration Fellowship (2021-24), [PI] (Relinquished)

  3. Independent Research Fund Denmark (IRFD) International Postdoctoral Fellowship (2019–21), [PI]

  4. Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017–19), [PI]

Honours and Awards

  1. Peter Salamon Award for Young Scientists, Telluride Science Research Center, Telluride, CO, USA (2018)

  2. Aarhus University PhD Award 2017, Aarhus University, Denmark (2017)

  3. IBM-Zerner Graduate Student Award, 55th Sanibel Symposium, St. Simons Island, GA, USA (2015)

Memberships and Affiliations

  1. Danish Chemical Society (member since 2010)

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