CV
A short version of the CV — education, employment, and positions of trust. For a fuller picture of who I am and what I work on, see About. For the full list of publications, see my Google Scholar profile.
Education
Ph.D., Technical University of Denmark (DTU Informatics) — 2007 The Structure of Complex Networks. Advisor: Lars Kai Hansen. Co-advisors: Andrew D. Jackson, Mogens Høgh Jensen.
M.Sc. in Physics, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen — 2003 Complex Networks and Scientific Excellence. Advisor: Benny Lautrup.
B.Sc. in Physics, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen — 2000 Fighting Entanglement with Entanglement. Advisor: Benny Lautrup.
Employment
Current
Professor of Networks and Complexity Science — 2019–present DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark.
Professor of Social Data Science — 2020–present Center for Social Data Science (SODAS), University of Copenhagen.
Adjunct Professor of Social Network Science — 2017–present Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen.
Previous
Associate Professor of Social Informatics — 2012–2019 DTU Compute, Technical University of Denmark.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Statistical Mechanics of Complex Networks — 2013–2018 Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen.
Assistant Professor — 2010–2012 DTU Informatics (later DTU Compute), Technical University of Denmark.
Postdoctoral Research Fellow — 2009–2010 Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University, and College of Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University.
Research Fellow — 2007–2010 Center for Cancer Systems Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University.
Postdoctoral Research Associate — 2007–2009 Center for Complex Network Research, Department of Physics, Northeastern University.
Postdoctoral Research Associate — 2007 Informatics and Mathematical Modeling, Technical University of Denmark.
Positions of trust
Leadership and advisory
Chief Scientist — 2025–present Danish National Centre for Artificial Intelligence in Society (CAISA).
Collaboratory Lead — 2022–present Pioneer Center for AI.
Associate Director — 2018–present Center for Social Data Science (SODAS), University of Copenhagen.
Member, Expert Group on Tech Giants — 2022–2024 Advisory group to the Danish government on the regulation of large technology companies.
Member, Danish COVID-19 Modeling Task Force — 2020–2023 Established by the Danish government to model the spread of COVID-19.
Advisory Board, Smittestop Contact Tracing App — 2020–2023 Agency of Digitization, Danish Ministry of Health.
Board Member, A.N. Neergaard og Hustrus Fond — ongoing
Academy memberships
Member, Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters — 2024–present
Member, Akademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber (Danish Academy of Technical Sciences) — 2021–present
Member, The Young Academy — 2012–2017 Junior tier of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters (standard 5-year tenure).
Scientific society boards
Scientific Advisory Board, Modeling Network for Severe Infectious Diseases (MONID) — 2026–2029 German federal initiative for pandemic and infectious-disease modelling.
Executive Board Member & Co-Chair of the Conference Oversight Committee, Network Science Society — 2012–2024
Member, Nordic Network of Network Scientists — 2011–2014 NordForsk-funded; group leader of the Danish section.
Editorial roles
Editor, PNAS — ongoing Academic Editor, PLOS One — 2012–present Academic Editor, Applied Network Sciences — ongoing Academic Editor, Frontiers of Physics — 2013–present Member, PLOS Data Guidelines Board — 2016–present