NB!
For clarity: Aalborg University officially assigns their Ph.D. students with the title "Ph.D. Fellow", since we, the Ph.D. students, are granted a three-year fellowship. Due to unfortunate misunderstandings (i.e. lack of common international standards on this issue) I have to emphazise: I hold an M.Sc. degree and I am pursuing a Ph.D. degree.
Fields of interests
My main scientific interests comprise of Process Analytical Technology (PAT), representative process sampling, multivariate data analysis, analytical chemistry, modern sensor technology (any sensor that produces more than a couple of variables simultaneously, especially spectroscopic techniques). Preferred fields of application include the sectors bioenergy, food, and pharma.
The Ph.D. project, entitled "Advanced Process Analytical Chemometrics for online monitoring and control of biomass conversion processes", is centred around two distinct biotechnological processes: 1) full-scale anaerobic digestion and 2) single-use reactors for production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients.
The first part of the project is currently in the final planning phase. Soon, full-time development and implementation work will commence at the site of our biogas partner. The initial goals include drawing representative process samples from working biogas reactors having a volume of +2400 m3 and characterising them with respect to key constituents (ammonia, volatile fatty acids, lignocellulose etc.).
So far, the following process analytical techniques have been applied in various sub-studies of my Ph.D. work: Fourier Transform near and mid infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR and FT-NIR), Raman laser spectroscopy, near infrared chemical imaging (NIRCI), and acoustic chemometrics (a.c.). Studies involving fluorescence spectroscopy and electronic tongue are in the planning phase.
I am open to projects of shorter or longer duration with R&D companies and academic institutions. Please, if you detect possible synergies that could be expressed in joint projects, do not hesitate to send me an e-mail.
Education
I received my M.Sc. degree in Chemical Engineering from Aalborg University in the summer 2007 (thesis title: “Full-scale anaerobic digestion monitoring using on-line acoustic chemometrics, near infrared spectroscopy, and recurrent loop process sampling – a Process Analytical Chemometrics (PAC) feasibility study”).
Since I graduated, I have been working with the Department of Bioenergy (University of Southern Denmark) and with ACABS (Aalborg University) as a scientific assistant participating in various theoretical and practical studies. Just before starting the Ph.D. project I invested six months in a stay at the Danish Emergency Management Agency as a conscripted firefighter.
Awards, honors
Esbjerg University Prize 2007