Born 1970 in Roskilde, Denmark. M. Sc. in Applied Physics Engineering at Technical University of Denmark in Lyngby (1995), PhD in plasma physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA (2000), research assistant at the JET Joint Undertaking in Abingdon in England (1993-1994), scientific officer at Risø National Laboratory in Roskilde, Denmark (1995), postdoctoral assistant research scientist at Columbia University/MIT in Cambridge, USA (2000), assistant professor at Columbia University in New York, USA (2000-2005), associate professor at Columbia University (2005-2010), from 2011 (part time appointment since 2010): Scientific Fellow and Division Head at Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, Greifswald Branch.