Nationality:	Danish
Born:	April 7th 1968, Vester Sogn, Denmark
Work Address:	Department of Chemistry, Room 511-412 Aarhus University, Langelandsgade 140 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Phone: (+45) 87 15 59 52, Mobile: (+45) 60202725 Fax: (+45) 86 19 61 99 Email: kvg@chem.au.dk Web: www.CDNA.dk

Education:
1987	High school graduation from Thisted Gymnasium
1987	Matriculation at Aarhus University (Chemistry/Biotechnology)
1989/90	Exchange student at Heidelberg University, Germany
1993	Cand. Scient. in chemistry/biotechnology under Professor Kurt B. G. Torssell, Aarhus University
1995	PhD in organic chemistry under Prof. K A. Jørgensen, Aarhus University

Professional Experience:
1996-1997	Postdoc in Professsor K. A. Jørgensen's group at Aarhus University
1998-1999	Postdoc in Professor M. C. Pirrung's group at Duke University, USA
1999-2001	Postdoc at Center for Metal-Catalyzed Reactions, Aarhus University
2001-2003	Assistant Professor at Aarhus University
2003-2005	Research Associate Professor at Aarhus University
2005-2007	Associate Professor at Aarhus University
2007-2012	Director of the Danish National Research Foundation Centre for DNA Nanotechnology
2007-2012	Professor (MSO) in Organic Nanochemistry at Aarhus University

Prizes:
1997	Danish Academy of Natural Sciences PhD prize (Gold Medal)
2004	Torkil Holms Foundation Research Prize 2004 (100,000 DKK)
2008	Knud Lind Larsen Prize (35,000 DKK)
2010	The Ministry of Science Eliteforsk Award (1.2 mio DKK)

Research Publications:
Author/coauthor of 103 peer reviewed papers in refereed journals of which >50 are published in American Chemical Society journals, 2 patents (filed and submitted). >4200 Citations. Hirsch's index = 33.

Current Research Group:
Organic Nanochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University: 2 post docs, 9 PhD students, 4 master students, 8 bachelor or project students, and 1 technician, 1 administrator.

Current Collaborators:
Within CDNA: Professor Flemming Besenbacher (Institute of Physics and Astronomy (IFA), Aarhus University), Jørgen Kjems (Department of Molecular Biology, Aarhus University), Elena Ferapontova (iNANO), Associate Professor Thom LaBean, Duke University, Associate Professor Hao Yan, Arizona State University, Associate Professor William Shih (Harvard University).
Others: Associate Professor Trolle Linderoth (IFA) Associate Professor Bjørk Hammer (IFA), AU; Professor Jan Skov Pedersen (Department of Chemistry, AU). Professor Kim Daasbjerg (Chemistry), Professor Karl Anker Jørgensen (Center for Catalysis, AU), Professor Peter Ogilby (Center for Oxygen Microscopy and Imaging), Professor Leif Østergaard (CFIN, AU), Teknologisk Institut Aarhus, Vipergen Pharmaceuticals (Copenhagen), Unisense (Aarhus), Associate Professor Andriy Mokhir (Heidelberg University, Germany).

Research Grants:
Principal Investigator:
2001-2003	STVF Talent Project (1 mio DKK) (56-00-0301)
2003	The Aarhus University Research Foundation (192,000 DKK)
2003-2004	STVF, Rammeprogram (1.25 mio DKK) (26-02-0269)
2004	Torkil Holms Foundation Research Prize 2004 (100,000 DKK)
2004-2005	The Carlsberg Foundation, Research program (Research Associate Professor Grant) (1 mio DKK)
2005-2006	STVF, Yngre forskere (2.16 mio) (2117-04-0007)
2006-2007	Lundbeck, HPLC instrument (425,000 DKK)
2006-2009	Internationaliseringsstipendier (about 1.75 mio DKK, Forskningsrådene via iNANO)
2007-2012	Danmarks Grundforskningsfond: Centre for DNA Nanotechnology (41 mio DKK)
2007-2012	NABIIT: Electrochemical sensors for neurotransmitters (9 mio DKK)
2012-2017	Danmarks Grundforskningsfond: Centre for DNA Nanotechnology II (50 mio DKK)
Shared Grants:
1999-2007	The Danish National Research Foundation: Center for Catalysis (about 4 mio DKK)*
2002-2004	SNF via Center for Oxygen Microscopy (about 1 mio DKK)*
2004-2006	Danish Research Councils via iNANO (about 1.5 mio DKK)*
2006-	OChem Graduate school
2008-2011	DNRF MOBIL program (600,000 DKK)
2007-2009	Direktoratet for FødevareErhverv (0.5 mio DKK)*
2009-2012	DNRF Sino-Danish Center: Molecular nanostructures on Surfaces (about 1.5 mio DKK)*
2012-2015	DNRF Sino-Danish Center: Molecular nanostructures on Surfaces (about 1.6 mio DKK)*
*Gothelf share

Teaching Activities:
Advanced Organic Chemistry, Ak2, 1 semester/year, 10 ECTS, 2001- (4 h lectures/week).
Specialized Subjects in Organic Chemistry, 1 quarter/year, 5 ECTS, 2007- (4 h lectures week)
Supervisor of 25 bachelorprojects (2007- )
In addition, several individual lectures and lab exercises have been prepared for students at iNANO and molecular biology.

Other Activities:
Chairman of the Board of the Division of Organic Chemistry under the Danish Chemical Society 2009
Referee for: Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Communications, Nature Chemistry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, Nanoletters, ACSnano, Journal of Organic Chemistry, Langmuir, Chemical Reviews, Chemistry - A European Journal, Macromolecular Chemistry, Chemical Communications, European Journal of Organic Chemistry
Censor on several Master and PhD exams at University of Southern Denmark, University of Copenhagen, and the Technical University of Denmark.
Evaluation of several research proposals from Denmark, Europe, USA and Israel.
Instigator and co-organizer of the first TOKS-meeting, Aarhus University, November, 1994
Organizer of seminar series at the Department of Chemistry.Spring 2004 (Monthly), Spring 2006 (Biweekly), Fall 2006 (Biweekly)
Organizer of the CDNA minisymposium at Aarhus University 2007 and at Duke University 2009
Member of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences 2011-
Member of the Research and Strategy Committee at the Department of Chemistry 2011-
Member of the PhD committee at the Department of Chemistry and at iNANO 2008-
Member of the International Advisory board for ChemPlusChem 2011-
Treasurer of the International Society for Nanoscale Science, Computation and Engineering 2010-
Organizer of the international conference on DNA computing and molecular programming (DNA18) in Aarhus, August 2012