Curriculum Vitae

Name: Peter Laursen
Nationality: Danish
Date of birth: June 24, 1975
Spouse: Marie Lehmann
Children: Sigurd Sinus Lehmann Laursen
Paternity leave: March 2009 – June 2009;
Affiliation: Dark Cosmology Centre, (DARK), NBI, KU
Juliane Maries Vej 30, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Position: Ph.D. student
Email:
Webpage: www.dark-cosmology.dk/~pela


Academic record

  • 2010 - 2012: Postdoctoral researcher at Dept. of Astronomy, University of Stockholm
  • 2007 - 2010: Ph.D. studies in astrophysics, DARK. Three months were spent at The Excellence Cluster Universe, Garching
  • 2004 - 2006: Master studies in astrophysics, DARK (average grade 13/13)
  • 1999 - 2002: Undergraduate studies in physics/mathematics, Roskilde University Centre

    • Research

  • 2007 - present:
      –  Numerically: Lyα radiative transfer in the dusty, high-redshift interstellar/-galactic medium; dust models; reionization
      –  Observationally: Lyα emission from damped Lyα absorbers
  • 2005 - 2006: Master Thesis: Numerical simulations of Lyα resonant scattering in young galaxies
  • Spring 2004: Fundamental parameters for the eclipsing binary system AL Ari (research assistant for Jens Viggo Clausen, Niels Bohr Institute)

    • Publications

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    Outreach

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    Attended conferences

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    Invited talks

  • 2010: Interpreting the Lyman α line, Nordic Astrophysics 2010, Visby, Sweden
  • 2010: Modeling Lyα emission from high-z galaxies, Lyα micro-workshop, AlbaNova, Stockholm, Sweden
  • 2009: Lyman α radiative transfer in the high-redshift, dusty Universe, Lund Observatory, Lund, Sweden

    • Attended Summer Schools

  • 2007: NOT Observing Summer School, 1 week, NOT, La Palma, Spain
  • 2007: Radiative Transfer and Numerical Magnetohydrodynamics, 2 weeks, ITA, Oslo, Norway
  • 2006: Supercomputational Cosmology, 4 weeks, AIP, Potsdam, Germany
  • 2004: The Birth, Life and Death of Stars, 2 weeks, ASA, Alpbach, Austria

    • Coding skills and software

  • Fortran
  • IDL
  • IRAF
  • csh
  • html

    • Languages

  • Danish (mother tongue)
  • English (fluently)
  • Swedish/Norwegian (moderately)
  • German (moderately)
  • Spanish (moderately)

    • Non-work related stuff

    Prior to my studies I was a bike messenger for several years, as was my fabulous girlfriend. From 1996 to 2002
    I competed in European and World championships all over the world (on the winning team in Philadelphia 2000).
    Although a crash put an end to my racing, I still cycle on an exercise level.

    I also play various instruments (mostly guitar) in a nice and friendly band called Ampel. You should check it out.

    From the 21st of July 2008, most of my thoughts have been devoted to my son.