DTU Ørsted Lectures

Since 1998, DTU has invited prominent researchers from around the world to lecture on their work, research results, and the perspectives in their research field at the DTU Ørsted Lecture series.

The lectures are intended as a unique opportunity for researchers, students and alumni to be inspired by some of the brightest minds in fields that are investigated at DTU.

The Ørsted lecturers are invited based on their prominent position within their research fields as well as for their ability to engage a wider audience with their professional enthusiasm and insight.

Upcoming lectures are announced in the DTU calendar and on campus.

DTU Ørsted Board:

• Provost Rasmus Larsen (President)
• Professor Anker Degn Jensen
• Professor Anders Baun
• Professor Tejs Vegge
• Professor Anja Boisen
• Professor John Leif Jørgensen
• Professor Dorte Juul Jensen

Previous DTU Ørsted Lecturers

2021
Professor Anders Nilsson, Division of Chemical Physics, Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Sweden

2020
Nobel Laureate, Professor Gerard Mourou, École Polytechnique, France

2019
Professor Steven D. Eppinger, The MIT Sloan School of Management, USA

Nobel Laureate, Professor Frances H. Arnold, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, USA

2018
Professor Stephen Boyd, Electrical Engineering, Stanford University, USA

2017
Nobel Laureate, Professor Steven Chu, Department of Physics and Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, USA

Professor Steven G. Louie, Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, USA

Professor Zoubin Ghahramani, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK

2016
Professor Frank S. Bates, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota, USA

Professor George M. Whitesides, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Harvard University, USA

2015
William F. Baker, Structural Engineering Partner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP, USA

Professor Robert S. Langer, Department of Chemical Engineering, MIT, USA

2014
Nobel Laureate, Professor Ada Yonath, Department of Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute, Israel

Professor H. Jeff Kimble, Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, Caltech, USA

2013
Dr. John E.P. Connerney, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA

Professor James R. Rice, School of Engineering and Applied Science and Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, USA

2012
Nobel Laureate, Professor Mario Molina, Basic Science Faculty, University of California, San Diego, USA

Professor Michael Grätzel, Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH

2011
Professor Stanley N. Cohen, Department of Genetics, Stanford University, USA

Professor Juan de Pablo, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, USA

2010
Professor Lene Hau, Department of Physics, Harvard University, USA

2009
Professor Sajeev John, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada

Professor Howard A. Stone, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, USA

2008
Nobel Laureate, Professor Ahmed Zewall, Caltech, USA

Professor Nathan S. Lewis, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Caltech, USA