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Independent Research Fund Denmark grants for green research

Seven DTU researchers receive grants from the Independent Research Fund Denmark for their green research projects.

Grønnegården at DTU Lyngby Campus

Monday 02 December 2024

Freja E. Klippmann

The Independent Research Fund Denmark is awarding a total of DKK 132 million to 42 research projects that will promote the green transition.

The seven grant recipients

  • Senior Researcher Hamid Nick, DTU Offshore, receives the grant for the project ‘BioHydroSalt: Role of biological and transport processes in controlling microbial loss of stored hydrogen in salt caverns’.
  • Professor Jeppe Rich, DTU Management, receives the grant for the project ‘Navigating the Path to Sustainable Transport Infrastructure (NaPSTI)’.
  • Associate Professor Jerrik Mielby, DTU Chemistry, receives the grant for the project ‘Data-Driven Development of High-Entropy Catalysts for CO2 Utilization’.
  • Associate Professor Jonas Sundberg, DTU Engineering Technology, receives the grant for the project ‘Advanced Nano-Resonators for High-Resolution Monitoring of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Lakes and Wetlands’.
  • Professor Lars Jelsbak, DTU Bioengineering, receives the grant for the project ‘Disarming a bacterial plant pathogen: microbial degradation of virulence factors for control of Pseudomonas syringae diseases’.
  • Professor Rasmus Bjørk, DTU Energy, receives the grant for the project ‘The next generation permanent magnet for the green transition’.
  • Assistant Professor Tilman Weckesser, DTU Wind, receives the grant for the project ‘Resilient Operation of Active Distribution Networks Dominated Power Systems’.

Read more at the Independent Research Fund Denmark.

Contact

Hamid Nick

Hamid Nick Senior Researcher Danish Offshore Technology Centre Mobile: 9351 1497

Jeppe Rich

Jeppe Rich Professor Department of Technology, Management and Economics Phone: +45 45251536

Jerrik Mielby

Jerrik Mielby Associate Professor Department of Chemistry Phone: +45 45252363

Jonas Sundberg

Jonas Sundberg Associate Professor Department of Engineering Technology and Didactics Mobile: +45 93510562

Lars Jelsbak

Lars Jelsbak Professor Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine Phone: +45 45256129

Rasmus Bjørk

Rasmus Bjørk Professor Department of Energy Conversion and Storage Phone: +45 46775895

Tilman Weckesser

Tilman Weckesser Assistant Professor Department of Wind and Energy Systems Mobile: +45 93511994