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PhD Project in Laser Enhanced Fabrication of Quantum Devices at NQCP

NQCP invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in Laser Enhanced Fabrication of Quantum Devices. Start date is 01.09.2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. The project State-of-the-art quantum devices will need…

Junior Engineer for Electrical Characterization at the NNF Quantum Computing Programme

NQCP is looking for a junior engineer to support our efforts in the electrical characterization of novel materials and device components. Within the Electrical Characterization Team, we investigate the relationship…

Lucía Vélez Tartajo Wins Best Oral Presentation Award at the MSc Student Symposium

Each year, the Niels Bohr Institute hosts the MSc Student Symposium, an event where master’s students present their research projects and thesis work to their peers.

A Guided Tour Into a Black Hole

On Tuesday, 24 March, Center of Gravity (CoG) members Ariadna Ribes Metidieri, Leart Sabani, and Lucía Vélez Tartajo took part in the first outreach event organized by the Center of Gravity: a public talk at the Tycho…

PhD Projects in quantum computing for chemistry and life-science (Algorithms & Applications)

NQCP invites applicants for PhD fellowships in the Algorithms & Applications (A&A) section within this area. Start date is 1 October 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter during 2026. Project description We are…

Quantum Systems Modeling & AI Engineer or Academic Research employee

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Quantum Computing Programme (NQCP) at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, is seeking a Quantum Systems Modeling & AI Engineer or Academic Research employee. You will be a…

Brian Møller Andersen receives the Jens Martin Knudsen Award 2025

At the Niels Bohr Institute kickoff on 12 March 2026, the award for Teacher of the Year at the Niels Bohr Institute—the Jens Martin Knudsen Award—was presented to two recipients for two separate periods.

Markus Ahlers receives the Jens Martin Knudsen Award 2024

At the Niels Bohr Institute kickoff on 12 March 2026, the award for Teacher of the Year at the Niels Bohr Institute—the Jens Martin Knudsen Award—was presented to two recipients for two separate periods.

Two CoG Members Receive Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships

Two CoG members, Brian Seymour and Emil Have, have been awarded prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie grants which support outstanding researchers and aims to encourage mobility across the European Union.

Kai Hendriks Successfully Defends his Thesis

On March 13th, Kai Hendriks successfully defended his PhD thesis in the historic Auditorium A of the Niels Bohr Institute.

Jaime Redondo-Yuste Successfully Defends his Thesis

Jaime Redondo-Yuste successfully defended his thesis on Friday March 6th. He presented his work on Nonlinear Dynamics in General Relativity in the historic Auditorium A, summarizing his work on black hole and neutron…

Sold-out Black Holes event at Vin & Videnskab

On Wednesday February 25, 2026, Professor Marianne Vestergaard (DARK, Niels Bohr Institute) gave a presentation on supermassive black holes at a sold-out event of Vin & Videnskab, organized by the National Museum of…

Troels Harmark Discusses Art and Science at the Opening of Black Hole Artwork at ARoS

On March 6, 2026, artist Cecilie Waagner Falkenstrøm debuted her new interactive art installation “A black hole calling us” at the ARoS art museum in Aarhus which also inaugurated the new art square outside the museum.

Contact: CoG Meets ET

CoG group leaders represented the scientific front of gravitational wave physics at a danish delegation to the Einstein Telescope (March 2–3, 2026), joined by politicians, ambassadors and fellow scientists from around…

A Night at Brorfelde Observatory

Assistant professor Sarah Pearson (DARK, NBI) recently visited Brorfelde Observatory with Politiken’s science editor Lasse Foghsgaard.

Juno Chan Successfully Defends his Thesis

On 27 February, Juno Chan successfully defended his PhD thesis at the Niels Bohr Institute. His dissertation, From Searches to Inference: Towards the Discovery of Lensed Gravitational Waves, explores how gravitational…

Kathrine Mørch Groth receives a Villum International Postdoc grant to create an overview of neutrino sources in the Universe

Grant awarded for research project: Mapping the sources of neutrinos – the mysterious particles that bombard us without us ever noticing.

James Webb finds surprisingly mature galaxies in early cosmic megastructure

Danish astronomy student leads new research: Some of the heaviest galaxy groups in the universe have evolved faster than expected.

Jose Ezquiaga receives the Lars Kann-Rasmussen Prize 2026

Associate Professor Jose Ezquiaga from Center of Gravity receives the Lars Kann-Rasmussen Prize 2026

BendixLab on Biophysical Society’s 2026 Annual Meeting with “Physics of Living Interfaces”

BendixLab (University of Copenhagen’s Niels Bohr Institute) has been featured at the Biophysical Society’s 70th Annual Meeting (BPS2026) in San Francisco, held February 21–25 at the Moscone Center, where +6000 of…

How to improve the performance of qubits: super-fast fluctuation detection achieved at NBI

Research at NBI pushes the detection speed of changes in qubits 100 times faster than previously possible, revealing previously invisible changes.

New knowledge about Northern Europe's radiator: Volcanic eruptions in the past may have pushed ocean current towards collapse

New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that volcanic eruptions during the Ice Age may have triggered sudden climate change by disrupting the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), causing…

New knowledge about Northern Europe's radiator: Volcanic eruptions in the past may have pushed ocean currents towards collapse

New research from the University of Copenhagen suggests that volcanic eruptions during the Ice Age may have triggered sudden climate change by disrupting the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), causing…

Shingo Kono wins a Villum Young Investigator grant

Shingo Kono, leader of the Intra- & Inter- connects team at NQCP, has been awarded a Villum Young Investigator grant from the Villum Foundation! This grant, effective March 2026, will enable recruiting two new PhD…