C U R R I C U L U M V I TA E PER MICHAEL JOHANSEN
P E R S O N A L DATA
Position:
Date of birth:
Rector, Professor
15 August 1960
E D U C AT I O N
2012
2001
1996
1989
1989
1986
Institute for Educational Management – IEM, Harvard Graduate Schoolof Education
DSc Physics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Management in Practice, (3x5 days), Danish Management Forum, incl.
management project undertaken at the FONA Group, Denmark
PhD in Optics, Risoe Nat. Labs./Aalborg University
Pedagogical course for teaching staff, Technical University of Denmark
MSc in Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg University
EMPLOYMENT
2014 2007 - 2014
2005 - 2006
2000 - 2004
1996 - 2000
1992 - 1996
1991 - 1992
1990 - 1991
Rector, professor, Aalborg University, Denmark
Dean, Professor, Faculty of Engineering, University of Southern
Denmark
Managing Director, Svendborg International Maritime Academy
(SIMAC), Denmark
Research Professor, Risoe Nat. Labs., Denmark
Head of research programme on Optical
Materials, Risoe Nat. Labs., Optics and Fluid Dynamics
Department, Denmark
Senior Scientist at Risoe Nat. Labs., Optics and Fluid
Dynamics Department, Denmark
Assistant Professor in physics, Aalborg University, Denmark
Post Doc., University of Oxford, Oxford, England
S C I E N T I F I C P U B L I C AT I O N S
Author and co-author of more than 120 scientific publications and reports within the
areas of nonlinear dynamics in photorefractive materials and active optical polymers.
PROFESSIONAL COMMITMENTS AND BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2014 2012 - 2014
2012 - 2014
2011 - 2014
2011 - 2014
Board member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities
Board member of the Denmark-America Foundation
Board member of the Utzon Foundation, Denmark
Member of the Aalborg Trade Council, Denmark
Member of Growth Forum North Jutland, Denmark
Member of the Conference of Rectors, Universities Denmark
Chairman of the board, Southern Denmark Technological
Innovation Ltd (SDTI)
Board member of the Lindoe Welding Center Ltd, Denmark
Member of the Financial Council of the Danish Academy of Technical
Sciences (ATV) for the University of Southern Denmark
Board member of the Innovation Network Lean Energy, Denmark
2010 - 2014
2010 - 2014
2010 - 2014
2011 - 2011
2011 - 2012
2010 - 2010
2008 - 2012
2008 - 2010
2007 - 2009
2007 2007 - 2011
2007 - 2010
2007 - 2010
2005 - 2006
2005 - 2006
2001 - 2004
1998 - 2002
1997 - 2002
1996 - 2000
1995 - 1997
1993 - 1998
Danish member of the NORDTEK Board of directors (Nordic network
organisation)
Chairman of the board of directors of Svendborg Gymnasium
(upper secondary school),
Board member the Danish Council for Strategic Research
Board member of Energy Invest Funen Ltd, Denmark
Board member and member of the chairmanship of Development
Funen, Denmark
Board member of Development Forum Odense – Partnership for
Growth Funen, Denmark
Board member of Nanofiber Ltd, Denmark
Board member of the Danish Cooling Cluster Alsion (KVCA)
Member of the Proof-of-concept Board in Western Denmark
Board member of Europe’s Maritime Development Centre (EMUC)
Board member of the Centre for Integrated Production (CIP),
Aalborg University
Board member of the Centre for Embedded Software Systems,
Aalborg University
Deputy chair of the board of directors of the Svendborg Research
Park, Denmark
Member of the steering group of the project “Denmark as Europe’s
leading seafaring nation”, Danish Maritime Authority
Member of the steering group of the Department of Maritime
Research and Innovation, University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg,
Denmark
Member of the management committee of COST Action P8 on
Materials and Systems for Optical Data Storage and Processing
Member of the management committee of COST Action P2 on
Application of Nonlinear Optical Phenomena
Member of the steering committee of the Danish PhD School in
Nonlinear Science
Board member of the European Optical Society (EOS)
Chairman of the Danish Optical Society (DOPS)
Representative of the Danish Optical Society in the European Optical
Society Advisory Committee
Memberships of a number of steering committees.
DISTINCTIONS
2011
2011
2001
1994
Knight of Dannebrog
Member of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV)
Member of the Danish Academy of Natural Sciences (DNA)
Member of the Optical Society of America