People

Director

• Sten Rynning

  Director

  director-dias@sdu.dk
  

DIAS Chairs

• Aglae Pizzone

  Chair of Humanities
  Department of Language and Culture

  pizzone@sdu.dk
  

• Anders Engberg-Pedersen

  Chair of Humanities
  Department of Language and Culture

  engberg@sdu.dk
  

• Anne-Marie Mai

  Chair of Humanities
  Department of Language and Culture

  ammai@sdu.dk
  

• Carsten Rahbek

  Chair of Science
  Faculty of Science

  crahbek@bio.ku.dk
  

• Christine Stabell Benn

  Chair of Health Sciences
  Department of Clinical Research

  cbenn@health.sdu.dk
  

• Claes De Vreese

  Chair of Business and Social Sciences
  Department of Political Science and Public Management

  chv@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Donald E. Canfield

  Chair of Science
  Department of Biology

  dec@biology.sdu.dk
  

• Eske Willerslev

  Chair of Science
  Globe Institute, Section for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen

  ewillerslev@sund.ku.dk
  

• Fabrizio Montesi

  Chair of Science
  Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (IMADA)

  fmontesi@imada.sdu.dk
  

• Francesco Sannino

  Chair of Science
  Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

  sannino@qtc.sdu.dk
  

• Gregory Clark

  Chair of Business and Social Sciences
  Department of Economics - DIAS Management Board member

  gclark@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Jeppe Nevers

  Chair of Humanities
  Department of Language and Culture

  jeppe.nevers@sdu.dk
  

• Jørgen Ellegaard Andersen

  Chair of Science - DIAS Management Board member
  Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.

  jea@sdu.dk
  

• Kaare Christensen

  Chair of Health Sciences
  Department of Public Health

  kchristensen@health.sdu.dk
  

• Kathrin Maurer

  Chair of Humanities
  Department of Language and Culture

  kamau@sdu.dk
  

• Kim Klyver

  Chair of Business and Social Sciences
  Department of Business and Sustainability

  kkl@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Klaus Petersen

  Chair of Humanities - DIAS Management Board member
  Department of Language and Culture

  klaus.petersen@sdu.dk
  

• Lars Boje Mortensen

  Chair of Humanities
  Department of Language and Culture

  labo@sdu.dk
  

• Mette Præst Knudsen

  Chair of Business and Social Sciences
  Department of Business & Management (DBM)

  mpk@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Morten Birkved

  Chair of Technical Sciences
  Department of Green Technology (IGT)

  morb@igt.sdu.dk
  

• Moustapha Kassem

  Chair of Health Sciences
  Department of Clinical Research

  mkassem@health.sdu.dk
  

• N. Asger Mortensen

  Chair of Physics - DIAS Management Board member
  The Mads Clausen Institute

  namo@mci.sdu.dk
  

• Nikos Ntoumanis

  Chair of Health Sciences
  Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics

  nntoumanis@health.sdu.dk
  

• Nina Bonderup Dohn

  Chair of Humanities
  Department for Design, Media and Educational Science

  nina@sdu.dk
  

• Norbert Krüger

  Chair of Technical Sciences
  The Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Institute

  norbert@mmmi.sdu.dk
  

• Paul Richard Sharp

  Chair of Business and Social Sciences
  Department of Economics

  pauls@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Peter Krustrup

  Chair of Health Sciences 
  Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics

  pkrustrup@health.sdu.dk
  

• Pieter Vanhuysse

  Chair of Business and Social Sciences
  Department of Political Science and Public Management

  vanhuysse@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Ronnie N. Glud

  Chair of Science
  Department of Biology

  rnglud@biology.sdu.dk
  

• Sebastian Mernild

  Chair of Science
  SDU Climate Cluster

  mernild@sdu.dk
  

• Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi

  Chair of Technical Sciences
  The Mads Clausen Institute

  seib@iti.sdu.dk
  

• Søren Askegaard

  Chair of Business and Social Sciences
  Department of Business & Management

  aske@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Sune Vork Steffensen

  Chair of Humanities
  Department of Language and Culture

  vork@language.sdu.dk
  

• Susanne Mandrup

  Chair of Science
  Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

  s.mandrup@bmb.sdu.dk
  

• Vijay Tiwari

  Chair of Health Sciences - DIAS Management Board member
  Department of Molecular Medicine

  tiwari@health.sdu.dk
  

DIAS Fellows & Senior Fellows

• Angela Y. Chang

  Senior Fellow of Health Sciences
  Department of Public Health

  achang@health.sdu.dk
  

• Anthony Fernandez

  Fellow of Health Sciences
  Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics

  afernandez@health.sdu.dk
  

• Apoorv Tiwari

  Fellow of Science
  Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

  apoorvtiwari@imada.sdu.dk
  

• Benjamin Jäger

  Senior Fellow of Science
  Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

  jaeger@imada.sdu.dk
  

• Bryan Yazell

  Senior Fellow of Humanities
  Department of Language and Culture

  yazell@sdu.dk
  

• Carolin Kilian

  Fellow of Health Sciences
  National Institute of Public Health

  caki@sdu.dk
  

• Carolin Löscher

  Senior Fellow of Science
  Department of Biology

  cloescher@biology.sdu.dk
  

• Changzhu Wu

  Senior Fellow of Science
  Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy

  wu@sdu.dk
  

• Di Wu

  Fellow of Technical Sciences
  Mærsk McKinney Møller Institute

  diwu@mmmi.sdu.dk
  

• Edward Baggs

  Fellow of Humanities
  Department of Language and Culture

  ebag@sdu.dk
  

• Gareth Millward

  Fellow of Humanities
  Department of Language and Culture

  gmil@sdu.dk
  

• Jesper Bonnet Møller

  Senior Fellow of Health Sciences
  Department of Molecular Medicine – Cancer and Inflammation Research

  jbmoeller@health.sdu.dk
  

• Joel Cox

  Senior Fellow of Engineering
  POLIMA

  cox@mci.sdu.dk
  

• Julius Koschnick

  Fellow of Business and Social Sciences
  Department of Economics

  juko@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Karl Michael Attard

  Senior Fellow of Science - DIAS Management Board member
  Department of Biology

  karl.attard@biology.sdu.dk
  

• Lasse Aaskoven

  Senior Fellow of Business and Social Sciences
  Department of Political Science and Public Management

  aaskoven@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Maria Timofeeva

  Senior Fellow of Health Sciences
  Department of Public Health

  mtimofeeva@health.sdu.dk
  

• Pantelis Pipergias Analytis

  Senior Fellow of Business and Social Science
  Department of Business & Management

  pantelis@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Pat Treusch

  Fellow of Humanities
  Department of Design, Media and Educational Science

  pat@sdu.dk
  

• Sanjeeb Kumar Sahu

  Fellow of Health Sciences
  Department of Molecular Medicine

  sksahu@health.sdu.dk
  

• Shriram Venkatraman

  Fellow of Business and Social Science
  Department of Business & Management

  shven@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Tiago da Silva Medina

  Fellow of Health Sciences
  Department of Molecular Medicine

  medina@health.sdu.dk
  

DIAS Affiliates

• Cintia Organo Quintana

  Visiting Fellow 2025-2026
  Department of Biology

  cintia@biology.sdu.dk
  

• Eduardo Dias

  Visiting Fellow 2025-2026
  SDU POLIMA

  dias@mci.sdu.dk
  

• Emily Cousins

  Visiting Fellow 2025-2026
  Department of Design, Media and Educational Science

  ecou@sdu.dk
  

• Gabriel Silva Rodrigues

  Visiting Fellow 2025-2026
  Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy

  glsr@sdu.dk
  

• Ingeborg Farver-Vestergaard

  Visiting Fellow 2025-2026
  Department of Regional Health Research

  Ingeborg.Farver-Vestergaard@rsyd.dk
  

• Johan Lau Munkholm

  Postdoc
  Department of Culture and Language

  johanlau@sdu.dk
  

• Julia Callaway

  Visiting Fellow 2025-2026
  Centre for Global Health

  juca@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Lanfranco Pellesi

  Visiting Fellow 2025-2026
  Department of Public Health

  lpellesi@health.sdu.dk
  

• Martin Kalthaus

  Visiting Fellow 2025-2026
  Centre for Integrative Innovation Management (C*I2M)

  mhsm@sdu.dk
  

• Maxime Holmberg Sainte-Marie

  Visiting Fellow 2025-2026
  Department of Design, Media and Educational Science

  mhsm@sdu.dk
  

• Naja Le Fevre Grundtmann

  Postdoc
  Department of Culture and Language

  nag@sdu.dk
  

• Patrick Sloan

  PhD Student
  Department of Culture and Language

  pasl@sdu.dk
  

• Tobias Nanz

  Associate Professor, Dr.
  Department of Language and Culture

  nanz@sdu.dk
  

DIAS Alumni

• Aleksander Krag

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Clinical Research, SDU

• Anna Nadibaidze

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Political Science

  anadi@sam.sdu.dk
  

• Anne Marie Rosendahl Madsen

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Clinical Research, SDU

• Annette Baudisch

  DIAS Alum
  Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics, SDU

• Behnam Liaghat

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics

  bliaghat@health.sdu.dk
  

• Catarina Ferreira

  DIAS Alum
  Mads Clausen Institute (MCI)

  cferreira@mci.sdu.dk
  

• Cecilie Bjerre

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Culture and Language

  cbjerre@sdu.dk
  

• Dominique Routhier

  DIAS Alum
  Roskilde University

• Emily Johnson

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Clinical Research, SDU

• Ewa Roos

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, SDU

• Francesco Cinnirella

  DIAS Alum
  University of Bergamo

• Hannah Yeo

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Biology

  hannah.yeo@biology.sdu.dk
  

• James Patton Rogers

  DIAS Alum
  Cornell University

• Jean-Francois Bélanger

  DIAS Alum
  Royal Danish Defence College

• Kaitlin Alper

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Political Science and Public Management

• Kedar Nath Natarajan

  DIAS Alum

• Keith Andrew Meyers

  DIAS Alum
  NHTSA, U.S. Department of Transportation

• Leonardo Nolé

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Culture and Language

  lnole@sdu.dk
  

• Lise Gehrt

  DIAS Alum
  Novo Nordisk

• Magdalena Dubik

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Molecular Medicine

• Marco Ragni

  DIAS Alum
  TU Bergakademie Freiberg

• Myriam Perschke

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Biology

  myriam@biology.sdu.dk
  

• Nicolai J. Foss

  DIAS Alum
  Copenhagen Business School

• Rosa M. Rodriguez Porto

  DIAS Alum
  University of Santiago de Compostela

• Teresa Cadierno

  DIAS Alum

• Trine Flockhart

  DIAS Alum
  European University Institute

• Winnie Poulsen

  DIAS Alum
  Department of Public Health, SDU

DIAS Secretariat

• Barbara Piric

  Secretary

  bap@sdu.dk
  

• Lamprini Jensen

  Specialist Consultant

  lamprini@sdu.dk
  

• Lykke Rós Pálsdóttir

  Student Assistant

  palsdottir@sdu.dk
  

• Malou Cecilie Frydendahl Julskjær

  Communications Officer

  majul@sdu.dk
  

• Sussi Schmidt

  Administrative Officer

  susch@sdu.dk