Ulrik Lund Andersen
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Ulrik Lund Andersen (born 1972 in
Ikast Ikast is a Danish town in Central Denmark Region (''Region Midtjylland''). It is the seat of Ikast-Brande Municipality since 2007. It was the seat of the former Ikast Municipality. Geography The town is situated in the middle of Jutland. The ...
) is a Danish physicist and professor of physics at the Department of Physics at the
Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark (), often simply referred to as DTU, is a polytechnic university and school of engineering. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and it is today ran ...
(DTU), who researches
quantum optics Quantum optics is a branch of atomic, molecular, and optical physics and quantum chemistry that studies the behavior of photons (individual quanta of light). It includes the study of the particle-like properties of photons and their interaction ...
and
quantum network Quantum networks form an important element of quantum computing and quantum communication systems. Quantum networks facilitate the transmission of information in the form of quantum bits, also called qubits, between physically separated quantum ...
s. He went to Ikast-Brande Gymnasium high school. He received a Master of Science in physics from DTU in 1999 and a Ph.D. from DTU in 2003. He worked at the
University of Erlangen–Nuremberg The Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (, FAU) is a Public University, public research university in the cities of Erlangen and Nuremberg in Bavaria, Germany. The name Friedrich-Alexander is derived from the university's first ...
in Germany from 2003-2006, and was then employed as an associate professor at DTU. In 2012, he was appointed professor and section leader at DTU Physics. In 2013, Andersen received the
EliteForsk Prize The EliteForsk Prize (Elite Research Prize) is the most prestigious award given by the Danish Council for Independent Research, of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education (Denmark), Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science. ...
in recognition of his work on quantum optics.


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* 1972 births Living people 21st-century Danish physicists Academic staff of the Technical University of Denmark Technical University of Denmark alumni Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg People from Ikast-Brande Municipality {{physicist-stub