Curriculum Vitae
Below, you can see my full CV, including links for publications and
other documents. If you are so inclined, you can instead fetch my CV as
a PDF file, either as a 2-page short version or a
full version.
| 2012-present | Ph.D. Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
Project title: Detailed model of a high-temperature superconductor by analysis of virtual and real experiments
At the X-ray and Neutron Scattering group with Linda Udby and Kim Lefmann as supervisors
Part of the project is also to be a developer in the e-neutrons.org Project (previously VNT) |
| 2011-2012 | M.Sc. Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
Education towards masters degree in physics (stopped without getting
the degree, since I continued directly to my Ph.D. - the MSc part was finished November 2015)
Optional courses in: Neutron and X-ray scattering, condensed matter physics, general relativity, statistics, and particle physics
Average 9.0, master's thesis 12 (12 scale) |
| 2007-2011 | B.Sc. Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
Bachelors degree in physics with end-project on neutron moderator simulations
Optional courses in: Nuclear, atomic, and particle physics, chaos, computer science, and quantum field theory
Average 11.1, bachelor thesis 12 (12 scale) |
| 2004-2007 | High school Holstebro Gymnasium og HF, Holstebro |
Mathematical line, with chemistry, maths and physics on
highest level
Average 10.5 (13 scale) |
| 2003-2004 | Boarding school Den Danske Husflidsefterskole, Skjern |
Line focusing on wood crafts; 9th grade primary school exam
incl. woodwork-exam
Average 10.3 (13 scale) |
Summer schools and workshops
| July 2016 | International School on Aperiodic Crystals University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium |
A week-long course with focus on aperiodic crystals - quasicrystals, incommensurately modulated crystal structures, tiling, etc. |
| November 2013 | Mantid course Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, Harwell Oxford, England |
Three days with an introduction to Mantid, Python, and advanced uses of Mantid |
| November 2013 | Structural State of Minerals and its Applications GeoCenter, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
A week on structural crystallography and diffraction on minerals |
| October 2013 | Publishing in Peer-Review Journals DARK Cosmology Centre, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
Three-day course on structuring and writing scientific content for international peer-review journals, and on how the review process works |
| October 2013 | Coping with the challenges of a PhD DARK Cosmology Centre, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
Two-day course on project management and time management methods |
| September 2013 | Introduction to University Pedagogy Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
A week with didactical exercises and lectures on how to structure university teaching |
| March 2013 | ADD Workshop ILL, Grenoble, France |
A week with tutorials and lectures on different programs and methods that are used
for real-space analysis of diffraction data |
| January 2013 | Flipper Workshop ILL, Grenoble, France |
Three days with talks on magnetism, superconductivity, and multiferroics, investigated with
polarized neutrons |
| September 2012 | DISCUS Workshop University of Erlangen-Nuernberg, Erlangen, Germany |
A week with introduction to the DISCUS simulation program for diffuse scattering and disordered crystal structures |
| June 2012 | NBIA Workshop on Neutron Science Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
A week of lectures related to neutron instrumentation |
| March 2012 | Jana2006 ad hoc workshop Institute of Physics ASCR, Prague, Czech Republic |
Two days with introduction to the Jana2006 program, primarily
consisting of tutorial sessions |
| January 2012 | iFit workshop Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
A two day workshop on the advanced dataanalysis and -visualization
program package iFit |
| August 2011 | PSI Summer School on Condensed Matter Research Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland |
10 days on probing phase transitions using photons, muons
and neutrons, including a 3-day practical part at the SLS
and SINQ X-ray and neutron sources |
Master's thesis
| Period | March 2012 - November 2015 (part time w. interruption) |
| Supervisor | Kim Lefmann and Linda Udby |
| Description | X-rays and neutrons were used to investigate the superstructure known as staging,
and temperature dependent results for four different samples are presented and compared to results
for similar compounds from literature. |
Bachelor thesis
| Period | September 2010 - January 2011 |
| Title | Investigation of neutron moderators with spherical voids
(view report) |
| Description | An investigation of the impact of moderator geometry on the neutron
flux from a neutron source. Both theory, simulation and experiments
were used. |
First year project
| Period | January 2008 - March 2008 |
| Title | Lifetime of K-shell excited copper
(view report in Danish) |
| Supervisor | Robert Feidenhans'l |
| Description | Finding the lifetime of the Kα transitions in copper,
using a dispersive X-ray setup to find the linewidths of
the Kα1 and Kα2 peaks. |
Academically
| March 2011 - February 2012 | e-learning developer Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
Co-developer of an e-learning system for teaching neutron scattering - I continued working on this project during my combined MSc and PhD project period |
Academic teaching
| October 2021 | Tutorial instructor NNSP/SWEDNESS Neutron School at the Niels Bohr Institute,
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
Instructor in split-sessions with the purpose of teaching biology-
and chemistry-students math and physics to be ready for an introductory
course in scattering |
| August 2012 and 2013 | Tutorial instructor Applications of X-ray and Neutron Scattering in Biology,
Chemistry and Physics summer course at the Niels Bohr Institute,
University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
Instructor in split-sessions with the purpose of teaching biology-
and chemistry-bachelors math and physics to be ready for an introductory
course in scattering, for two runs of the course; and instructor in the
use of a virtual reflectometer experiment (2012 only) |
| April - June 2011 - 2013 | Student instructor Experimental Physics course at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
Instructor in laboratory exercises, along with teaching on writing
scientifically, and the use of MATLAB and LaTeX, for three runs of the course.
I held several lectures and helped with course planning, correcting and giving feedback
on hand-ins and the final exam |
| September - November 2012 | Student instructor Neutron Scattering in Theory, Simulation, and Experiment course at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
Instructor in the course, giving a few lectures, and otherwise helping
in calculation and simulation exercises |
| July 2012 | Tutorial instructor International Neutron Scattering Instrumentation School (INSIS)
at Laboratori Nazionali di Frascati, Italy |
Instructor in two McStas tutorials during the summer school |
Other jobs
| August 2007 - February 2012 | Cleaning employee at medical clinic Speciallægeklinikken Trianglen, Copenhagen |
| May - August 2007 | Clerk at patient transport office Region Midt, Holstebro |
| January 2006 - April 2007 | Office assistant and archive employee at TV station TV/Midt-Vest, Holstebro |
| February 2005 - January 2006 | Shop assistant and waitress in a bakery/café Tanges Bageri, Holstebro |
Awards
| July 2017 | Best poster award International Neutron Scattering Conference (ICNS), Daejeon, South Korea |
I won an award for my poster "Complex superstructures in La2-xSrxCuO4+y",
where I presented my current work on superstructures in co-doped LSCO+O
(see poster) |
Talks
| November 2017 | Talk on our publication on staging in La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4+y) X-ray and Neutron Scattering weekly group meeting, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
A short talk covering our results published in the "Staging superstructures in high-Tc Sr/O codoped La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4+y)" article, as a celebration of the publishing |
| October 2013 | Talk on my current work on La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4+y) X-ray and Neutron Scattering weekly group meeting, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen |
Halfway/start presentation of my combined master and PhD project |
Conferences
| Octoner 2021 | DanScatt Meeting Lyngby, Denmark |
Two days meeting with the Danish neutron and X-ray scattering society. |
| July 2017 | International Neutron Scattering Conference (ICNS) Daejeon, South Korea |
I presented a poster at the conference, on on my work with superstructures in LCO+O (see poster). |
| June 2017 | DanScatt Meeting Odense, Denmark |
Two days meeting on scattering. I presented two posters at the meeting, about my work on LSCO+O
superstructures (see poster) and on our
e-neutrons.org platform for teaching neutron scattering (see poster). |
| August/September 2016 | Meeting of the European Crystallographic Association Basel, Switzerland |
Week-long conference on crystallography. I presented a poster at the meeting, on my work with the staging superstructure
in LSCO+O (see poster). |
| May 2016 | Swedish Neutron Scattering Society yearly meeting Lund, Sweden |
Two-day meeting on neutron scattering. I presented a poster at the meeting, on my work with the staging superstructure
in LSCO+O (see poster). |
| May 2016 | DanScatt Meeting and Danish Crystallographers Meeting Copenhagen, Denmark |
Two-day meeting on scattering and crystallography. I presented a poster at the meeting, on my work with the staging superstructure
in LSCO+O (see poster). |
| July 2013 | International Neutron Scattering Conference (ICNS) Edinburgh, Scotland |
I presented two posters at the conference, one on my e-learning project (see poster),
and one on my work with superstructures in LCO+O (see poster). |
| July 2013 | Science & Scientists @ ESS meeting Edinburgh, Scotland |
Satellite meeting to ICNS, involving scientists from various fields of
research to give input on the future scientific capabilities and
infrastructure of ESS |
| June 2013 | Nordic Physics Days Lund, Sweden |
Three days with mixed physics from the Nordic physics societies - I was mostly following teaching developments |
| March 2013 | Neutrons 2.0: International Workshop Software for Neutron Scattering Berlin, Germany |
A week of diskussion and presentations of different software solutions for neutron scattering around the world |
| October 2012 | Advanced Simulation Techniques for Total Scattering Data Santa Fe, NM, USA |
An overview of programs for data treatment and modelling of total scattering data, including a small
introductory tutorial of the program PDFgui. |
| May/June 2012 | DanScatt Meeting and Danish Crystallographic Meeting Odense, Denmark |
Two-day meeting on scattering and crystallography. I presented a poster at the meeting, on my bachelor work with spherically
grooved neutron moderators (see poster). |
| July 2011 | European Neutron Scattering Conference (ECNS) Prague, Czech Republic |
Mads Bertelsen got a talk on our bachelor project (and the work we did on it later), and we prepared this together
(view slides) |
| July 2011 | Science & Scientists @ ESS meeting Prague, Czech Republic |
Satellite meeting to ECNS, involving scientists from various fields of
research to give input on the future scientific capabilities and
infrastructure of ESS |
| July 2011 | MCNSI7 Prague, Czech Republic |
Satellite meeting to ECNS, giving an overview of the development of
Monte Carlo simulation software, along with a discussion of instrumentation
and simulation techniques |
Certifications
| September 2017 | UN Information Security Awareness UNDSS |
The three part certification (both Foundational, Additional, and Advanced) in Information Security Awareness, provided by the UN. This certification is valid for three years. |
X-ray and neutron instruments
I've used several instruments at X-ray and neutron facilities, as listed below.
Apart from these, I've also worked with equipment at DTU-Risø and the University
of Copenhagen (X-ray Laue camera, susceptibility equipment, etc.).
| RITA-II | Triple-axis spectrometer SINQ (PSI), Switzerland |
Used during four different beam times; first as part of the
neutron scattering course at the University of Copenhagen,
later at a beam time where we tried detwinning three LSCO
crystals, then at a beam time where we were measuring
l-dependence of an incommensurate magnetic peak in
a LSCO crystal with applied field, and latest at a beam
time where we were measuring on YMnO3 |
| SANS-II | Small-angle neutron scattering instrument SINQ (PSI), Switzerland |
Used during a beam time as part of the neutron scattering
course at the University of Copenhagen, where we measured
on liposomes |
| TASP | Triple-axis spectrometer SINQ (PSI), Switzerland |
Used during the PSI summer school 2011, where we measured
on phonons in lead |
| TriCS | Single crystal neutron diffractometer SINQ (PSI), Switzerland |
Used during the PSI summer school 2011, where we measured
on a single crystal, and during a beam time in the summer of
2013, where we measured on a single crystal LSCO |
| I911-1 | Two-axis diffractometer MAX-lab, Sweden |
Used for several beam times during the X-ray scattering
course at the University of Copenhagen, for measuring
Compton-scattering, reflectometry, and scattering from
gasses |
| ORION | Two-axis diffractometer SINQ (PSI), Switzerland |
Used during several beam times for alignment of single
crystal samples |
| MORPHEUS | Two-axis diffractometer SINQ (PSI), Switzerland |
Used during several beam times for alignment of single
crystal samples |
| OrientExpress | Laue diffractometer ILL, France |
Used for measuring crystal quality of two
newly grown LSCO samples, as well as aligning
samples for other beam times at the ILL, including co-alignment of crystals |
| DMC | Powder diffractometer SINQ (PSI), Switzerland |
Used on a single crystal LCO+O, in order to map part of
reciprocal space for different temperatures |
| SXD | Time-of-flight Laue diffractometer ISIS (RAL), England |
Used on a single crystal LCO+O, in order to map a larger part of
reciprocal space for different temperatures, in order to do
crystal refinement |
| IN12 | Triple-axis spectrometer ILL, France |
Used to measure incommensurate AFM peaks in single crystal LCO+O |
| ID11 | Laue diffractometer ESRF, France |
Used on single crystals of LSCO+O, in order to map a larger part of
reciprocal space for different temperatures, in order to do
crystal refinement |
Books
| Note collection | Pia Jensen, Den lille blå - En grundlæggende matematisk
formelsamling til MatIntro på KU (Polyteknisk Forlag, 2012)
ISBN 978-87-70782-40-1 |
Improved version of the earlier note collection |
| Note collection | Pia Jensen, Formelsamling til MatIntro på Københavns
Universitet – grundlæggende matematik for
førsteårsstuderende på de naturvidenskabelige uddannelser
(Forlaget SB, 2008) ISBN 978-87-91433-62-7 |
Notes and equations collection for the first-year math course for the science bachelor students
at the University of Copenhagen |
| Other collections | Pia Jensen, Physics and mathematics note and equation collections |
I’ve made a large number of note collections for the
courses I’ve attended, and made them freely available
via
http://fys.bozack.dk/formelsamlinger/ |
Articles
| LCO stripes | A.-E. Tutueanu, H. Jacobsen, P. J. Ray, S. Holm-Dahlin, M.-E. Lacatusu, T. B. Tejsner, J.-C. Grivel, W. Schmidt, R. Toft-Petersen, P. Steffens, M. Boehm, B. Wells, L. Udby, K. Lefmann, & A. T. Rømer,
Nature of the magnetic stripes in fully oxygenated La(2)CuO(4+y),
Phys.Rev.B 103, 045138 (2021).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.045138 |
| LSCO staging | P. J. Ray, N. H. Andersen, T. B. S. Jensen, H. E. Mohottala, Ch. Niedermayer, K. Lefmann, B. O. Wells, M. v. Zimmermann, & L. Udby,
Staging superstructures in high-Tc Sr/O codoped La(2-x)Sr(x)CuO(4+y),
Phys.Rev.B 96, 174106 (2017).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.174106 |
| LSCO in field | A. T. Rømer, P. J. Ray, H. Jacobsen, L. Udby, B. M. Andersen, M. Bertelsen, S. L. Holm, N. B. Christensen, R. Toft-Petersen,
M. Skoulatos, M. Laver, A. Schneidewind, P. Link, M. Oda, M. Ido, N. Momono, & K. Lefmann,
Field-induced interplanar correlations in the high-temperature superconductor La(1.88)Sr(0.12)CuO(4),
Phys.Rev.B 91, 174507 (2015).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.174507 |
| e-learning project | Linda Udby, Pia Jensen, Jesper Bruun, Peter Willendrup,
Helmut Schober, Jürgen Neuhaus, Johan Sejr Brinch Nielsen, Jörg Pulz & Kim Lefmann,
E-learning neutron scattering,
Neutron News 24:1, 18-23 (2013).
DOI: 10.1080/10448632.2013.751795 |
Posters
| La2-xSrxCuO4+y superstructures | Complex superstructures in La2-xSrxCuO4+y Pia J. Ray, Matthias J. Gutmann, Matthias D. Frontzek & Linda Udby |
Presented at the Danscatt meeting 2017 and ICNS 2017
(view poster) |
| E-learning | The e-neutrons.org platform Pia J. Ray, Jesper Bruun, Peter K. Willendrup, Jakob Garde & Linda Udby |
Presented at the Danscatt meeting 2017
(view poster) |
| La2-xSrxCuO4+y staging | Staging superstructures in a co-doped superconductor Pia J. Ray, Niels H. Andersen, Thomas B. S. Jensen, Hashini E. Mohottala, Christof Niedermayer, Kim Lefmann, Barret O. Wells, Martin von Zimmermann & Linda Udby |
Presented at the Danscatt meeting 2016, at the meeting for the Swedish Neutron Scattering Society 2016, and at the meeting of the European Crystallographic Association 2016
(view poster) |
| E-learning | Blended teaching using the Virtual Neutrons for Teaching portal Pia Jensen, Linda Udby, Matthias Frontzek, Matthias J. Gutmann, Jean-Claude Grivel, Barret O. Wells & Kim Lefmann |
Presented at ICNS 2013
(view poster) |
| La2CuO4+y superstructures | Superstructures in a superoxygenated superconductor Pia Jensen, Linda Udby, Matthias Frontzek, Matthias J. Gutmann, Jean-Claude Grivel, Barret O. Wells & Kim Lefmann |
Presented at ICNS 2013
(view poster), this was an edited version of the two
posters below, made for a more specialized audience |
| La2CuO4+y superstructures | Superstructures in a superoxygenated superconductor Pia Jensen, Linda Udby, Matthias Frontzek, Matthias J. Gutmann, Jean-Claude Grivel, Barret O. Wells & Kim Lefmann |
Presented at Nordic Physics Days 2013
(view poster), this was an edited version of the
poster below, made for a broader audience |
| La2CuO4+y superstructures | Superstructures in superoxygenated La2CuO4+y Pia Jensen, Linda Udby, Matthias Frontzek, Matthias J. Gutmann, Jean-Claude Grivel, Barret O. Wells & Kim Lefmann |
Presented at Flipper Workshop 2013 and ADD2013
(view poster) |
| Spherically grooved moderators | Bachelor thesis and further work Pia Jensen, Mads Bertelsen & Kim Lefmann |
Presented at PSI 10th Summer School on Condensed Matter Research,
Kæmpefest for Faststoffysikere 2011, Bachelor Conference
2011 at the Niels Bohr Institute, the DanScatt 2012 meeting, and at the NBIA Workshop on ESS
Science in 2012
(view poster) |
| The interactive textbook | Progress of neutron scattering e-learning project Linda Udby, Pia Jensen, Jesper Bruun & Søren Kynde |
Presented at mid-term conference for project The Good Education 2011
(view poster) |
Computer skills
Entries in parentheses indicate that I am only a slightly expericenced user.
| Maths | MATLAB, MathCAD, Maple, (ROOT), (IDL) |
| Typography | LaTeX incl. beamer, Microsoft Office, Open Office/Libre Office |
| Programming and simulation tools | Fortran, (Python), (C/C++), Mantid, McStas, (FullProf), (TOPAS), (Jana2006), (RMCProfile), (DISCUS), (PDFgui), (CrysAlis), (SXD2001) |
| Web-development | HTML, CSS, PHP, Moodle, MediaWiki, MathJax, (SQL) |
| Graphics | Adobe Photoshop, PSTricks in LaTeX, GIMP, (Corel Draw), (InkScape) |
| Operating systems | Windows XP/Vista/7/10, Linux Slackware/Arch/Ubuntu/Debian, Android, (Mac OSX) |
Languages
| Danish | Fluently My primary language |
| English | Fluently I use it daily both spoken and written |
| German | Not fluently I learned in primary school, but haven’t used it much |
| Spanish | Only reading I learned in high school |
Other skills
| Driving | I have had a drivers license since 2007 |
| Teaching | I enjoy teaching in my field, and have arranged a teaching session for family members in order to teach them of my PhD project subject |
| Typography and layout | I am very devoted to making things look nice - be it reports, illustrations, or web pages - and I am the office go-to person for LaTeX questions |