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One of them found the world’s oldest breadcrumbs in the Middle East. The second was curious about why it often smelled like rotten eggs in permafrost drilling holes and made an important discovery. The third can say roughly what you will earn as a 40 year old if he knows your what your birth weight is.<\/p>\n

Tobias Richter is an archaeologist, Riikka Rinnan is a biologist, and Mads Meier J\u00e6ger is a sociologist. Their research does not have much in common, but all their work has generated important new insights at a young age.<\/p>\n

They also all work at the University of Copenhagen \u2013 and are prize winners.
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\nLast week, they each received an Elite Research award which is given to some of the best young researchers in Denmark. This year, more than half of the prize winners came from the University of Copenhagen, as Richter, Rinnan and J\u00e6ger were three out of a total of five researchers who received the honour.<\/p>\n

With the award comes a cool DKK 1.2 million, one million of which is to be spent on further research, while DKK 200,000 goes to the winner personally.<\/p>\n

The Minister for Higher Education and Science Ane Halsboe-J\u00f8rgensen awarded the prize together with Crown Princess Mary and justified her choice of the five researchers with this:<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe pay tribute to some of the most talented researchers in Denmark who help make a difference for Denmark. The five researchers have each had an idea, pursued it, and have put their idea into practice with excellent research. They are very different research projects and results that, in each way, help to start solving some of Denmark’s and the world’s major societal challenges. It is important. And of course this needs to be celebrated and recognised,\u00ab she said in a press release.
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\nYou may have heard about their discoveries without running into them at the University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

Tobias Richter has been on DR.dk about his findings with 14,400-year-old breadcrumbs<\/a>, Riikka Rinnan has written about the elusive gases released in thawing permafrost in the Danish weekly Weekendavisen<\/a> newspaper, and Mads Meier J\u00e6ger has been active in the debate over how to break social heritage.<\/a>
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\nIf you are wondering about how Tobias Richter found crumbs from an ancient piece of flatbread, what Riikka Rinnan actually discovered in the foul-smelling permafrost drilling holes, and how on earth Mads Meier Hunter can possibly predict your income based on your weight at birth, then you can read the small portraits of the researchers that the Ministry of Higher Education and Science has published. Here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You can also read about the two other winners. They are Sine Reker Hadrup and Anders M\u00f8ller and are from the Department of Health Technology at the Technical University of Denmark and the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University respectively.<\/p>\n

Translation: Mike Young<\/em>
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The second was curious about why it often smelled like rotten eggs in permafrost drilling holes and made an important discovery. The third can say roughly what you will earn as a 40 year old if he knows your what your birth weight is.<\/p>\n<p>Tobias Richter is an archaeologist, Riikka Rinnan is a biologist, and Mads Meier J\u00e6ger is a sociologist. Their research does not have much in common, but all their work has generated important new insights at a young age.<\/p>\n<p>They also all work at the University of Copenhagen \u2013 and are prize winners.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Headline","use_post_title":false,"headline":"Why am I reading about them now?","style":"heavy","highlighted_words":"Why","text_size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>Last week, they each received an Elite Research award which is given to some of the best young researchers in Denmark. This year, more than half of the prize winners came from the University of Copenhagen, as Richter, Rinnan and J\u00e6ger were three out of a total of five researchers who received the honour.<\/p>\n<p>With the award comes a cool DKK 1.2 million, one million of which is to be spent on further research, while DKK 200,000 goes to the winner personally.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister for Higher Education and Science Ane Halsboe-J\u00f8rgensen awarded the prize together with Crown Princess Mary and justified her choice of the five researchers with this:<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe pay tribute to some of the most talented researchers in Denmark who help make a difference for Denmark. The five researchers have each had an idea, pursued it, and have put their idea into practice with excellent research. They are very different research projects and results that, in each way, help to start solving some of Denmark’s and the world’s major societal challenges. It is important. And of course this needs to be celebrated and recognised,\u00ab she said in a press release.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Headline","use_post_title":false,"headline":"Now where is it I know these people from?","style":"heavy","highlighted_words":"where","text_size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>You may have heard about their discoveries without running into them at the University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>Tobias Richter has been on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dr.dk\/nyheder\/kultur\/historie\/arkaeolog-om-14000-aar-gammel-broedkrumme-det-ligner-noget-fra-bunden-af-min\">DR.dk about his findings with 14,400-year-old breadcrumbs<\/a>, Riikka Rinnan has written about the elusive gases released in thawing permafrost in the Danish weekly<a href=\"https:\/\/www.weekendavisen.dk\/2018-36\/ideer\/smalltalk-i-permafrosten\"> Weekendavisen<\/a> newspaper, and Mads Meier J\u00e6ger has been active in the debate over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.a4arbejdsliv.dk\/artikel\/forskere-samfundet-skal-blande-sig-i-familier-for-at-bryde-den-sociale-arv\">how to break social heritage.<\/a><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Headline","use_post_title":false,"headline":"So what do I do now?","style":"heavy","highlighted_words":"I","text_size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>If you are wondering about how Tobias Richter found crumbs from an ancient piece of flatbread, what Riikka Rinnan actually discovered in the foul-smelling permafrost drilling holes, and how on earth Mads Meier Hunter can possibly predict your income based on your weight at birth, then you can read the small portraits of the researchers that the Ministry of Higher Education and Science has published. <a href=\"https:\/\/ufm.dk\/forskning-og-innovation\/forskningsformidling\/eliteforsk\/prismodtagere\/prismodtagere-2020\/tobias-richter\">Here<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/ufm.dk\/forskning-og-innovation\/forskningsformidling\/eliteforsk\/prismodtagere\/prismodtagere-2020\/riikka-rinnan\"> here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ufm.dk\/forskning-og-innovation\/forskningsformidling\/eliteforsk\/prismodtagere\/prismodtagere-2020\/mads-meier-jaeger\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can also read about the two other winners. They are Sine Reker Hadrup and Anders M\u00f8ller and are from the Department of Health Technology at the Technical University of Denmark and the Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University respectively.<\/p>\n<p><em>Translation: Mike Young<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"Dansk","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Receive a weekly newsletter in your inbox","button_text":"Tilmeld nu","class":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"OtherStories","headline":"","hand_picked_posts":false,"references":false,"category":false,"theme":false,"number_of_posts":"4","style":"default"}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":46,"name":"Science","slug":"science","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":46,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":832,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":425,"name":"elite researcher","slug":"elite-researcher","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":425,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":5,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":3162,"name":"Mads Meier J\u00e6ger","slug":"mads-meier-jaeger-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3162,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":3163,"name":"Riikka Rinnan","slug":"riikka-rinnan-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3163,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":3164,"name":"Tobias Richter","slug":"tobias-richter-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3164,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"}],"post_format":[],"expression":[{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11493,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/anemary-1280x853.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101588"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101942,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101588\/revisions\/101942"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}