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The last time we wrote about Professor Eske Willerslev, he was breaking the news that he was leaving the University of Copenhagen.<\/a> He is moving to the University of Cambridge<\/p>\n

Cue to 5 September: Eske Willerslev is presented with the Carlsberg Foundation Research Prize by Crown Princess Mary at an event in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The prize is worth DKK 1 million, of which Eske Willerslev can keep DKK 250,000, with the remaining DKK 750,000 to be spent on research.<\/p>\n

Eske Willerslev has been employed since 2006 as a professor at the University of Copenhagen, where he is currently professor at the Globe Institute at Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.
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\nEske Willerslev made headlines by recreating the genome of ancient peoples throughout the globe. Twenty years ago he showed how it was possible to extract prehistoric DNA from fossils and sediment samples, and this had a wide impact in the international scientific community.<\/p>\n

The Carlsberg Foundation justifies its choice of winner with Willerslev\u2019s years of groundbreaking research into plants, animals, microorganisms and people of the past, as well as their evolution and interaction in time and place.<\/p>\n

According to the Carlsberg Foundation, Eske Willerslevs’ work is so remarkable that he has not only transformed his own field of research, which is within prehistoric genetics and evolutionary biology, but science as a whole.
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\nYou may have come across Eske Willerslev in the media, where he has been a popular science communicator.<\/p>\n

His wide appeal has included solving ordinary people’s daily life dilemmas in the popular Danish \u2018Sara & Monopolet\u2019 radio show and podcast.<\/p>\n

He is used to getting prizes, especially communication awards. In January 2021, he received the Olav Thon Foundation<\/a>‘s DKK 5 million award. Other awards have included the Rosenkj\u00e6r Prize in 2012<\/a>, the Danish Science Journalists’ honorary prize in 2009<\/a>, and the H. C. \u00d8rsted Prize in 2016.<\/p>\n

Eske Willerslev has held numerous board positions and various administrative positions.
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\nIf you read newspapers, you may have come across Eske Willerslev\u2019s entertaining methods of communicating research.<\/p>\n

He is good at attracting research funding. And the artist Kristian von Hornsleth even erected a 2.5-metre-high bronze sculpture of the researcher to inspire future generations at the Rungsted Gymnasium secondary school.<\/p>\n

The Carlsberg Foundation Research prize was awarded to two recipients. The other recipient was Professor Dorthe Berntsen, Aarhus University, for her research<\/a> into the human ability to remember experiences in their personal history, and to imagine possible events in their personal future.<\/em>
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the 5 September award ceremony: From the left: Chairman of the Carlsberg Foundation, Flemming Besenbacher, Minister of Higher Education and Science Jesper Petersen, prize winner Dorthe Berntsen, HRH Crown Princess Mary, award winner Eske Willerslev and President of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters Marie Louise Nosch."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Standfirst","subject":"Names","text":"This is a story about what will follow","use_post_excerpt":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"Byline","is_author":true,"contributors":[{"use_registered_user":true,"user":{"ID":8,"user_firstname":"Anders","user_lastname":"Fjeldberg","nickname":"anders","user_nicename":"anders","display_name":"Anders Fjeldberg","user_email":"anders.fjeldberg@uniavisen.dk","user_url":"","user_registered":"2016-12-14 12:33:29","user_description":"","user_avatar":"<img alt='' src='https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbd29cb1d1ebf4635c343a9e2606601d58f406394ebf2f41b2d976b72071e42f?s=96&d=identicon&r=g' 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href=\"https:\/\/www.carlsbergfondet.dk\/da\/Nyheder\/Nyt-fra-fondet\/Nyheder\/Dorthe-Berntsen-og-Eske-Willerslev-modtager-Carlsbergfondets-Forskningspriser-2021\">n event in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The prize is worth DKK 1 million, of which Eske Willerslev can keep DKK 250,000, with the remaining DKK 750,000 to be spent on research.<\/p>\n<p>Eske Willerslev has been employed since 2006 as a professor at the University of Copenhagen, where he is currently professor at the Globe Institute at Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Headline","use_post_title":false,"headline":"Why am I reading about him now?","style":"heavy","highlighted_words":"Why","text_size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>Eske Willerslev made headlines by recreating the genome of ancient peoples throughout the globe. Twenty years ago he showed how it was possible to extract prehistoric DNA from fossils and sediment samples, and this had a wide impact in the international scientific community.<\/p>\n<p>The Carlsberg Foundation justifies its choice of winner with Willerslev\u2019s years of groundbreaking research into plants, animals, microorganisms and people of the past, as well as their evolution and interaction in time and place.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Carlsberg Foundation, Eske Willerslevs’ work is so remarkable that he has not only transformed his own field of research, which is within prehistoric genetics and evolutionary biology, but science as a whole.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Headline","use_post_title":false,"headline":"Where have I heard about this person before?","style":"heavy","highlighted_words":"Where","text_size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>You may have come across Eske Willerslev in the media, where he has been a popular science communicator.<\/p>\n<p>His wide appeal has included solving ordinary people’s daily life dilemmas in the popular Danish \u2018Sara & Monopolet\u2019 radio show and podcast.<\/p>\n<p>He is used to getting prizes, especially communication awards. In January 2021, he received the <a href=\"https:\/\/sund.ku.dk\/nyheder\/2021\/01\/eske-willerslev-faar-international-forskningspris-frihed-skaber-den-bedste-videnskab\/\">Olav Thon Foundation<\/a>‘s DKK 5 million award. Other awards have included the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.ku.dk\/presse\/nyhedsarkiv\/2012\/eske-rosenkjaer-prisen-2012\/\">Rosenkj\u00e6r Prize in 2012<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/snm.ku.dk\/snmnyheder\/alle_nyheder\/2009\/2009.6\/290802014\/\">Danish Science Journalists’ honorary prize in 2009<\/a>, and the H. C. \u00d8rsted Prize in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Eske Willerslev has held numerous board positions and various administrative positions.<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Headline","use_post_title":false,"headline":"Where can I read more?","style":"heavy","highlighted_words":"Where","text_size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>If you read newspapers, you may have come across Eske Willerslev\u2019s entertaining methods of communicating research.<\/p>\n<p>He is good at attracting research funding. And the artist Kristian von Hornsleth even erected a 2.5-metre-high bronze sculpture of the researcher to inspire future generations at the Rungsted Gymnasium secondary school.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Carlsberg Foundation Research prize was awarded to two recipients. The other recipient was Professor Dorthe Berntsen, Aarhus University, for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carlsbergfondet.dk\/da\/Nyheder\/Nyt-fra-fondet\/Nyheder\/Dorthe-Berntsen-og-Eske-Willerslev-modtager-Carlsbergfondets-Forskningspriser-2021\">her research<\/a> into the human ability to remember experiences in their personal history, and to imagine possible events in their personal future.<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"ArticleEnd"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Newsletter","lang_select":"en","identifier":"Newsletter","headline":"Get a weekly email with our top stories","button_text":"Sign up here","class":""}]},"taxonomyData":{"category":[{"term_id":3160,"name":"People","slug":"people","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":3160,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":58,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[{"term_id":4943,"name":"Awards","slug":"awards","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":4943,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2252,"name":"Carlsbergfondet","slug":"carlsbergfondet-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2252,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":2635,"name":"Eske Willerslev","slug":"eske-willerslev-en","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":2635,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":8,"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":11488,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/forskningsprisen2021_facebook.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124439","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124439"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124488,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124439\/revisions\/124488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}