{"id":63053,"date":"2018-02-02T10:08:36","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T09:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/thomas-bjoernholm-forlader-ku-efter-32-aar\/"},"modified":"2018-02-02T10:11:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T09:11:59","slug":"thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm leaves the University of Copenhagen after 32 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm, Prorector for Research and Innovation at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), takes over the position as research director for the Villum Fonden<\/secret> on 1st March. At the same time he leaves UCPH. He will still, nevertheless, continue doing what he sees as his life\u2019s vocation, he says to the University Post:<\/p>\n

“My heart beats for excellent research and education: During my career, I have first set up an excellent research group at the University of Copenhagen when I made associate professor in 1992. Then I have set up an excellent research centre, the UCPH Nano-Science Center<\/a> in 2001, and finally I helped to ensure that the entire research of the University of Copenhagen was excellent.”<\/p>\n

UCPH through 1979-2018<\/h3>\n

Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm’s prorector contract with UCPH expires on September this year, after almost eight years. He counts himself lucky to have the chance to become research director at the Villum Fonden, where he will head the foundation’s annual allocations of DKK 500 million to technical and scientific research.<\/p>\n

\n

Who\u2019s who: THOMAS BJ\u00d8RNHOLM<\/p>\n

1990: PhD in materials chemistry<\/strong> from the University of Copenhagen (UCPH)<\/p>\n

1992: Associate professor<\/strong> at the Department of Chemistry, UCPH<\/p>\n

2000: Research professor<\/strong> in materials chemistry, UCPH<\/p>\n

2001: Director of the Nano-Science Center<\/strong>, UCPH<\/p>\n

2005: Professor of Materials Chemistry, UCPH<\/p>\n

2010: Prorector, UCPH<\/p>\n

2018: Research director, Villum Fonden<\/p>\n

Winner of several research awards<\/strong>, including the Ole R\u00f8mer Foundation Prize, Ellen & Niels Bjerrum Prize and Gold Medal and the Director Ib Henriksen Research Prize.<\/p>\n

See Bj\u00f8rnholm\u2019s CV here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“It\u2019s fantastic that I can now do something for excellent research and research grants throughout Denmark at the Villum Fonden. I see it as a new chapter for the same story,” says Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm, who apart from being prorector at the University of Copenhagen since 2010, has been an associate professor since the 90’s, and a center director and professor since the 00’s.<\/p>\n

“It as if I became who I am at the University of Copenhagen, but research, in its own right, is my main concern \u2013 no matter where this takes place,” he says about his many years at university.<\/p>\n

Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm has been on the UCPH payroll for 32 years, only interrupted by a few sojourns abroad since he became a MSc at UCPH in 1986. He started studying chemistry and physics at UCPH right back in 1979.<\/p>\n

Tenure track scheme the most important innovation<\/h3>\n

What would you like to be remembered for as Prorector at the University of Copenhagen?<\/em><\/p>\n

“I love the fact that the research is really in good shape and that the ambition of our research has spread out so that today, for example, all faculties can get ERC grants<\/secret>. As a prorector, I have also quietly, let innovation become part of the DNA of UCPH,” says Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm.<\/p>\n

As for more specific initiatives, Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm points to the set-up of the tenure track scheme <\/secret> as the most important innovation.<\/p>\n

“I believe that we at UCPH should focus on assistant professors, associate professors and professors, and this is also highlighted in the new university strategy, because it is they who stand for the university’s identity in research and education and it is they who raise the money for research. In this regard, the tenure track scheme is an important instrument,” says Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm.<\/p>\n

UCPH has previously been criticized for the fact that, despite the tenure track system, the university has had a significant increase<\/a> in the number of temporary positions. This criticism Bj\u00f8rnholm responded to back in 2015, saying that the university is close to having “the staff composition of other international top universities<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Finally, Bj\u00f8rnholm mentions that a Chinese gene-sequencing institute has come to UCPH; that Microsoft entered into a major contract with UCPH, that student entrepreneurship has been put on the agenda, and that UCPH has been working with DTU, CBS and the Capital Region of Denmark on the Greater Copenhagen collaboration.<\/p>\n

Excellent research can be seen in publication rates<\/h3>\n

What is it that you mean specifically when you say excellent research?<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00bbIf you look at the university rankings<\/a> which UCPH is being measured on, and how much UCPH researchers publish in the best 10 per cent of scientific journals in the world<\/a>, we are among the 30 or 40 of the best<\/a> and we have improved this from being among the 50-60 best,” says Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm and continues:<\/p>\n

“This 20-spot improvement, that is consistent across several of the rankings which the university is a part of, is an exceptional improvement, because you must remember that all the other universities also strive to improve their placing\u00ab<\/p>\n

Rankings and the publishing of articles in leading journals are not the only derivative effect of excellent research at the University of Copenhagen, according to Bj\u00f8rnholm. The same can be said of the university’s ability to compete for external funding.<\/p>\n

“In the competition for getting\u00a0 EU funding<\/secret> , UCPH is placed as number five among all the universities in Europe, surpassed only by four very well-known English universities, and I consider that a fantastic result,” says Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm.<\/p>\n

A farewell reception will be held for Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm at the UCPH Ceremonial Hall on Frue Plads on Monday, 26th February at 14:30.<\/em>
\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

University of Copenhagen\u2019s prorector Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm is to leave his workplace of 32 years. From now on he will lead the work in allocating the Villum Fonden\u2019s research grants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":62840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","category-science","expression-news_article"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nThomas Bj\u00f8rnholm leaves the University of Copenhagen after 32 years<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prorector Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm to leave UCPH. From now on he will lead the work in allocating the Villum Fonden\u2019s research grants\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm leaves the University of Copenhagen after 32 years\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Prorector Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm to leave UCPH. From now on he will lead the work in allocating the Villum Fonden\u2019s research grants\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uniavis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-02-02T09:08:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-02-02T09:11:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1336\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1252\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anders Fjeldberg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Uniavisen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Uniavisen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anders Fjeldberg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anders Fjeldberg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e92ba15746694abe6835e7ad00240ca7\"},\"headline\":\"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm leaves the University of Copenhagen after 32 years\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-02T09:08:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-02T09:11:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":934,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Campus\",\"Science\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\\\/\",\"name\":\"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm leaves the University of Copenhagen after 32 years\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-02-02T09:08:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-02T09:11:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e92ba15746694abe6835e7ad00240ca7\"},\"description\":\"Prorector Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm to leave UCPH. From now on he will lead the work in allocating the Villum Fonden\u2019s research grants\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/01\\\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg\",\"width\":1336,\"height\":1252,\"caption\":\"Prorektor ved KU Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm her fotograferet i KU's festsal. Han begyndte at studere fysik og kemi p\u00e5 KU allerede i 1979.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm leaves the University of Copenhagen after 32 years\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/\",\"name\":\"University Post\",\"description\":\"Independent of management\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e92ba15746694abe6835e7ad00240ca7\",\"name\":\"Anders Fjeldberg\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dbd29cb1d1ebf4635c343a9e2606601d58f406394ebf2f41b2d976b72071e42f?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dbd29cb1d1ebf4635c343a9e2606601d58f406394ebf2f41b2d976b72071e42f?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/dbd29cb1d1ebf4635c343a9e2606601d58f406394ebf2f41b2d976b72071e42f?s=96&d=identicon&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Anders Fjeldberg\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uniavisen.dk\\\/en\\\/author\\\/anders\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm leaves the University of Copenhagen after 32 years","description":"Prorector Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm to leave UCPH. From now on he will lead the work in allocating the Villum Fonden\u2019s research grants","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm leaves the University of Copenhagen after 32 years","og_description":"Prorector Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm to leave UCPH. From now on he will lead the work in allocating the Villum Fonden\u2019s research grants","og_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/","og_site_name":"University Post","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uniavis","article_published_time":"2018-02-02T09:08:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-02-02T09:11:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1336,"height":1252,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Anders Fjeldberg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Uniavisen","twitter_site":"@Uniavisen","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Anders Fjeldberg","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/"},"author":{"name":"Anders Fjeldberg","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/#\/schema\/person\/e92ba15746694abe6835e7ad00240ca7"},"headline":"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm leaves the University of Copenhagen after 32 years","datePublished":"2018-02-02T09:08:36+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-02T09:11:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/"},"wordCount":934,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg","articleSection":["Campus","Science"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/","url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/","name":"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm leaves the University of Copenhagen after 32 years","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg","datePublished":"2018-02-02T09:08:36+00:00","dateModified":"2018-02-02T09:11:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/#\/schema\/person\/e92ba15746694abe6835e7ad00240ca7"},"description":"Prorector Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm to leave UCPH. From now on he will lead the work in allocating the Villum Fonden\u2019s research grants","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg","width":1336,"height":1252,"caption":"Prorektor ved KU Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm her fotograferet i KU's festsal. Han begyndte at studere fysik og kemi p\u00e5 KU allerede i 1979."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjornholm-leaves-the-university-of-copenhagen-after-32-years\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm leaves the University of Copenhagen after 32 years"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/","name":"University Post","description":"Independent of management","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/#\/schema\/person\/e92ba15746694abe6835e7ad00240ca7","name":"Anders Fjeldberg","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbd29cb1d1ebf4635c343a9e2606601d58f406394ebf2f41b2d976b72071e42f?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbd29cb1d1ebf4635c343a9e2606601d58f406394ebf2f41b2d976b72071e42f?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/dbd29cb1d1ebf4635c343a9e2606601d58f406394ebf2f41b2d976b72071e42f?s=96&d=identicon&r=g","caption":"Anders Fjeldberg"},"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/author\/anders\/"}]}},"advancedCustomFields":{"expression":{"term_id":15,"name":"News Article","slug":"news_article","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"expression","description":"","parent":0,"count":11489,"filter":"raw"},"enable_comments":true,"align_content":"alignleft","feature_color":"","layout_group":[{"acf_fc_layout":"Headline","use_post_title":true,"headline":"","style":"default","highlighted_words":"","text_size":"small"},{"acf_fc_layout":"Image","image":{"ID":62840,"id":62840,"title":"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm forlader KU efter 32 \u00e5r","filename":"thomasbjoernholm.jpg","filesize":98544,"url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/thomas-bjoernholm-forlader-ku-efter-32-aar\/thomas-bjoernholm-2\/","alt":"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm i KU's festsal","author":"8","description":"Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm i KU's festsal","caption":"Prorektor ved KU Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm her fotograferet i KU's festsal. Han begyndte at studere fysik og kemi p\u00e5 KU allerede i 1979.","name":"thomas-bjoernholm-2","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":62835,"date":"2018-01-31 10:06:36","modified":"2018-01-31 12:40:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1336,"height":1252,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm-480x450.jpg","medium-width":480,"medium-height":450,"medium_large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm-768x720.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":720,"large":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm-1280x1200.jpg","large-width":1280,"large-height":1200,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg","1536x1536-width":1336,"1536x1536-height":1252,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm.jpg","2048x2048-width":1336,"2048x2048-height":1252,"featured-soft":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm-290x272.jpg","featured-soft-width":290,"featured-soft-height":272,"featured-hard":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm-290x180.jpg","featured-hard-width":290,"featured-hard-height":180,"narrow":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm-700x656.jpg","narrow-width":700,"narrow-height":656,"extended":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm-990x928.jpg","extended-width":990,"extended-height":928}},"style":"narrow","text_placement":"metadata-below","image_link_url":"","image_link_title":"","caption_prefix":"","enable_alternative_caption":true,"alternative_caption":"Prorector at UCPH Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm photographed here at the UCPH Ceremonial Hall. He started his studies of physics and chemistry at the University of Copenhagen in 1979."},{"acf_fc_layout":"Standfirst","subject":"Became himself at UCPH","text":"K\u00f8benhavns Universitets prorektor Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm forlader sin arbejdsplads igennem 32 \u00e5r. Fremover skal han lede arbejdet med at uddele Villum Fondens forsker-bevillinger.","use_post_excerpt":true},{"acf_fc_layout":"Byline","is_author":true,"contributors":false},{"acf_fc_layout":"Content","content":"<p>Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm, Prorector for Research and Innovation at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), takes over the position as research director for the <secret text=\"Set up in 1971, it grants funding to projects with scientific, cultural, artistic or social purposes.\">Villum Fonden<\/secret> on 1st March. At the same time he leaves UCPH. He will still, nevertheless, continue doing what he sees as his life\u2019s vocation, he says to the University Post:<\/p>\n<p>“My heart beats for excellent research and education: During my career, I have first set up an excellent research group at the University of Copenhagen when I made associate professor in 1992. Then I have set up an excellent research centre, the UCPH <a href=\"http:\/\/nano.ku.dk\/om\/\">Nano-Science Center<\/a> in 2001, and finally I helped to ensure that the entire research of the University of Copenhagen was excellent.”<\/p>\n<h3>UCPH through 1979-2018<\/h3>\n<p>Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm’s prorector contract with UCPH expires on September this year, after almost eight years. He counts himself lucky to have the chance to become research director at the Villum Fonden, where he will head the foundation’s annual allocations of DKK 500 million to technical and scientific research.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\">\n<p class=\"factbox-header feature-color\">Who\u2019s who: THOMAS BJ\u00d8RNHOLM<\/p>\n<p>1990: PhD in<strong> materials chemistry<\/strong> from the University of Copenhagen (UCPH)<\/p>\n<p>1992: <strong>Associate professor<\/strong> at the Department of Chemistry, UCPH<\/p>\n<p>2000: <strong>Research professor<\/strong> in materials chemistry, UCPH<\/p>\n<p>2001: Director of the<strong> Nano-Science Center<\/strong>, UCPH<\/p>\n<p>2005: Professor of Materials Chemistry, UCPH<\/p>\n<p>2010: Prorector, UCPH<\/p>\n<p>2018: Research director, Villum Fonden<\/p>\n<p><strong>Winner of several research awards<\/strong>, including the Ole R\u00f8mer Foundation Prize, Ellen & Niels Bjerrum Prize and Gold Medal and the Director Ib Henriksen Research Prize.<\/p>\n<p>See <a href=\"http:\/\/velkommen.ku.dk\/ledelse-strategi\/prorektor-forsk\/\">Bj\u00f8rnholm\u2019s CV here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>“It\u2019s fantastic that I can now do something for excellent research and research grants throughout Denmark at the Villum Fonden. I see it as a new chapter for the same story,” says Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm, who apart from being prorector at the University of Copenhagen since 2010, has been an associate professor since the 90’s, and a center director and professor since the 00’s.<\/p>\n<p>“It as if I became who I am at the University of Copenhagen, but research, in its own right, is my main concern \u2013 no matter where this takes place,” he says about his many years at university.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm has been on the UCPH payroll for 32 years, only interrupted by a few sojourns abroad since he became a MSc at UCPH in 1986. He started studying chemistry and physics at UCPH right back in 1979.<\/p>\n<h3>Tenure track scheme the most important innovation<\/h3>\n<p><em>What would you like to be remembered for as Prorector at the University of Copenhagen?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>“I love the fact that the research is really in good shape and that the ambition of our research has spread out so that today, for example, all faculties can get <secret text=\"European Research Council grants\">ERC grants<\/secret>. As a prorector, I have also quietly, let innovation become part of the DNA of UCPH,” says Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm.<\/p>\n<p>As for more specific initiatives, Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm points to the set-up of the <secret text=\"to attract the most talented and qualified young researchers and teachers, by giving them hiring preference after a period as assistant professor\">tenure track scheme <\/secret> as the most important innovation.<\/p>\n<p>“I believe that we at UCPH should focus on assistant professors, associate professors and professors, and this is also highlighted in the new university strategy, because it is they who stand for the university’s identity in research and education and it is they who raise the money for research. In this regard, the tenure track scheme is an important instrument,” says Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm.<\/p>\n<p>UCPH has previously been criticized for the fact that, despite the tenure track system, the university has had a<a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/kaempe-skred-loestansatte-nu-i-flertal\/\"> significant increase<\/a> in the number of temporary positions. This criticism Bj\u00f8rnholm responded to back in 2015, saying that the university is close to having “the <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/prorektor-vi-ligner-andre-topuniversiteter\/\">staff composition of other international top universities<\/a>“.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Bj\u00f8rnholm mentions that a Chinese gene-sequencing institute has come to UCPH; that Microsoft entered into a major contract with UCPH, that student entrepreneurship has been put on the agenda, and that UCPH has been working with DTU, CBS and the Capital Region of Denmark on the Greater Copenhagen collaboration.<\/p>\n<h3>Excellent research can be seen in publication rates<\/h3>\n<p><em>What is it that you mean specifically when you say excellent research?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIf you look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/ku-tilbage-blandt-verdens-100-mest-prestigefyldte-universiteter\/\">university rankings<\/a> which UCPH is being measured on, and how much UCPH <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/nordisk-rekord-ku-publicerer-mest-prestigefyldte-tidskrifter\/\">researchers publish in the best 10 per cent of scientific journals in the world<\/a>, we are among <a href=\"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/koebenhavns-universitet-stadig-verdens-30-bedste\/\">the 30 or 40 of the best<\/a> and we have improved this from being among the 50-60 best,” says Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm and continues:<\/p>\n<p>“This 20-spot improvement, that is consistent across several of the rankings which the university is a part of, is an exceptional improvement, because you must remember that all the other universities also strive to improve their placing\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Rankings and the publishing of articles in leading journals are not the only derivative effect of excellent research at the University of Copenhagen, according to Bj\u00f8rnholm. The same can be said of the university’s ability to compete for external funding.<\/p>\n<p>“In the competition for getting\u00a0 <secret text=\"EU Horizon 2020 funding.\">EU funding<\/secret> , UCPH is placed as number five among all the universities in Europe, surpassed only by four very well-known English universities, and I consider that a fantastic result,” says Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm.<\/p>\n<p><em>A farewell reception will be held for Thomas Bj\u00f8rnholm at the UCPH Ceremonial Hall on Frue Plads on Monday, 26th February at 14:30.<\/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":44,"name":"Campus","slug":"campus","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":44,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":1547,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":46,"name":"Science","slug":"science","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":46,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":831,"filter":"raw"}],"post_tag":[],"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":11489,"filter":"raw"}],"translation_priority":[]},"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/thomasbjoernholm-1280x1200.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63053","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=63053"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63063,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63053\/revisions\/63063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}