
Søren Ulstrup
Associate Professor
Address
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Aarhus University (AU)
Ny Munkegade 120, 8000 Aarhus C
Denmark
ulstrup_at_phys.au.dk
Academic positions and training
2024 – Present: In Professor Promotion Programme, AU
2022 – Present: Associate Professor, AU
2017 – 2022: Assistant Professor, AU
2015 – 2017: Postdoc, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, USA
2014-2015: Postdoc, AU
2014: Ph.D. in Physics, AU
2011: M.Sc. in Engineering (Physics and Nanotechnology), Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark
2009: B.Sc. in Engineering (Nanotechnology), Aalborg University, Denmark
Funding and awards
2025 – 2026: Innoexplorer Grant, Innovation Fund Denmark
2025: Research Infrastructure Grant, Carlsberg Foundation
2024 – 2029: ERC Consolidator grant from the European Research Council
2023 – 2026: Project Grant in the Natural and Technical Sciences from the Novo Nordisk Foundation
2022 – 2024: Host for Marie-Curie Action (MSCA) Postdoctoral fellowship from the European Research Council
2020 – 2024: Sapere Aude Starting Grant (DFF-Forskningsleder) from Independent Research Fund Denmark
2019 – 2024: Member of The Young Academy of Science (The Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters)
2019: Gerhard Ertl Young Investigator Award from the German Physical Society
2017 – 2022: Villum Young Investigator Grant from VILLUM FONDEN
2015 – 2017: Individual Postdoc Grant and Sapere Aude Research Talent Award from the Danish Council for Independent Research, Natural Sciences.
2015: Academy Ph.D. Award from the Danish Natural Sciences Academy
2015: Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Aarhus University Research Foundation