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Ongoing projects
Ongoing projects
NewGLASS: New Horizons in Glass Structure Prediction and Mechanics
NewGLASS: New Horizons in Glass Structure Prediction and Mechanics
In this project, we aim to first identify structural descriptors at the short- and medium-range length scales and then use these to design novel glasses with tailored deformation mechanisms and microstructures to achieve superior fracture resistance.
Time period: 2022-2027
Funding: European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant (1,997,000 EUR)
Flexible Screen Protectors
Flexible Screen Protectors
In collaboration with PanzerGlass, we will attempt to develop a new class of strong, flexible, and transparent screen protectors for non-flat mobile devices.
Time period: 2023-2026
Funding: Industrial PhD, Innovation Fund Denmark (1,072,000 DKK)
Inverse Design of Materials Using Diffusion Probabilistic Models
Inverse Design of Materials Using Diffusion Probabilistic Models
In collaboration with Prof. Jilin Hu, we attempt to develop diffusion probabilistic models to first learn the connection between chemistry/structure and material properties and then allow an inverse design of novel glass-ceramic materials.
Time period: 2024-2026
Funding: Villum Synergy, VILLUM Foundation (2,998,000 DKK)
Designing Metal-Organic Framework Glasses for Solid-State Batteries
Designing Metal-Organic Framework Glasses for Solid-State Batteries
In this project, we aim to develop metal-organic framework glass electrolytes for solid-state batteries through a combination of simulations and experiments.
Time period: 2025-2029
Funding: Independent Research Fund Denmark | Thematic Research (3,159,000 DKK)
GRACE – Glass for Reliable and Circular Power Electronics
GRACE – Glass for Reliable and Circular Power Electronics
In this collaborative project with Ariya Sangwongwanich, Hongbo Zhao and Rocio Rodriguez Cano, we attempt to develop glass materials for reliable and circular power electronics.
Time period: 2026-2029
Funding: Exploratory Interdisciplinary Synergy, Novo Nordisk Foundation (our share: 2,741,000 DKK)
Sustainable Glass-Ceramic Electrolytes for Solid-State Batteries
Sustainable Glass-Ceramic Electrolytes for Solid-State Batteries
In this project, we will explore sodium based glass‑ceramic electrolytes for solid‑state batteries using a combination of simulations and experiments.
Time period: 2026-2030
Funding: Project Grant, Novo Nordisk Foundation (3,595,000 DKK)
SmartGLASS: Functionalized Glass Membranes for Resource Recovery from Waste Streams
SmartGLASS: Functionalized Glass Membranes for Resource Recovery from Waste Streams
This proof-of-concept project attempts to commercialize a functionalized metal-organic framework glass membrane for selective magnesium recovery directly from desalination brine, with the aim to turn a waste stream into a source of critical raw materials.
Time period: 2026-2028
Funding: European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grant (150,000 EUR)
Previous projects
Previous projects
MultiBat: Multiscale Modeling of Glassy Electrolytes for Solid-State Batteries
MultiBat: Multiscale Modeling of Glassy Electrolytes for Solid-State Batteries
Time period: 2025-2026
Funding: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, Horizon Europe (231,000 EUR)
Liquid magic: Self-healing glasses from porous liquids
Liquid magic: Self-healing glasses from porous liquids
Time period: 2024-2026
Funding: Villum Experiment, VILLUM Foundation (1,934,000 DKK)
Deciphering Nanoporosity of Amorphous Materials using Topological Data Analysis
Deciphering Nanoporosity of Amorphous Materials using Topological Data Analysis
Time period: 2021-2026
Funding: Independent Research Fund Denmark | Natural Sciences (6,128,000 DKK)
Overcoming the Brittleness of Oxide Glasses by Surface Aging
Overcoming the Brittleness of Oxide Glasses by Surface Aging
Time period: 2020-2026
Funding: Independent Research Fund Denmark | Technology and Production Sciences (2,878,000 DKK)
European Spallation Source Lighthouse: Hard Materials in 3D (SOLID)
European Spallation Source Lighthouse: Hard Materials in 3D (SOLID)
Time period: 2020-2026
Funding: Danish Agency for Science and Higher Education (our share: 2,120,000 DKK)
Computational Design of Disordered Electrode Materials for Batteries
Computational Design of Disordered Electrode Materials for Batteries
Time period: 2022-2025
Funding: Danish Data Science Academy, PhD Fellowship (1,890,000 DKK)
DrugMOF: Disordered Metal-Organic Frameworks for Drug Delivery
DrugMOF: Disordered Metal-Organic Frameworks for Drug Delivery
Time period: 2023-2025
Funding: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, Horizon Europe (231,000 EUR)
Preventing Micro-Cracks in Amorphous Solid-State Electrolytes for Batteries
Preventing Micro-Cracks in Amorphous Solid-State Electrolytes for Batteries
Time period: 2022-2025
Funding: Independent Research Fund Denmark | Thematic Research (2,874,000 DKK)
RELAX: Revealing the Hidden Mechanism of Room Temperature Relaxation in Glasses
RELAX: Revealing the Hidden Mechanism of Room Temperature Relaxation in Glasses
Time period: 2023-2024
Funding: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, Horizon Europe (231,000 EUR)
TOUGH: Toward Tough Amorphous Electrolytes and Stable Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries
TOUGH: Toward Tough Amorphous Electrolytes and Stable Interfaces in Solid-State Batteries
Time period: 2022-2024
Funding: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, EU Horizon 2020 (219,000 EUR)
ToughMOF: Tailoring Metal-Organic Framework Glasses with Higher Fracture Toughness
ToughMOF: Tailoring Metal-Organic Framework Glasses with Higher Fracture Toughness
Time period: 2021-2023
Funding: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, EU Horizon 2020 (207,000 EUR)
GLASSphase: Toward Tough Glasses with Controlled Nanoscale Heterogeneities
GLASSphase: Toward Tough Glasses with Controlled Nanoscale Heterogeneities
Time period: 2020-2022
Funding: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship, EU Horizon 2020 (207,000 EUR)
Tailoring the Structure of Disordered Solids using Statistical Mechanics
Tailoring the Structure of Disordered Solids using Statistical Mechanics
Time period: 2017-2021
Funding: Independent Research Fund Denmark | Technology and Production Sciences (2,577,000 DKK)
Self-Healing Cover Glass for Mobile Devices
Self-Healing Cover Glass for Mobile Devices
Time period: 2020-2021
Funding: InnoExplorer, Innovation Fund Denmark (1,489,000 DKK)
Glass Mechanical Properties: Structural Origins and Engineering
Glass Mechanical Properties: Structural Origins and Engineering
Time period: 2016-2021
Funding: VILLUM Fonden Research Project (10,034,000 DKK)
DFF-Danish ERC-Programme: Towards the Design of Ductile Oxide Glasses from the Bottom-Up
DFF-Danish ERC-Programme: Towards the Design of Ductile Oxide Glasses from the Bottom-Up
Time period: 2018-2020
Funding: Independent Research Fund Denmark | Technology and Production Sciences (907,000 DKK)
Fundamentals of Glass Relaxation
Fundamentals of Glass Relaxation
Time period: 2015-2018
Funding: Corning Incorporated
Atomistic Design of Chemically Durable Glasses
Atomistic Design of Chemically Durable Glasses
Time period: 2015-2018
Funding: VILLUM Fonden Postdoctoral Programme (1,168,000 DKK)
Topological and Chemical Principles for Designing Novel Oxynitride Glasses
Topological and Chemical Principles for Designing Novel Oxynitride Glasses
Time period: 2014-2017
Funding: Lundbeck Foundation (1,300,000 DKK)
Topological Basis of Compressed Inorganic Glass Properties
Topological Basis of Compressed Inorganic Glass Properties
Time period: 2013-2017
Funding: DFF-Starting Grant, Danish Council for Independent Research (7,046,000 DKK)
Equipment funding
Equipment funding
Finding Order in Disorder by Laboratory X-Ray Total Scattering Experiments
Hard X-ray diffractometer
Time of purchase: 2024
Funding: Carlsberg Foundation (2,303,000 DKK)
Precision cutting machine for optimizing the mechanical properties of glass
Secotom-60 (Struers)
Time of purchase: 2022
Funding: Myhrwolds Fond (100,000 DKK)
Equipment for characterization of micro-mechanical properties of glass
Equipment for characterization of micro-mechanical properties of glass
38DL+ Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge (Olympus)
CB500 Micro Module Mechanical Tester (Nanovea)
Time of purchase: 2017
Funding: Obel Family Foundation (615,000 DKK)
Simultaneous thermal analyzer (STA)
Simultaneous thermal analyzer (STA)
Netzsch STA 449F1 Jupiter® calorimeter with TM-DSC module software extension
Time of purchase: 2014
Funding: Obel Family Foundation (590,000 DKK)
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