Personal Data and Contact
Information
- Citizenship: USA
- Work Address: Fysikvej, Bld. 311, Kongens Lyngby, 2800,
Denmark
- Phone: work: +45 4525 3174 cell: +45 5037 6413
- Email: brse@fysik.dtu.dk
- Website: http://www.SegerResearch.com
Current Position
2022 –Present Professor
Institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Kongens
Lyngby, Denmark
Department/Section: Physics/ Surface Catalysis & Physics
(SurfCat)
2023 –Present X-Trail Leader in CaPex
Leading a focus on Power-to-X for shipping and aviation
fuels
2017 –Present Group Leader, VSustain electrochemical CO2
reduction group
Leading fundamental work relating to developing new alloy
based catalysts for electrochemical CO2 reduction
Previous Positions
2017 –2022 Associate Professor
Institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Kongens
Lyngby, Denmark
Department/Section: Physics/ Surface Catalysis & Physics
(SurfCat)
2014 –2017 Assistant Professor
Institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Kongens
Lyngby, Denmark
Department/Section: Physics/ Surface Catalysis & Physics
(SurfCat)
2011 – 2014 Post-doctoral Associate
Institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Kongens
Lyngby, Denmark
Advisor: Ib Chorkendorff
2010 – 2011 Post-doctoral Associate
Institution: University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane,
Australia
Advisor: Gao Qing (Max) Lu and Lian Zhou Wang
Education
2009 PhD in Chemical Engineering
Institution: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, USA
GPA: 3.9/4.0
PhD Advisor: Prashant Kamat
Thesis: “Electrocatalytic and Photoelectrocatalytic Aspects
of Proton Exchange Membrane Based Nanostructured Assemblies”
2003 Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering, 2003
Institution: University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
Class Rank: 1st of 30 (GPA: 3.9/4.0)
Thesis: “Hydrogen Production by Steam Reformation of
Ethanol”
Research Stays
2012 (1 week) California Institute of Technology, Pasadena,
CA, USA
Investigated photocatalytic H2 evolution in the group of
Nate Lewis
2010 (2 months) University of Osaka, Osaka Japan
Investigated organic synthesis of dyes in the group of
Shunichi Fukushima
Teaching Activities
Technical University of Denmark
2018-present
Guest lecture for Bachelors course entitled ‘Experimental
Introduction to Physics
of Solar Energy and Energy Storage’
2016-present
Primary lecture for Bachelors course entitled ‘Physics of
Solar Energy and Energy Storage’
2016-2021 Main lecturer for 1st year general physics course
2015-present Primary lecturer for Masters level course entitled
‘Physics of Sustainable Energy’
2018-present Guest lecture for Masters level course entitled 'Surface
Science'
2015-2017 Fagprojects on photocatalysis for bachelors
students (15 ECTS points course).
Supervision of Students
Technical University of Denmark
2017-current Advisor for 9 PhD students
(4 currently)
2017-current
Advisor for 15 bachelor thesis (3 currently)
2016-current
Advisor for 9 post-docs students (3 currently)
2015-current Advisor for 13 master student
thesis projects (1 currently)
2014-current External advisor for 3
visiting PhD students
2013-current
Advisor for many personalized research projects
for Bacehlor/Masters students. (2 currently)
| Collaborators External (Academic) Peter Strasser (TUB) Rafaella Buonsanti (EPFL) Sophia Haussener (EPFL) John Varcoe (U of Surrey) Tom Burdyny (TU Delft) Prashant Kamat (U Notre Dame) Ming Ma (Xi' an Jiaotong University) Jinlong Gong (Tianjin University) Zhenhai Wen (FJIRSM) Søren Scott (Copenhagen University) Thomas Jaramillo (Stanford) |
Industrial Twelve Topsoe Catalysts De Nora (Italy and US) Spectro Inlets The Air Company Internal Ib Chorkendorff (Fysik) Georg Kastlunger (Fysik) Peter Vesborg (Fysik) Alexander Bagger (Fysik) Jakob Kibsgaard (Fysik) Tejs Vegge (DTU Energy) David Aili (DTU Energy) |
Research Activities
Total publications: 91
Total citations: 15000+
H-index: 45
(determined via google scholar 25-01-2024)
Web-based modeling website:
SolarFuelsModeling.com
Other Professional Activities
2020-
Present International censor for PhD thesis and defence.
2018- Present Academic Advisor for General Engineering
Bachelor Students.
2018- Present Censor for Danish,Bachelors, Masters
and PhD students
2016- Present
Reviewer for grant proposals in Europe, USA, and Middle East
2016 Symposium organizer for annual International Society of
Electrochemistry (ISE) meeting
2013 Part of a Danish documentary on solar fuels entitled
“Struggle for the Sun”
-- Reviewer for the following journals: Science, Nature, Energy and
Environmental Science, Angewandte Chemie, JACS, ACS
Catalysis, ACS Energy Letters, as well as others.
Past Successful Grant Applications
2023
Novo Nordisk Technical Science, 3M DKK
2023 DFF
Green Transition Research Project 1, 2.2M DKK
2023
Pioneer Center for Accelerating P2X Materials Discovery
(with 40 PI's), 390M DKK
2022 Innovation Fund Denmark (with 3 other partners) 20M DKK
2021 DFF Research Project 1, 2M DKK
2020 Villum Experiment 2M DKK
2019
EU Horizon 2020 SELECTCO2 (Coordinator, with
8 other partners), 3.9M€
2019 Carlsberg Young Researcher
Fellowship,3.9M DKK
2019 Alliance PhD Scholarship
2018 Innovation Fonden (with 2 other PIs), 11M DKK
2016 Villum Center of Excellence (with 27 other PI’s),150M
DKK
Languages
English: Native language
Danish: Conversational
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