Elite Researcher recipients
Since 2007, Elite Researcher Prizes have been awarded annually. The prize is awarded to outstanding young researchers. It is The Danish Council for Independent Research who nominates the five researchers for the award.
Elite Researchers 2025
Albert Schliesser
Faculty of Science
Niels Bohr Institute
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Elite Researchers 2024
Irene Tamborra
Faculty of Science
Niels Bohr Institute
Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen
Faculty of Law
MOBILE - Center for Global Mobility Law
Elite Researchers 2023
Eline Lorenzen
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Globe Institute
Elite Researchers 2022
Naja Hulvej Rod
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Department of Public Health
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Elite Researchers 2021
Gemma C. Solomon
Faculty of Science
Department of Chemistry
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Elite Researchers 2020
Mads Meier Jæger
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Sociology
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Riikka Rinnan
Faculty of Science
Department of Biology
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Tobias Richter
Faculty of Humanities
Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
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Elite Researchers 2019
Chunaram Choudhary
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research
Rebecca Adler-Nissen
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Political Science
Elite Researchers 2018
Elite Researchers 2017
Mikael Rask Madsen
Faculty of Law
iCourts, The Danish National Research Foundation's Centre of Excellence for International Courts
Klaus Høyer
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Department of Public Health
Søren Galatius
Faculty of Science
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Elite Researchers 2016
David Dreyer Lassen
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Economics
Peter Lodahl
Faculty of Science
Niels Bohr Institute
Elite Researchers 2015
Niels Mailand
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research
Lene Broeng Oddershede
Faculty of Science
The Niels Bohr Institute
Elite Researchers 2014
Professor Morten Broberg
Faculty of Law
Centre for Studies in Legal Culture
Elite Researchers 2013
Professor Claudia Welz
Faculty of Theology
Department of Systematic Theology
Elite Researchers 2012
Professor Peter Norman Sørensen
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Economics
Professor Hans Bräuner-Osborne
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Department of Drug Design and Pharmacology,
Medicinal Chemistry Research
Elite Researchers 2011
Professor Lene Hansen
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of Political Science
Professor Eske Willerslev
Faculty of Science
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Elite Researchers 2010
Professor Carsten Rahbek
Faculty of Science
Department of Biology
Elite Researchers 2009
Professor Marie-Louise Nosch
Faculty of Humanities
SAXO-Institute
Elite Researchers 2008
Professor Vincent F. Hendricks
Faculty of Humanities
Department of Media, Cognition and Communication
Professor Jens Hjorth
Faculty of Science
The Niels Bohr Institute, Dark Cosmology Centre
Elite Researchers 2007
Professor Dan Zahavi
Faculty of Humanities
Department of Media, Cognition and Communication
Professor Rasmus Nielsen
Faculty of Science
Department of Biology, Bioinformatics
