Department of Chemistry

Kjaergaard Group News

Andras' M.Sc. defense

On December 3rd Andras successfully defended his M.Sc. thesis titled “Hydroxyl Radical Initiated…

Atmospheric chemistry Christmas lunch 2025

The group attended the atmospheric chemistry Christmas lunch on December 10th. The evening was…

Kjaergaard Group Research Workshop: VTST

On September 24th we had another group workshop on kinetics and variational transition state theory…

Hbond 2025 conference

From 15th to 19th of September 2025 several of our group members attended the 26th International…

EUCMOS 2025 conference

Between 24th and 29th of August, Kjærgaard group attended the European Congress on Molecular…

Ružica's M.Sc. defense

On 20th of June, Ružica successfully defended her M.Sc. thesis titled "Vibrational Spectroscopy of…

Annual BBQ 2025

The annual BBQ was held again this year on Constitution day, the 5th of June. The theme for this…

Atmospheric chemistry Christmas lunch 2024

The group attended the atmospheric chemistry Christmas lunch on 18th December 2024.

Jing at ACM 2024

Dr. Jing Chen gave a talk at the Atmospheric Chemical Mechanisms Conference, held in December 2024,…

Dhritabrata's wedding

On the 27th of November 2024, Dhritabrata Pal married Soumana, in his hometown of Kolkata. We wish…

Casper's PhD defense

On the 15th of November, Casper Jensen successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: "Vibrational…

DHL relay run 2024

The Kjærgaard group participated in the annual DHL relay run the 30th of september. Members from…

Annual BBQ 2024

The annual BBQ was held again this year on Constitution day, the 5th of june. The theme for this…

Chemistry gala 2024

The annual chemistry gala was held on the 24 of may, hosted by the Department of Chemistry. There…

CopenHel workshop in Finland

Henrik Kjærgaard and Jing Chen Participated in the CopenHel 2024 Workshop on 29th of April. The…

Visit from Chris Kenseth

Dr. Chris Kenseth, University of Washington, Seattle, visited our group April 8, and gave a…

Kjaergaard Group Research Workshop

On the 22nd and 23rd of march, the group held a research workshop with presentations of the current…

Kjaergaard Group Research Workshop: MC-TST

Former group member, Ph.D. Kristian H. Møller, gave a talk on multiconformer transition state theor…

Henrik receives the Carlsberg foundation Semper Ardens: Advance grant

Congratulations to Henrik, who in January received the prestigious Carlsberg Foundation Semper…

Henrik visits Göttingen

On 30th and 31st of January, Henrik visited the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, where he gave a…

Visit from Christa Fittschen

On 22nd of January Christa Fittschen, director of research at CNRS University of Lille, visited the…

Nanna's M.Sc. defense

On 17th of January, Nanna successfully defended her M.Sc. thesis and thus finished the first part o…

Vili's Ph.D. defense

Vili-Taneli Salo successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled "Investigation of Atmospheric…

Henrik's 60th Birthday

We celebrated Henrik's 60th birthday, where we had many greetings from colleagues around the world.…

Kristian becomes a father for the second time!

Congratulations to Kristian, who became a father for the second time the 5th of July. We from the…

Nanna has had a baby!

Congratulations to our Ph.D student Nanna Falk Christiansen, who has had a baby on Monday the 19th…

Best Paper Award

The Kjaergaard Group received the annual Best Paper Award from the Department of Chemistry.

M.Sc Defense Anisha Iyer

Master thesis defense Anisha Iyer

Emil Ph.D. Defense

On 31/03/2023 Emil Vogt successfully defended his Ph.D thesis titled: "Vibrational Models in…

Jing Ph.D. Defense

On the 4th of November, Jing Chen successfully defended her Ph.D thesis titled: "Indoor and…

Annual Group BBQ 2022

The usual 5. June group BBQ was moved due to the AMOC conference, but was held the 12'th of June…

AMOC Conference 2022

On June 6-10, Emil and Henrik attended the Atoms, Molecules and Clusters in Motion (AMOC)…

CopenHel Workshop

We host the tenths Copenhel workshop jointly with the groups of Dr. Theo Kurten (Helsinki) and…

Alexander Ph.D. Defense

On February 17th, Alexander Kjærsgaard successfully defended his Ph.D thesis titled: "Stability and…

Pablo M.Sc. Defense

Pablo Bertran presented his master thesis on October 20, 2020. He studied the vibrational…

Emil M.Sc. Defense

On Wednesday October 7, Emil defended his master's thesis entitled: "Reduced dimensional local mode…

Media Exposure for Latest Research

Our newest research has sparked interest in Danish media. Our finding that different diastereomers…

Ph.D. Defense Benjamin and Kristian

On October 24 and 31, Benjamin N. Frandsen and Kristian H. Møller, respectively, successfully…

Emilie M.Sc. Defense

On Wednesday October 23, Emilie defended her master's thesis entitled: "A Matrix-Isolation Approach…

Science PhD Award 2019

Anne S. Hansen wins the science PhD award 2019.

HBOND2019

Henrik, Emil and Alexander attended the 23rd International Conference on "Horizons in Hydrogen Bond…

CopenHel 2019

The 25th of April 2019, the Kjærgaard group hosted the seventh annual CopenHel meeting with the…

Atmospheric Chemical Mechanisms Conference 2018

On December 5th to 7th, Ph.D. Students Kristian H. Møller and Rasmus V. Otkjær as well as Prof.…

MOLIM Conference in Copenhagen

The Kjaergaard group hosted a workshop for Working Group 1 of the Molecules in Motion (MOLIM)…

Visit by Professor Veronica Vaida

Professor at University of Colorado, Boulder, Veronica Vaida visited the Kjaergaard Group for 10…

Anne S. Hansen Ph.D. Defense

On September 7, Anne S. Hansen successfully defended her Ph.D. Thesis titled: Hydrogen bond…

Visit by Joseph R. Lane

Associate Professor at University of Waikato in New Zealand, Joseph R. Lane, visited the group on…

International Symposium on Gas Kinetics

From July 22nd to July 26th Ph.D. Students Kristian H. Møller and Rasmus V. Otkjær participated in…

Independence Day

PhD Student Emma D'Ambro from Joel Thornton's group at the University of Washington was visiting ou…

Annual Group BBQ

Following the tradition, we held the annual group BBQ on Grundlovsdag and this years theme was Spai…

Gala at the Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry held its annual gala on May 18th. Below is a group photo of the…

CopenHel Meeting

On the 17th and 18th of May, the Kjærgaard group hosted another CopenHel meeting. This time Ph.D.…

Visit by Post. Doc. Kelvin Bates

Harvard University Center for the Environment & NOAA Climate & Global Change postdoctoral fellow…

Ph.D. Student Kristian Møller Receives EliteForsk Travel Grant

March 1st Ph.D. Student Kristian H. Møller received the EliteForsk travel grant by the Ministry of…

Alexander Kjærsgaard Hired as PhD-Student

Per the 15th of December Alexander Kjærsgaard was hired as a new PhD-Student in the group. Alexande…

Henrik Invited Speaker at IAMA Conference

Professor Henrik G. Kjærgaard was in Davis, CA as an invited speaker at the International…

CopenHel Meeting #5

Helene, Henrik, Kristian and Rasmus visited the group of Academy research fellow Theo Kurtén at the…

Visit by Prof. Tim Zwier

Tim S. Zwier, M. G. Mellon Distiguished Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University visited the…

Benjamin at University of Colorado Boulder

Ph.D. student Benjamin visited professor Veronica Vaida's group at University of Colorado Boulder…

3 New M.Sc. graduates

This week, Evan Yuhas, Leon S. Andersen and Alexander Kjaersgaard defended their M.Sc. theses. All…

Benjamin & Kristian M.Sc. Defense

On Tuesday August 22 and Thursday August 24, Ph.D. Students Benjamin N. Frandsen and Kristian H.…

Annual Group BBQ 2017. Theme: Mexico

The annual group BBQ was held on June 5th and this year the theme was Mexico. Each group member…

Gala ball at The Department of Chemistry, UCPH

Group photo at the gala. Dinner at the gala ball

Reaction Kinetics Workshop in Copenhagen

On 24th-25th of April we hosted a reaction kinetics workshop. Collaborators Paul Wennberg and Eric…

Participation in Molecules in Motion (MOLIM) Training School

Jens and Benjamin went to Paris-Saclay University in France to participate in the 2nd MOLIM Trainin…

Visit to Prof. Markus Gerhards group at TU Kaiserslautern

Jens and Benjamin went to Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany with the aim to learn how…