CURRICULUM VITAE

• Name: Ole Bang
  
• Date of birth: May 11, 1966
  
• Place of birth: Århus, Denmark
  
• Citizenship: Danish (passport no. 101041944)
  
• Daughter: Emilie Rose Bang (March 31, 1999, Danish and Australian Citizen)
  Cornelia Freiesleben Bang (June 10, 2005, Danish Citizen)
  
• Languages: Fluent in Danish, English, German and French
  
• Spare-time occupation: Junior soccer coach, running, golf, and diving (CMAS**)
  
• Current employment (April 2004 - present):
  Associate Professor (lektor) and Head of MPOF & Nonlinear Optics Group
  Research Centre COM, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
  Building 345V, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
  Tel: (+45) 45 25 63 73      Email: bang@com.dtu.dk
  Fax: (+45) 45 93 65 81      Home page: http://www.com.dtu.dk/staff/bang

• Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics (nonlinear dynamics), July 1993 (defended August 9, 1993)
  Dept. of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
  Thesis Title: Coherent energy transport, thermal effects, and radiative decay in ordered molecular
  monolayers by nonlinear dynamical models.
  Supervisors: P.L. Christiansen, A.C. Scott, J.J. Rasmussen, P.S. Ramanujam, B. Tromborg.
  External examiner: J.C. Eilbeck.

• M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (optical communication), January 1991
  Dept. of Electromagnetic Systems, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
  Thesis Title: Solitons in Active Fibers.
  Supervisors: A. Bjarklev, J.H. Povlsen, K. Rottwitt.
  External examiner: C. Hede.

• April 2004 - Present: Associate Professor (lektor) and Head of Optical Fibre Group.
  Institution: Research Centre COM, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
  Field: Photonic crystal fibers, quadratic and cubic nonlinear optical materials, and quasi-phase-matching gratings. Supercontinuum generation, four-wave-mixing, Raman scattering, second-harmonic generation, switching, modulational instability, cascading, and optical solitons.
  

• April 1999 - March 2004: Associate Professor (lektor).
  Institution: Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
  Field: As above.
  

• March 1995 - March 1999: Research Fellow (level B).
  Institution Optical Sciences Centre (OSC), Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering,
  Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University (ANU), Canberra ACT 0200, Australia.
  Field: As above.
  

• June 1996 - March 1999: Sub-Project Manager.
  Institution Australian Photonics Cooperative Research Centre
  Field: Quadratic nonlinear or x⁽²⁾ optical materials, such as polled fibres and LiNbO₃.
  

• September 1993 - February 1995: Postdoctoral Fellow.
  Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69007 Lyon, France.
  Field: Nonlinear excitations in condensed matter and biomolecular physics.
  

PEER REFEREE FOR:

• Physical Review Letters
  
• Optics Letters
  
• Optics Express
  
• Physical Review E
  
• Journal of the Optical Society of America B
  
• Physica D
  
• Physica Scripta
  
• Journal de Physique
• Journal of Optics A

2004: Major Equipment Grant
Title: Polymer photonic crystal fibre drawing tower
Source: The Danish Technical Research Council (STVF)
Amount: 1,500,000DKK
Ref. no.: 26-04-0034

2003: Three year Framework Grant
Source: Australian Research Counsil (ARC)
Amount: 255,000AUD
Ref. no.: DP0450975
Partners: W.Z. Krolikowski, Laser Physics Centre, Australian National University
Administering ínstitution: Australian National University

2002: Three year Framework Grant
Source: Danish Natural Science Research Council (SNF)
Amount: 1,000,000DKK
Ref. no.: 21-02-0500
Partners: Depts. at DTU in MIDIT collaboration
Contractor: M.P. Sørensen, IMM, DTU

2002: One year prolongation of Danish Talent Grant
Title: All-optical signal processing in quadratic nonlinear materials
Source: The Danish Technical Research Council (STVF)
Amount: 800,000DKK
Ref. no.: 26-00-0355

2001: Support for the Workshop "Nonlinear Photonic Crystals"
Source: The Danish Graduate School in Nonlinear Science
Amount: 75,000DKr.


2001: Two times one month Guest Professorship
Source: The Danish Technical University
Amount: 76,000DKr.


2000: Three year Framework Grant.
Source: The Danish Natural Science Research Council (SNF)
Amount: 750,000 DKr.
Partners: Dept.of Optics and Fluid Dynamics, Risø National Laboratory (contractor), Physics Institute, Aalborg University.


1998: Three year Talent Grant (one of 6 recipients out of 41)
Title: All-optical signal processing in quadratic nonlinear materials
Source: The Danish Technical Research Council (STVF)
Amount: 3,000,000 DKr.
Ref. no.: 26-00-0355

1997: Two year Major Travel Grant
Source: Australian Department of Industry, Science and Tourism (DIST)
Amount: 32,000 AUD
Ref. no.: 74

1996: Grant to pay for visitors at the Optical Sciences Centre
Source: Australian Department of Industry, Science and Tourism (DIST)
Amount: 1,860 AUD
Ref. no.: 96/4579

1994: Two year Post Doctoral NATO Fellowship (chose OSC, ANU)
Source: NATO, represented by The Danish Technical Research Council (STVF)
Amount: 317,200 DKr. (first year)
Ref. no.: 9400419

1992: HP-710 Workstation
Source: The Danish Technical Research Council (STVF)
Amount: 50,000 DKr.
Ref. no.: 16-5009-2 PG

1991+92: Ph.D. Scolarship
Source: The Danish Technical Research Council
Amount: 283,500DKr. + 266,508 DKr.
Ref. no.: 16-5009-1 PG and 16-5009-2 PG

• Papers: 60 refereed papers, 2 book chapters, 3 invited papers, 49 proceedings. Co-editor of 1 book. Editor of 2 abstract collections.
• Conferences: 83 conference papers of which personally given 2 invited talks, 20 contributed talks, 16 posters.
• Lectures: 25 Invited lectures at research institutions in Australia, Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, and Belgium.

• Fall 2006: DTU Course 34059,"Future Trends in Photonics"
• Spring 2006: DTU Course 34031,"Applied Mathematics for Physicists"
• Spring 2006: DTU Course 10370,"Optics and Photonics"
• Fall 2005: DTU Course 34059,"Future Trends in Photonics"
• Fall 2005: DTU Course 34031,"Applied Mathematics for Physicists"
• Spring 2005: DTU Course 10370,"Optics and Photonics"
• Fall 2004: DTU Course 34031,"Applied Mathematics for Physicists"
• Fall 2004: DTU Course 34059,"Future Trends in Photonics"
• June 2004: DTU Course 34049, "Experimental and Computational Photonics" (2 teams, 2 students)
• Fall 2003: DTU Course 02647, "Applied Mathematics for Physicists"
• Fall 2003: DTU Course 02655, "Non-linear Partial Differential Equations. Solitons. Biomath"
• Fall 2003: DTU Course 34059, "Future Trends in Photonics"

• June 2002: DTU 3-weeks course 02661, "Modelling - Applied Mathematics" (14 teams, 33 students)
• Technical University of Denmark: Under graduate course 04201, Applied Mathematics for Engineers.
  Lecturer in Spring 2000, Fall 2000, and Spring 2001.

• Technical University of Denmark: Under graduate course 04426, Nonlinear Stochastic Dynamics with Applications.
  Lecturer in Fall 1999.

• Technical University of Denmark: Ph.D. Course, Nonlinear Waves, Coherent Structures and Stochastic Dynamics.
  Lecturer in Fall 1999.

• Technical University of Denmark: Under graduate course 04421, Engineering Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics.
  Lecturer in Fall 1998.

• Technical University of Denmark: Under graduate course 0311, Applied Mathematics.
  Teaching Assistant in Spring 1992. Lecturer in Spring 1993.

• Technical University of Denmark: Under graduate course 0304, Complex Functional Analysis.
  Teaching Assistant in Spring 1991 and Fall 1991.

• Joel Freferick Corney, Australia, 1999-2002.
  Field: Nonlinear optics in quadratic nonlinear materials and photonic crystals
  Place: Department of Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark

• Kristian Nielsen
  Title: SCG in MPOFs
  Project: Master project (10pt)
  Period: 1.8.2006 - 1.8.2007
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Main supervisor: Ole Bang, COM
  Co-supervisors: P.D. Rasmussen, COM.

• Daniel Buccoliero
  Title: Bragg scattering in nonlinear photonic lattices
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Period: 1.3.2006 - 1.3.2009
  Place: Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University (ANU)
  Main supervisor: Yuri Kivshar, ANU
  Co-supervisors: Dragomir Neshev and Wiesaw Krolikowski, ANU. Ole Bang, COM.

• Peter Morten Moselund
  Title: Supercontinuum generation in Photonic crystal fibres
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Period: 20.3.2006 - 20.3.2009
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark, and NKT Research & Innovation A/S
  Main supervisor: Ole Bang, COM
  Co-supervisors: Carsten Thomsen and Claus Friis Pedersen, NKT Resarch & Innovation A/S.

• Kristian Nielsen
  Title: FDTD modelling of SCG in PCFs
  Project: Special project (10pt)
  Period: 1.2.2006 - 1.8.2006
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Main supervisor: Ole Bang, COM
  Co-supervisors: Michael Frosz, COM.

• Per Dalgaard Rasmussen
  Title: Modelling of microstructured polymer fibers infiltrated with liquid crystals
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Period: 1.8.2005 - 1.8.2008
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Main supervisor: Ole Bang, COM
  Co-supervisors: Jesper Lægsgaard, COM.

• Grigoriy Andreev Emiliyanov
  Title: MPOF biosensors
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Period: 15.1.2005 - 14.1.2008
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Main supervisor: Ole Bang, COM
  Co-supervisors: Jesper Bo Jensen, COM. Lars H. Pedersen, Bioneer.

• Per Dalgaard Rasmussen
  Title: Laser beam interaction in nonlocal optical materials
  Project: M.Sc. project
  Period: 10.1.2005 - 10.6.2005
  Points: 35
  Grade: 13
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Main supervisor: Ole Bang, COM

• Christian Romer Rosberg
  Title: Bragg scattering in nonlinear photonic lattices
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Period: 24.11.2004 - 23.11.2007
  Place: Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, Australian National University (ANU)
  Main supervisor: Yuri Kivshar, ANU
  Co-supervisors: Dragomir Neshev and Wiesaw Krolikowski, ANU. Ole Bang, COM.

• Lars Henning Rindorf
  Title: Label-free chip integrated PCF biosensors
  Project: Ph.D. project - DTU Innovation
  Period: 1.11.2004 - 31.10.2007
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Main supervisor: Ole Bang, COM
  Co-supervisors: Jesper Bo Jensen, COM. Lars H. Pedersen, Bioneer. Lars Lindvold, Optilas

• Per Dalgaard Rasmussen
  Title: Nonlocal Nonlinear Optical Materials
  Project: Preproject for M.Sc. project
  Period: 13.9.2004 - 10.12.2004
  Points: 5
  Grade: 13
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Main supervisor: Ole Bang, COM

• Dzmitry Shyroki
  Title: Colour selective side-emitting microstructures polymer optical fibres
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Period: 1.9.2004 - 31.8.2007
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Main supervisor: Ole Bang, COM
  Co-supervisors: Jesper Lægsgaard, COM.

• Stefan Othmar Poulsen (s011456) og Carsten Rostgaard (s011651)
  Title: Switching and generation of blue light in quasi-phase-matched quadratic nonlinear materials
  Project: Midterm project
  Period: 1.2.2004 - 25.6.2004
  Points: 12.5
  Grade: 13
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Main supervisor: Ole Bang, COM

• Hanne Nielsen (c973468)
  Title: Quadratic nonlinear photonic crystal fibres
  Project: M.Sc. project
  Period: 1.1.2004 - 30.6.2004
  Points: 35
  Grade: 10
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Main supervisor: Ole Bang, COM
  Co-supervisors: Anders Bjarklev and Jesper Lægsgård.

• Peter Falk
  Title: Photonic crystal fibre based light sources
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Period: 1.11.2003 - 31.10.2006
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Main supervisor: Anders Bjarklev, COM
  Co-supervisors: Ole Bang, COM. Peter E. Andersen, Risø.

• Michael Frosz
  Title: Biomedical applications of photonic crystal fibres
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Period: 1.9.2003 - 31.8.2006
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisors: Anders Bjarklev, COM, Peter E. Andersen, Risø, Jes Broeng, Crystal Fibre A/S.

• Hanne Nielsen
  Title: Designing the group-velocity mismatch in photonic crystal fibres
  Project: Preproject for M.Sc. project
  Period: 1.9.2003 - 31.12.2003
  Points: 15
  Grade: 10
  Place: Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisors: Anders Bjarklev and Jesper Lægsgård.

• Peter Vingård Larsen (c958415)
  Title: Localized structures in nonlinear optical crystals and biopolymers
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Period: 1.9.2002 - 24.10.2005
  Place: Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisors: Mads Peter Sørensen and Peter Leth Christiansen.

• Morten Christiansen (c991046) and Søren Bøjer (c991287)
  Title: Soliton interaction in nonlocal nonlinear optical materials
  Project: Midterm project
  Period: 1.9.2002 - 20.1.2003
  Place: Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark

• Vedran Furtula (c991347)
  Title: Pulse propagation in dispersion managed optical fibres
  Project: Special project
  Period: 10.6.2002 - 28.6.2003
  Grade: 9
  Place: Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisors: Mads Peter Sørensen.

• Hanne Nielsen (c973468)
  Title: Stationary and dynamical optical solitons
  Project: Special project
  Period: 1.4.2002 - 31.8.2002
  Place: Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisors: Peter Leth Christiansen.

• Hanne Nielsen (c973468)
  Title: Discrete quadratic nonlinear systems with optical applications
  Project: Special project
  Period: 1.9.2001 - 31.1.2002
  Place: Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisors: Peter Leth Christiansen.

• Nikola Ivanov Nikolov
  Title: Nonlinear Photonic Crystals
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Period: 1.2.2001-31.1.2003
  Place: Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisors: Peter Leth Christiansen, Anders Bjarklev.

• Eric Thomas Chemineau, 2000-2001
  Title: Nonlinear Dynamics in Nonlocal Kerr Media
  Project: M.Sc. project
  Place: Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark

• Torben Winther Gravesen, 1999
  Title: Inhomogeneous Quadratic Nonlinear Waveguides
  Project: M.Sc. project
  Place: Dept. of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling and Research Center COM, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisor: Martin Kristensen

• Eric Thomas Chemineau, 2000-2001
  Title: Nonlinear Optics
  Project: Pre-project for M.Sc. project
  Place: Dept. of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark

• Steffen Kjær Johansen, 1999-2001
  Title: Spatial Solitons and All-Optical Signal Processing in Quadratic Nonlinear Materials
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Place: Dept. of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisors: Lluis Torner, Mads Peter Sørensen, and Peter Leth Christiansen

• Morten Bache, 1999-2002
  Title: Spatial solitons, vortices, and patterns in nonlinear optical media
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Place: Optics and Fluid Dynamics Department, Risø National Laboratory and Dept. of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisors: Mark Saffmann, Jens Juul Rasmussen, and Peter Leth Christiansen

• Steffen Kjær Johansen, 1999
  Title: Beam propagation and self-focusing in chi(2) materials
  Project: M.Sc. project
  Place: Dept. of Informatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisor: Mads Peter Sørensen

• Andrey A. Sukhorukov, 1998 - 2001
  Title: Solitons and cascading
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Place: Optical Sciences Centre, Australian National University
  Co-supervisor: Yuri S. Kivshar

• Tristram Alexander, 1998 - 2001
  Title: Competing quadratic and cubic nonlinearities
  Project: Ph.D. project
  Place: Optical Sciences Centre, Australian National University
  Co-supervisors: Yuri S. Kivshar, Alexander V. Buryak

• Yves Méheust, 1996
  Title: Nonlinear optics
  Project: 3 months research project for the "Maitrise de Physique" Degree
  Place: Optical Sciences Centre, Australian National University

• Karen Guilietti, 1996
  Title: Solitons in photorefractive materials
  Project: 2 months research project for the "Licence de Physique" Degree
  Place: Optical Sciences Centre and Laser Physics Centre, Australian National University
  Co-supervisor: Wieslaw Krolikowski

• Isabella Daumont, 1994
  Title: Modulational instability in discrete and continuous systems
  Project: 6 months research project for the "Maitrise de Physique" Degree
  Place: Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon
  Co-supervisor: Michel Peyrard

• Kim Ø. Rasmussen, 1993
  Title: Laser dynamics, and nonlinear fibre optics
  Project: 14 weeks research project for the M.Sc. Degree in Electrical Engineering
  Place: Department of Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisor: Peter Leth Christiansen

• P. Bagger, Morten H. Pedersen, and Kim Ø. Rasmussen, 1993
  Title: Application of the BCS theory on anisotropic superconductors
  Project: 14 weeks Individual Course
  Place: Department of Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisor: Mads Peter Sørensen

• C.N. Jensen, and B.Ø. Nielsen, 1992
  Title: Discretization of nonlinear systems
  Project: 3 weeks Individual Course
  Place: Department of Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisor: Peter Leth Christiansen

• P.E. Bak, and Palle G. Dinesen, 1991
  Title: Mathematical description of nonlinear effects in optical communication systems
  Project: 3 weeks Individual Course
  Place: Department of Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark
  Co-supervisor: Peter Leth Christiansen