Per Sigaard Christensen

Per Sigaard Christensen is working as a senior specialist for the Danish Technological Institute. His educational background is materials chemistry despite holding a Ph.D. in nanoscience. During his bachelors, masters and Ph.D., Per studied inorganic materials using various characterization techniques including synchrotron-based measurement techniques. After receiving his Ph.D. degree, Per worked as a postdoc at Aarhus University. After one year of his postdoc, Per ventured to industry working with polymer science at LEGO Group. After 1½ years working as a material specialist in the LEGO group, a position opened at DTI focusing on engaging industry to using synchrotron and neutron measurements.

- I am currently running a related project aiming to ready the Danish industry for the emerging big science infrastructure currently under construction in Lund and Hamburg. DTI is already engaged in BrightnESS, and I was involved due to my technical knowledge in regards to synchrotron and neutron scattering facilities. Also, the communication activities within BrightnESS already overlaps with activities in a related project. My typical daily work focuses on contacting industry, listening to their challenges and identifying whether they need to be solved using conventional equipment or synchrotron or neutron based techniques. My

What I like most about the BrightnESS project, is that it addresses critical challenges in science and innovation management as well as novel technologies for neutron instrumentation. Thinking back to the construction of CERN, many of the research findings supporting the construction and infrastructure of CERN lead to commercialization of innovative products. I believe supporting ESS in capacity building technology transfer is key to ensure new inventions and technologies benefiting the general population.

My focus in BrightnESS will be to create communication material used to engage industry and potential users of neutron scattering facilities.

I hope that BrightnESS will contribute to new novel moderator and detector systems that will accommodate the unprecedented flux of neutrons ESS is to deliver. Also, I hope BrightnESS will increase the awareness of ESS in Industry and the public and catalyze the growth of new user groups in industry and academia.