{"id":230,"date":"2020-12-08T18:47:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T18:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jensen-new\/?page_id=230"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:53:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T23:53:35","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/jensen\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"230\" class=\"elementor elementor-230\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2c07306f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2c07306f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-29f092c6\" data-id=\"29f092c6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-434874c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-page-title\" data-id=\"434874c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"page-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"hfe-page-title hfe-page-title-wrapper elementor-widget-heading\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tBiography  \n\t\t\t<\/h2 > \n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b8b3c24 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"7b8b3c24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed07527 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ed07527\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education and Employment<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13ff758a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"13ff758a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Cand. [M.Sc.] Applied Mathematical Physics, The Technical University of Denmark (1989)<\/li><li>Lic. [Ph.D.] Physics, The Technical University of Denmark (1991)<\/li><li>Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University (08\/1991-07\/1992)<\/li><li>Director\u2019s Funded Postdoctoral Fellow, Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Group, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory (08\/1992-04\/1994)<\/li><li>Technical Staff Member, Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Group, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory (04\/1994-09\/1999)<\/li><li>Visiting Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles (06\/1996-09\/1997)<\/li><li>Member, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara (08\/1998-12\/1998)<\/li><li>Professor, Department of Applied Science, University of California, Davis (07\/1999-07\/2011)<\/li><li>Visiting Professor, The Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (08\/2010-09\/2011)<\/li><li>Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis (07\/2011-06\/2014)<\/li><li>Chair, Applied Science Graduate Program, University of California, Davis (07\/2011-01\/2019)<\/li><li>Faculty Scientist, Computational Research Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (09\/1999-08\/2021)<\/li><li>Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis (07\/2011-)<\/li><li>Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis (07\/2014-)<\/li><li>Statewide Executive Director,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cosmos.ucop.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS)<\/a>\u00a0(11\/2014-present)<\/li><li>Distinguished Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California, Davis (07\/2022-present)<\/li><li>Distinguished Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of California, Davis (07\/2022-present)<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f064a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f064a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Honors and Awards<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b99043e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b99043e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Fellow of The American Physical Society (elected 2010)<\/li><li>1999 R&amp;D 100 Award (R&amp;D Magazine)<\/li><li>1997 Los Alamos Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer<\/li><li>Outstanding Teaching Award, 1996\/1997, Department of Physics &amp; Astronomy, University of California, Los Angeles<\/li><li>1996 Award for Excellence in Industrial Partnerships, Los Alamos Industrial Partnership Office<\/li><li>1993 Gordon Bell Prize, Honorable Mention, IEEE Computer Society<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biography Education and Employment Cand. [M.Sc.] Applied Mathematical Physics, The Technical University of Denmark (1989) Lic. 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