Dr. Lasse Jensen’s Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
Department of Chemistry
The Pennsylvania State University
104 Benkovic Building
University Park, PA 16802
Tel.: +1 (814) 867-1787
E-mail: jensen@chem.psu.edu
Employment
Professor of Chemistry (2017-present)
Associate Professor of Chemistry (2013-2017)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry (2007-2013)
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
Postdoctoral Researcher with George C. Schatz (2004-2007)
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Education
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
Ph.D. in Chemistry (2004)
Thesis: Modelling of Optical Response Properties: Application to Nanostructures
Advisors: Piet Th. van Duijnen and Jaap G. Snijders†
Committee: Evert-Jan Baerends, Benoit Champagne, Koos Duppen
University of Copenhagen, Denmark
M.S. in Chemistry (2000)
B.S. in Chemistry (1998)
Thesis advisors: Kurt V. Mikkelsen and Per-Olof Åstrand
Honors and Awards
ACS Early-Career Award in Theoretical Chemistry (2017)
Otto Mønsted-Guest Professorship (2015)
ACS OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (2012)
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, PECASE (2010)
NSF Career Award (2010)
ICCMSE Research Excellence Award (2009)
ICCMSE Young Scientist Prize (2005)
Internationalization Fellowship, Danish Research Agency (2000-2004)
Research and Interests
Theoretical Chemistry: Developing and applying electronic structure methods to molecular plasmonics, surface/resonance enhanced vibrational spectroscopy, and nonlinear optical properties.
Teaching Interests
Physical chemistry, quantum chemistry, and computational chemistry
Teaching Experience
Quantum Chemistry I (CHEM 565) Fall 2007,2008,2009,2010,2012, 2013, 2014
Quantum Chemistry II (CHEM 566) Spring 2009,2010,2013
Physical Chemistry (Chem 452), Spring 2011, Fall 2011
Honors Physical Chemistry (Chem 452H), Spring 2014
Teaching Assistant in chemistry (Kemi B), University of Copenhagen, Denmark