CV - Henrik Svensmark

Henrik Svensmark (Lead Proposer), since 2004 director of the newly formed Centre for Sun-Climate Research under the Danish National Space Center (DNSC). Head of sun-climate group at DSRI (1998 - 2004). Research position at the Danish Meteorological Institute, (1993-1998). Between (1988-1993) Post doctoral positions in physics at University California Berkeley, Nordic Institute of Theoretical Physics, and the Niels Bohr Institute.

He has been working and contributed to various fields in physics: Climate physics, atmospheric physics/chemistry and oceanography, superconductivity, and quantum fluctuations in non-linear systems. Has written more than 40 papers and given more than 40 invited talks at international meetings, conferences, and workshops, and more than 40 talks at research institutes, schools, and public meetings. Scientific career includes original work on sun-climate connection, in particular the correlation between cosmic rays and Earth's cloud cover.

Received in 1997 the Knud Højgaard Anniversary Research Prize and in 2001 the Energy-E2 Research Price. Member of the scientific board for the Danish Climate Centre, DMI (1997-1998).

A few selected relevant publications:
Henrik Svensmark and Eigil Friis-Christensen, Variation of Cosmic Ray Flux and Global Cloud Coverage - a Missing Link in Solar-Climate Relationships, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 59 (11) (1997) 1225-1232.

Henrik Svensmark, Influence of Cosmic Rays on Earth's Climate, Physical Review Letters, 1998 - Volume 81, Issue 22, pp. 5027-5030

Nigel Marsh and Henrik Svensmark, Low Cloud Properties influenced by Cosmic Rays, Physical Review Letter, 2000 - Volume 85, pp. 5004-5007.

Nigel Marsh and Henrik Svensmark, Cosmic Rays, Clouds, and Climate, Space Science Review, 94, 215-230, 2000

Center for Sun-Climate Research
Danish National Space Center
Juliane Maries Vej 30
DK-2100 Copenhagen
Denmark
Phone: +453532 5741
Fax: +453536 2475
Email: hsv@dsri.dk,

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