Dr. Christensen and his research team at IMDEA Materials Institute have a keen interest in physical acoustics, elasticity and vibrating engineered fluids and/or solids. Through mathematical modelling and numerical computation, they explore novel acoustic and mechanical phenomena in structures on the nano-to-centi scale. Studying the interaction in terms of acousto-electricity, acousto-elastodynamics, etc. also falls within the group’s line of research. Acoustic and mechanical analogies of topological quantum phases of matter also belong to their activities.

2003 – B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, University of Southern Denmark

2005 – M.Sc. in Mechatronics, University of Southern Denmark

2010 – Ph.D. in Condensed matter physics, Autonomous University of Madrid

2010-2012 – Postdoctoral Researcher, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)

2013-2016 – Assistant Research Professor, Technical University of Denmark

2017-2022 – Research Fellow, Carlos III University of Madrid

2022-ongoing – Senior Researcher, IMDEA Materials Institute

2006 – Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral fellowship, MSCA

2010, 2012 – Carlsberg fellowship, Carlsberg Foundation

2013 – Young Elite Researcher Prize, Danish Research Council

2016 – Ramon y Cajal fellowship, Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation

2016 – ERC Starting Grant, European Research Council

2017 – Premio de Excelencia, Modalidad Joven Investigador de UC3M

2019 – Phononics Young Investigator Award from the International Phononics Society

• Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Phononics, International Conference in Phononic crystals, Metamaterials and Optomechanics, 2011-2023
• Member of the Technical Program Committee for META, International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonic, 2013-2023
• Member of the Technical Program Committee at the International topical meeting by Metamorphose, Metamaterials in New York, US, 2021.

Key publications

1. Nature 597, 655 (2021).
2. Nature 618, 687 (2023).
3. Nature Nanotechnology 16, 487 (2021)
4. Nature Reviews Materials 1, 16001 (2016).
5. Nature Reviews Materials 2, 17066 (2017).
6. Advanced Materials 30, 1803229 (2018).
7. Advanced Materials 31, 1904682 (2019).
8. Advanced Materials 31, 1904386 (2019).
9. Advanced Materials 34, 2201575 (2022).
10. Advanced Materials 34, 2202026 (2022).
11. Advanced Materials 36, 2311599 (2024).
12. Nature Physics 3, 851 (2007).
13. Nature Physics 7, 52 (2011).
14. Nature Communications 7, 13536 (2016).
15. Nature Communications 12, 3670 (2021).
16. Nature Communications 13, 5096 (2022).
17. Nature Communications 14, 7633 (2023).