Johan Christensen
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| Born | Johan Christensen August 23, 1979 Flensburg, Germany (raised in Tarp) |
| Citizenship | Denmark |
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| Fields | Physics |
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| Doctoral advisor | Francisco José García-Vidal |
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| Website | https://materials.imdea.org/people/johan-christensen/ |
Johan Christensen (born 23 August 1979) is a Danish theoretical condensed matter physicist whose research focuses on acoustic and mechanical metamaterials. He is a Research Professor at the IMDEA Materials Institute in Getafe, Spain, where he leads research activities related to metamaterials.[1][2]
Education
Christensen obtained a Bachelor of Science (2003) and Master of Science (2005) in engineering from the University of Southern Denmark in Sønderborg. He completed his doctoral studies in 2010 at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, where his research focused on theoretical aspects of wave propagation in structured materials.
Career
Following his doctorate, Christensen held a postdoctoral position at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid until 2012. He subsequently worked at the Technical University of Denmark as an assistant research professor before joining the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where he was affiliated as a research fellow until 2022.
In 2023, Christensen joined the IMDEA Materials Institute as a Research Professor, where his work concerns theoretical and numerical studies of acoustic and mechanical metamaterials.
Research
Christensen’s research addresses wave phenomena in structured media, including acoustic metamaterials, mechanical lattices, and metasurfaces. His work has explored topics such as subwavelength wave control, negative refraction, and topological analogues in classical wave systems.
His research has been discussed in peer-reviewed scientific journals, including publications within the Nature Portfolio, Physical Review journals, and other materials science outlets.[3]
Some of his work has also been covered in science communication outlets discussing topics such as acoustic cloaking, sound transmission, and topological sound propagation.[4][5]
Grants and service
From 2016 to 2022, Christensen was the recipient of a European Research Council Starting Grant supporting research on wave phenomena in structured materials.[6]
He has participated in conference organization and advisory roles within the fields of phononics and metamaterials and has served on editorial boards of materials science journals.
References
- ↑ "IMDEA Materials – Johan Christensen".
- ↑ "Fik pris for Harry Potter forskning". Køge Dagbladet (in dansk). 9 February 2013.
- ↑ Pacchioni, Giulia (November 2025). "Mechanical cloaks with disordered materials". Nature Reviews Materials. 10: 806. doi:10.1038/s41578-025-00856-5.
- ↑ "Pinholes and plastic wrap send sound through walls".
- ↑ "Gain medium gives a boost to sonic crystal 'saser'".
- ↑ "ERC project success story".
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