DTU honorary alumnus 2025: Christian Vestergaard Poulsen

Education from DTU: MSc in Engineering (1992), PhD (1995)

Current job: COO, NKT Photonics

Grounds for the appointment:

Christian has, throughout a long career, been absolutely central to the development of NKT Photonics' world-leading fiber laser products.

Over the past 25 years, Christian has been a key partner for DTU through a wide range of publicly funded collaborative projects, including serving as a co-supervisor on many student projects from bachelor's to PhD level.

Christian has always contributed to an open and confidential dialogue with the faculty and staff at DTU Electro.