Senior Researchers
Natalie Momen
Assistant Professor at Aarhus University
2022-present
Linda Ejlskov
Assistant Professor at Aarhus University
2023-present (PopMental member since 2022)
Henriette Thisted Horsdal
Senior Researcher at Aarhus University
2026-present
Gemma Castaño
Staff Scientist at ISGlobal
2025-present
Postdoctoral Researchers
Mette Lise Lousdal
Postdoctoral Researcher at Aarhus University
2023-present
Tomáš Formánek
Postdoctoral Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Aarhus University
2024-present
Danni Chen
Postdoctoral Researcher at Aarhus University
2025-present (PopMental member since 2022)
Aina Gabarrell Pascuet
Postdoctoral Researcher at Aarhus University
2025-present
Benedikt Wicki
Postdoctoral Researcher at Aarhus University
2025-present
Christine Leonhard Birk Sørensen
External Postdoctoral Researcher from SDU
2025-present
PhD Students & Research Assistants
Merete Lund Mægbæk
Statistician at Aarhus University
2026-present
Katrine Bødkergaard Nielsen
PhD Student at Aarhus University
2024-present (PopMental member since 2023)
Magnus Elias Kjærsgaard Tarp
PhD Student at Aarhus University
2025-present (PopMental member since 2024)
Genona T. Maseras
PhD Student at Aarhus University
2025-present
Charlotte Steen Duholm
External PhD Student from Aarhus University Hospital
2024-present
Previous groups members
Postdoctoral researchers
- Linda Ejlskov (2022-2023) continued at PopMental as Assistant Professor
- Nanna Weye (2022-2023) joined the Danish High Risk and Resilience Study (VIA)
- Yan Zheng (2022-2023) joined the Boris Minst Institute
- Andrea Nigri (visiting from Bocconi University, 2022)
PhD students
- Lisbeth Mølgaard Laustsen (2022-2025) joined the Psychiatric Center Copenhagen.
- Christine Leonhard Birk Sørensen (external PhD student, 2022-2025) continued at PopMental as external Postdoctoral Researcher
- Malene Risager Lykke (external PhD student, 2023-2025)
- Danni Chen (2022-2025) continued at PopMental as Postdoctoral Researcher
- Tomáš Formánek (visiting from Cambridge University, 2022)
- Tomàs López Jiménez (visiting from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2021)
Research assistants
- Magnus Elias Tarp (2024) continued at PopMental as PhD Student
- Therese Koops Grønborg (External statistician, 2023-2024)
- Katrine Bødkergaard Nielsen (2023-2024) continued at PopMental as PhD Student
- Danni Chen (2022) continued at PopMental as PhD Student
Master and bachelor students
- Astrid Jensen Damgaard (Master student, 2022)
- Katrine Brandt Alsner (Master student, 2024-2025)
- Genona T. Maseras (Master student, 2024) joined the NCRR’s genetics group
- Dídac Gallego Alabanda (Master student, 2024)
- Marcus Holm (Bachelor student, 2024)
- Ida Marie Melsen (Bachelor student, 2023)
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