Mette MikkelsenMette Mikkelsen did her Master of Science in Chemistry from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) with a specialty in organic chemistry (1997–2003). She then worked in industry as an organic chemist at LiPlasome Pharma A/S (2003–2004) and as a synthetic chemist at H. Lundbeck A/S (2004–2006) before pursuing PhD studies at Risø National Laboratory, Technical University of Denmark. The topic of her PhD work has been fixation of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere with the purpose of transforming it into a storable and combustible fuel by use of solar energy. Her main scientific interests are synthetic organic chemistry, structural characterization of organic compounds, solar energy, crystallography.