Peter E Andersen

Peter E. Andersen received his PhD in 1995 from the Technical University of Denmark. Andersen is group leader of the Biophotonic Imaging Group, and Head of DTU Health Tech PhD School at DTU Health Tech at the Technical University of Denmark. From 2006-2013, he was Research Professor at Department of Atomic Physics, Lund University, Sweden. He has more than 25 years of research experience within biophotonics, biomedical optics, light sources, multimodal imaging concepts comprising optical coherence tomography, nonlinear microscopy, and translation of these modalities into clinical applications. He leads or has led several large-scale European collaborative research programs.

Andersen has published more than 225 peer-reviewed journal papers and conference papers, 14 book chapters, and one book as co-editor. He holds five patents, of which three have been transferred to industry, and has three pending applications.

In 2014, Andersen co-founded Norlase ApS based on his IP (co-inventor), serving on the Board of Directors from 2014 to 2019. Norlase produces laser-based retinal treatment systems. Today, the company employs more than 60 staff across Denmark, Europe, and the USA, with headquarters and production facilities in Denmark, and sells these systems worldwide; more than 1200 systems sold worldwide to date.

Andersen is an editorial board member of Light: Science and Application, Journal of Biomedical Optics, and Journal of Biophotonics. He served Optics Letters as Topical Editor (2008-12) and Deputy Editor (2012-18). He serves or has served on several international conference committees as Program or General Chair, including CLEO (2016-2019), and Conference Committee Member at Photonics West.

In 2003, Andersen co-founded the International Summer School on Biophotonics at the Island of Ven, Sweden, in close collaboration with Stefan Andersson-Engels. Since then, 11 schools have been organized tallying more than 600 alumni across the world. Together, they received the 2025 Esther Hoffman Beller Medal, “In recognition of their vision, drive and innovation in organizing the International Graduate Biophotonics Summer School, which has become a cornerstone of biophotonics PhD education.”