Dr. Bent Sørensen is a Professor of physics at the Institute of Mathematics and Physics, and Professor Emeritus at the Department of People and Technology, both at Roskilde University, Denmark. He is also an independent consultant at Novator Advanced Technology Consulting. His research is cross-disciplinary and has resulted in nearly a thousand scientific articles and about forty books, including foundation work in economic theory (life-cycle analysis,the scenario method) and in energy research (technology and applications, renewable energy resources).

Dr. Bent is one of the world’s leading specialists in renewable energy. He has more than 5 decades of experience in researching the field, and has published hundreds of monographs,technical reports, articles in scientific journals, and conference contributions. He has received several awards and has been knighted by Her Majesty Queen Margrethe of Denmark.

He has worked at universities in France, Denmark, Japan, Australia and the United States (Yale and Berkeley), has been a consultant to governments and international organizations, a lead author in the IPCC climate assessment recipient of several international prizes and honors.