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Mikkel Brydegaard is a Senior Lecturer at Lund University, affiliated with the Department of Physics and Department of Biology. He serves as a Principal Investigator and contributes to interdisciplinary research at the intersection of biophotonics, remote sensing, and ecological monitoring. Additionally, he works as a Senior Researcher at Norsk Elektro Optikk and co-founded FaunaPhotonics (Denmark) and the African Spectral Imaging Network.
- M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (2007), Lund University
- Ph.D. in Atomic Physics (2012), Lund University
- Docent (2015), Lund University
His research focuses on Lidar technology for biological target monitoring, particularly insects. Key areas include biophotonics, optical spectroscopy, and applied mathematics, with applications in biodiversity conservation, tropical ecology, and medical entomology. He pioneered the Scheimpflug lidar method for ecological studies.
His recent work trends in Scientific Reports and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B emphasize lidar-based biodiversity assessment, frugal AI-driven biomonitoring, and near-infrared analysis of insect properties. Collaborations span West Africa (Taï forest studies), South Africa (Stellenbosch University), and Norway (Norsk Elektro Optikk).
Scientific Awards:
- Edmund Optics Award (2015)
- Inaba Prize (2015)
He supervises projects like BUG-FLASH (coherent back-lasing from insects) and HyperSense (remote microscopy via hyperspectral lidar). Current initiatives include Laser Diagnostics for Seasonal Diversity (Swedish Research Council, 2025-2030).
