ABOUT KASPER PLANETA KEPP

Short scientific CV Born 23/7 1975. B.Sc. physics/chemistry RUC 1997. M.Sc.Copenhagen University, 2000. Novo Nordisk Scholarship Award, 2000. Ph.D., Lund University, 2004. EMBO fellowship, Yale University, 2005-2006. Villum-Kann Rasmussen fellowship, DTU/Stanford, 2007-2008. Consultant, World Antidoping Agency (WADA) 2008-2009. National Young Elite Researcher 2009. FNU Steno Fellowship 2009-2011. Associate Professor, DTU, 2012-2016. Professor MSO, DTU, 2016-2023. Research affiliate METRICS, Stanford 2023- .

Kasper Planeta Kepp is a Danish scientist, debater and writer critically exploring the boundaries between science, society & individual.

He grew up in a provincial town and moved to Copenhagen at age 20 to study at the university. After earning a Ph.D. in theoretical biochemistry from Lund University, he worked at Yale and Stanford Universities and after that, back in Denmark, at the Technical University of Denmark.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he provided critical context to the data and policies. In 2023, he decided to pause his academic career as scientist, group leader and teacher.

His "modern fairy tales" are based loosely on his own life and are often set in Copenhagen. The stories critically explore human history, society, and psychology through the eyes of a young scientist living in a world that is not always rational or straightforward.

Themes include the limitations of the scientific approach, the hyper-efficient Danish society, the grey zone between reality & bias, fact & fiction, rationality & passion, and good & evil.