CV

Personal summary

In October 2017 I started as a Research Engineer at Simula Research Laboratory in the department for Scientific Computing, and will work with development of computational modeling tools primarily with application in electrophysiology and mechanics.

Before I started as a Research Engineer I was a PhD student in the Cardiac Modelling group in the department for Scientific Computing, also at Simula Research Laboratory. In my PhD I worked with patient specific models of the cardiac mechanics, and defended it at January 17th 2018.

I graduated in 2014 after finishing a joint master degree in Applied and Engineering Mathematics at NTNU in Trondheim and DTU in Copenhagen.

My fields of interests are mathematical modelling, scientific computing and high performance compting.

Education

2014 - 2017: PhD Scientific Computing, Simula Research Laboratory and University of Oslo, Oslo (Norway)
- Title: Patient-specific computational modeling of cardiac mechanics.
2012 - 2014: MSc. Applied and Engineering Mathematics, Nordic Master in Applied and engineering mathematics(N5TeAM), Trondheim (Norway), Copenhagen (Denmark)
- Joint master program with first year at DTU in Copenhagen, and second year at NTNU in Trondheimm. Degree from NTNU Trondheim: Master of Science in Applied and Engineering Mathematics. Degree DTU Copenhagen: Master of Science in Engineering. Master thesis title: Wavelet Techniques in Medical Imaging. Final Grade A (Best: A Average: A Worst: C)
2010 – 2012 MSc. Physics and Mathematics, NTNU, Trondheim (Norway).
- Specialized in industrial mathematics. Switched to N5TeAM after finishing first year at industrial mathematics.
2006 – 2008: Sergeant, Army Officer Candidate School, Skjold (Norway).
- Two-year officer school in the engineering battalion. Final Grade C (Best: A Average: B Worst: C)

Technical

Expert: Python, Unix, LaTeX, FEniCS, Git, Linux, GitHub actions
Intermediate: PyTorch Docker HTML, Bash, Matlab, Jupyter, Gmsh, Paraview, SQL, C++, C, JavaScript, React, CSS
Basic: Rust, CUDA, Haskell, C#, R

Employment

2021-present: Senior Research Engineer, Simula Research Laboratory
- Development of high performance computational software tools and mathematical models for the study of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSC)
2019-2020: Research Scholar, UC Berkeley Bioengineering
- Visiting research at the Healey Lab working with computational tools for “heart-on-chip” systems.
2017-2021: Research Engineer, Simula Research Laboratory
- Development of high performance computational software tools and mathematical models for the study of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (hiPSC)
2016: Corrector, University of Oslo
- Correcting assignments for master students in the course [INF4331, Problem solving with high level languages] (https://www.uio.no/studier/emner/matnat/ifi/INF4331/index-eng.html)
2009 – 2013 Teaching Assistant, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.
- Assisted groups of 25 students in Calculus 1, Calculus 2, Calculus 3, Statistics and Information Technology.
2012 – 2012 Summer Intern, Energy Micro, Oslo, Norway.
- Porting the Energy Micro University program to Giant Gecko Starter Kit. Improving code and embedded documentation as well as look and usability of the doxygen generated documentation for all kits.
2011 – 2012 Mentor, ENT3R NTNU, Trondheim.
- Responsibility for a class of 20 students from high school. Help students with mathematics, and motivate them for further education in science.
2011 – 2011 Summer Intern, Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI), Kjeller.
- Created a GUI in Visual C# and Matlab to read the log files, and use this information to calculate and plot the desired data.
2007 - 2008: Squad leader, Engineering Battalion, Norwegian Army
- Responsibilities: Educate soldiers with background in construction, and lead small construction projects.

Activities

Co-organizer for FEniCS 2024 conference in Oslo
2024-present: Chairman for the parent work committee at Tanum elementary school
2023-2024: Vice chairman for the parent work committee at Tanum elementary school
2023-present: Coach for the local football team for Girls born 2017
2023-present: Manager for the local football team for Girls born 2014
2019-present: Tekna representative at Simula Research Laboratory
2019-present: Safety delegate at Simula Research Laboratory
2018-2020: Chairman of Veslefrikk barnehage
- Responsible for the kindergarten.
2015-2016 Member of Expert Committee, Nokut, Oslo.
- Responsible for evaluating an application for accreditation of a PhD program at Bergen university college together with three other experts. Report
2011-2012 Business Manager, ENT3R NTNU, Trondheim.
- Responsible for organizing student events and invite companies to these events.
2011-2012 Chairman for the Business Committee, Nabla - Applied Physics and Mathematics student association , Trondheim.
- Overall responsibility for hosting business presentations, publishing catalogue with summer jobs, and connect students to the industry.
2011-2012 Member of the Business Committee, Nabla - Applied Physics and Mathematics student association , Trondheim.
- Responsible for contacting 20 companies and arrange business presentations.

Scholarships and Awards

Abel Scholarship 2012
- Given to mathematics students that exchange abroad.
Fullbright Scholarship
- My initial plan was to exchange to US and therefore I also applied for the Fullbright scholarship. I was awarded this scholarship but had to decline when I decided that I wanted to go to Denmark instead.
Norplus scholarship
- Given to exchange students in the nordic countries.
Erasmus scholarship
- Given to exchange students in Europe.

Improved computational identification of drug response using optical measurements of human stem cell derived cardiomyocytes in microphysiological systems

In vitro safety “clinical trial” of the cardiac liability of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin as COVID19 polytherapy

Heart muscle microphysiological system for cardiac liability prediction of repurposed COVID-19 therapeutics

Validating the Arrhythmogenic Potential of High-, Intermediate-, and Low-Risk Drugs in a Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiac Microphysiological System

Henrik Finsberg

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