Fun Facts About the Faculty: Side gigs
During the day, they walk around in lab coats, give lectures, tend to patients, or experiment in the lab. But when they're off from the university, they do something completely different. You know them as respected researchers and excellent educators, but did you know that…
![[Translate to English:] Bjarke Baisner i front som forsansger i coverbandet Queen Machine](/fileadmin/_processed_/9/b/csm_Queen-Machine-BJ_0ba6d2e06b.jpeg)
…PhD student Bjarke Baisner often swaps the lab coat for spandex and takes on the role of Freddie Mercury?
He is the lead singer in the tribute band Queen Machine, which has performed hundreds of concerts on big stages both domestically and internationally. Queen Machine and Bjarke Baisner debuted on May 15, 2009, at a party in the cafeteria at the Dept. of Chemistry, and it has only been upward and onward since. He could actually make a living from music – if it weren't for his commitments as a PhD student at the Dept. of Clinical Medicine and an oncologist at AUH.
- One of the leading corona experts was infected with a writing bug?
At the age of 46, Professor of Infectious Diseases Lars Østergaard decided he wanted to write a novel before he turned 50. He had never written - or hardly even read such a book before. But he did it! In 2013, the 267-page thriller "I lære som Gud" (“In training as God”) was published, and is available at a library near you.
- Claus Olesen sailed the high seas before anchoring at Biomedicine?
This is no overstatement. Olesen has been on the national sailing team, and star, soling, and dragon are just some of the boat types he masters. Claus Olesen won a bronze medal at the World Championships in 2012 and participated in the Olympics in Athens in 2004 and London in 2012. He was also part of Jesper Bank's – that is, the Jesper Bank – crew during the America's Cup in the early 2000s.