Today Lars Martiny (42) begins his appointment as Risø's new deputy director. Lars Martiny has been head of the Radiation Research Division at Risø DTU since 2008.
Lars Martiny studied organic chemistry at Aarhus University in 1994 and three years later he took a PhD degree in organic chemistry also at this university. Soon after he started working at Rigshospitalet, at the Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine.
He quickly discovered the possibilities of radioactive tracers, also used for PET and CT scanners at hospitals. He became responsible for heading the radiochemistry group, and in 2000 he continued as Head of Department of Isotope Chemistry at Novo Nordisk.
Concurrently, while attending to this demanding job, Lars Martiny managed to complete an MBA in general management at Scandinavian International Management Institute (SIMI).
Lars Martiny
In 2004 he came to Risø to take part in the establishment of Risø’s Hevesy Laboratory, where new diagnostic and therapeutic radioactive pharmaceuticals are developed. Radioactive pharmaceuticals are used worldwide, for instance in PET, SPECT and PET/CT scanners at hospitals and clinics to diagnose cancers, in the investigation of the central nervous system (CNS) and in the development of new therapeutics. As head of programme, Lars Martiny was heading the development of this laboratory, right from the beginning, in terms of staff, infrastructure and equipment, research portfolio, production as well as the important contact with hospitals and the Danish Medicines Agency.
In 2008 he was appointed head of the Radiation Research Division, which the Hevesy Laboratory is a part of.
As a leader, Lars Martiny thinks it is important to create a workplace where you can discuss things openly and honestly and where you can give each other critical and constructive feedback. Lars Martiny was one of the creators of Risø’s coordination groups which were formed to make the maximum use of Risø’s knowledge potential across divisions. These groups help to break down the barriers which inevitably exist inside an organisation.
For the last few years, Lars Martiny has been heavily involved in Risø's work on innovation and has been the chairman of Risø’s coordination group for innovation. He was one of the key persons behind Risø's involvement in Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster, a major project co-financed by Vækstforum Sjælland, Vækstforum Hovedstaden and the EU’s regional fund. The main objective of Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster is to create more growth and development in energy and environmental technologies.
Moreover, Lars Martiny has been representing Risø in several contexts with regard to innovation. Recently, he was Risø's representative in connection with a large Expo 2010 meeting in Shanghai. Together with several Danish regions and knowledge institutions, they presented Danish cleantech technologies to Chinese companies and decision makers in and around Shanghai.
Lately, Lars Martiny has been involved in the preparation of plans for a new business development park with a focus on cleantech technologies. This includes the establishment of a test and demonstration facility (Demonstratorium). Here, the idea is that businesses in cooperation with scientists at Risø, may test both specific technologies and prototypes on a larger scale in interconnected energy systems. however, still smaller than their use in an actual energy system.
When it comes to his career Lars Martiny always gets a move on, and actually he likes speed. Skiing is a high priority of his, but on weekdays he now rides his mountain bike going up hills and handling rough terrain. He devotes his spare time to his French wife and two boys aged 13 and 10
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