Mikkel Bjørn

Mikkel is a partner and Staff Data Scientist at Halfspace. He holds a PhD in experimental particle physics from the University of Oxford and the LHCb collaboration at the CERN laboratory and an MSc in theoretical physics from the Niels Bohr Institute.

Mikkel works with our clients to create sustained and lasting value through advanced analytics and AI solutions, and supports the entire development life cycle, from driving ideation and design to the implementation of sophisticated statistical and machine learning models, and finally communicating findings to executives, translating rigorous analysis into actionable conclusions.

‏‎Prior to joining Halfspace, Mikkel worked with Nordea Markets in their Desk Quant's Division, has been analysing the shipping industry with SeaIntel Maritime Analysis and has been teaching physics and mathematics courses at DTU and the University of Oxford. Always curious, Mikkel has won a bronze medal from the International Physics Olympiad Finals in Mexico in 2009, been a visiting student at Caltech, and studied Political Sciences for one year between his bachelor's and master's in Physics, achieving top results all around.