Jesper Grodal has served on the board since 2020. He is professor of Mathematics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences. He got his PhD from MIT in 2000, and spent 2000-2006 at Univ. Chicago, IAS-Princeton, and Paris, before joining UCPH as a professor in 2006. He has also subsequently held visiting positions in France, Germany, UK, and US. One aspect of the job he particularly cherishes, apart from research and lecturing, is mentoring PhD students and postdocs, helping advance the next generation. He has fought for a better UCPH for years, and together with Eske Willerslev started Involve the Researchers! in 2019, as a reaction to questionable leadership decisions. He was, together with Willerslev, elected to the UCPH Governing Board (Bestyrelsen) in 2020.