Mads received his PhD from the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen, focusing on quantum memory aspects of optomechanical systems in the Schliesser Lab. On an Internationalisation Fellowship from the Carlsberg Foundation, he has joined QPL to study quantum memory applications of quantum electromechanical systems. He enjoys sports such as running, badminton, and squash as well as going to concerts and playing music in his spare time.