Kelton Minor is continuing his 'love affair with Denmark' as an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen. Foto: Thomas Borberg

Kelton Minor won a coveted fellowship to pursue climate research at Columbia University. Then Donald Trump took office, and brutal cuts followed. Now the 36-year-old American lives and works in Copenhagen.

His research included an »non-aligned« word, according to an American elite university. Now he has sought refuge in Denmark

Kelton Minor is continuing his 'love affair with Denmark' as an associate professor at the University of Copenhagen. Foto: Thomas Borberg
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Kelton Minor var netop ansat på det prestigefulde Columbia University i New York. Foran sig havde han en definerende fase af sin lovende videnskabelig karriere. Den 35-årige forsker havde modtaget et af verdens mest eftertragtede stipendier og kom derfor med finansieringen af ikke blot sit eget arbejde, men også et understøttende laboratorium.

Han skulle forske i, hvordan klimaforandringerne påvirker menneskets sundhed og adfærd, men så blev Donald Trump præsident i USA.

Nu er Kelton Minor endt i Danmark.

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