1957 生于丹麦。丹麦技术大学博士。Sun Microsystems 杰出工程师（网页可用性研究）。1998 与 Don Norman 联创 Nielsen Norman Group。著作《Usability Engineering》(1993)定义了该领域。1994 创造可用性评估「10 Heuristics」（至今行业标准）。开创 5 用户可用性测试。79 项专利。
Born 1957 Denmark. Technical University of Denmark PhD. Sun Microsystems Distinguished Engineer (web usability research). Co-founded Nielsen Norman Group 1998 with Don Norman. Authored 'Usability Engineering' (1993) — defined the field. Created the '10 Heuristics' for usability evaluation (1994) — still the standard. Pioneered the 5-user usability test. 79 patents.