Staff changes within Science and Technology

New Head of Department

Anna Rutgersson, Professor of Meteorology, has been appointed new head of the Department of Earth Sciences, starting on 1 July 2025.

New professors

Jan Rusz, Professor of Materials Theory, as of 1 June 2025

Denis Gaidashev, Professor of Mathematics, as of 1 April 2025

Patrik Johansson, Professor of Chemistry with a focus on batteries, as of 1 March 2025. At the same time, he became the new leader of the European battery research collaboration Battery 2030+.

New docents as of 1 April 2025

Mikael Andersson, Chemistry with a Specialisation in Materials Chemistry

Benny Avelin, Applied Mathematics and Statistics

Cecilia Gustavsson, Physics

Gunnar Pálsson, Physics

Petter Ström, Physics

Ida Westerberg, Hydrology

New distinguished university teachers as of 21 May 2025

Bor Gregorcic, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Abigail Barker, Department of Earth Sciences

Anneli Björkman