On this page, you can find contact information to researchers at Chalmers who can answer journalists’ questions and comment on the announced Nobel Prizes.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Giacomo Valle
Giacomo Valle is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. His research focuses on biosignal processing and neural engineering, with particular breakthroughs in neural-controlled prosthetics, brain-computer interfacing and neural stimulation.
Whilst this years' Nobel-winning discoveries gave researchers a way to control and probe specific neural circuits, Valle's research focuses on reading, stimulating and restoring neural signals, and using that knowledge to reconnect the nervous system with prosthetic devices or sensory technologies.
- Assistant Professor, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering
Nobel Prize in Physics
Eva Olsson
Eva Olsson is a Professor of Experimental Physics at Chalmers University of Technology. She is a member of—and has previously served as Chair of—the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ Nobel Committee for Physics.
- Head of Division, Physics and Astronomy
Mattias Marklund
Mattias Marklund is a Professor of Theoretical Physics and Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Chalmers University of Technology. He is happy to explain this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics and discuss the elusive neutrinos.
- Head of Department, Physics and Astronomy
Joanna Sobczyk
Joanna Sobczyk is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Chalmers University of Technology. She studies the properties of neutrinos through oscillation experiments, exploring how neutrinos can be detected and how they interact with atomic nuclei.
- Assistant Professor, Subatomic, High Energy and Plasma Physics, Physics and Astronomy
Riccardo Catena
Riccardo Catena is a Professor and astroparticle physicist at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Chalmers University of Technology. For many years, he has used data from the IceCube Observatory in his research on dark matter, which is thought to be capable of producing neutrinos from the Sun.
- Professor, Subatomic, High Energy and Plasma Physics, Physics and Astronomy
Robert Cumming
Robert Cumming is an astronomer and Communications Officer at Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology. He is happy to explain this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for a general audience.
- Communications Officer, Onsala Space Observatory, Physics and Astronomy
Göran Johansson
Göran Johansson is a Professor of Applied Quantum Physics at Chalmers University of Technology and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ Nobel Committee for Physics.
- Full Professor, Applied Quantum Physics, Microtechnology and Nanoscience
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Bo Albinsson
Bo Albinsson is a Professor of Physical Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Chemistry Class. He can explain the significance of the award-winning discovery and how its underlying principles make it possible to produce substances in a pure chiral form.
- Full Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Jerker Mårtensson
Jerker Mårtensson is Professor of Organic Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology. He can explain this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the significance of the discovery for our understanding of how biologically important molecules are formed.
His own research focuses on organic synthesis and the relationship between molecular structure and properties. He is very familiar with the award-winning method for asymmetric synthesis and its links to catalysis and organic chemistry.
- Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Prize in Economic Sciences
Ove Granstrand
Ove Granstrand is Professor Emeritus of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, at Chalmers University of Technology, in the Department of Technology Management and Economics, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).
- Professor Emeritus, Entrepreneurship and Strategy, Technology Management and Economics
Jessica Jewell
Jessica Jewell studies the pace and dynamics of policy-driven technological change, including how quickly new technologies grow and the role that policy plays in supporting technological transformation.
- Full Professor, Physical Resource Theory, Environmental and Energy Sciences