Susanne Aalto, professor in Radio Astronomy at Chalmers, is one of the newly elected Fellows of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). 40 prominent researchers and experts from the business and public sector were elected on December 7, 2023, all possessing leading expertise in the fields of technology, economics and business.
Susanne Aalto's research is focused on the studies of star formation, supermassive black holes and powerful winds and outflows in galaxies near and far. She is using radio and IR instruments to study the cold molecular gas as a tracer of galaxy evolution. Read about one of her projects in the news article, where the James Webb Space Telescope assisted the researchers in pinpointing the 'engine’ of luminous merging galaxies for the first time.
Susanne is elected to IVA’s Basic and Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences Division.
“The combined experience and skills of the new Fellows will be an important addition to the Academy, further strengthening and broadening IVA’s competences in key issues for the future, such as artificial intelligence and sustainable development,” say IVA Chair Marcus Wallenberg and its President Tuula Teeri, in a joint statement.
IVA: The world’s oldest academy of engineering sciences
Founded over 100 years ago, IVA is the world’s oldest academy of engineering sciences, bringing together expertise and experience from around 1,300 elected Fellows and 250 companies. The Academy’s 12 Divisions propose new Fellows. It is then up to IVA’s highest decision-making body, the Assembly of the Academy, to make the final choice.
Read more in the IVA press release: IVA gets a boost with 40 new Fellows – here is the list
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