Meet some of our researchers

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Meet some of the prominent researchers who are part of Gothenburg's physics community.

Aleksandar Matic, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC The materials physicist who loves the toughest challenges
The materials physicist who loves the toughest challenges

There was no money, political support or marketing budget. But that didn’t stop Aleksandar Matic from spearheading effor...

Thomas Nilsson, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC Political physics
Political physics

It’s fair to say, I think, that Göteborg is a town of excellent viewing spots and one summery Monday morning I learn tha...

Janine Splettstoesser, Professor, Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers

GPC With a mind set on nano
With a mind set on nano

​She’s a professor of applied quantum physics, a mother of three and speaks five languages. As the leader of the interdi...

Maria Sundin, Senior lecturer, Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg

GPC She opens the door to physics through horses and astronomy
She opens the door to physics through horses and astronomy

At nine years old, she was obsessed with horses and science fiction. Now she conducts research focused on horses and ast...

Mattias Marklund, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg

GÅC With the right energy for successful research
With the right energy for successful research

Imagine that you gathered together all the sunlight that falls on the earth and concentrated it all at the end of a sing...

Henrik Grönbeck, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC He sets sail in the world of catalysts
He sets sail in the world of catalysts

Catalysts are needed to trigger chemical reactions. We have all heard of catalytic converters in cars. However, catalyst...

Jari Kinaret, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC Jari Kinaret runs Europe’s largest research flagship
Jari Kinaret runs Europe’s largest research flagship

“Perkele! Is this what my taxes are going to? There must be better ideas,” thought physics professor Jari Kinaret as he...

Christoph Langhammer, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC His research is paving the way for the hydrogen vehicles of the future
His research is paving the way for the hydrogen vehicles of the future

He rides his bike to his sailing boat in the marina and doesn’t own a car. But much of his work involves paving the way...

Julie Gold, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC  Julie Gold helps people grow – and knows how to grow meat
Julie Gold helps people grow – and knows how to grow meat

Quorn, tzay, tofu... The products meant to replace standard meat are usually vegetarian. But you can also grow meat from...

Johan Åkerman, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg

GPC The physics professor who won’t give up until it works
The physics professor who won’t give up until it works

Every time you upload an image to Facebook or surf wirelessly on your phone, you use them. Every time physics professor...

Tünde Fülöp, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC Opportunities in everything
Opportunities in everything

Meeting Tünde Fülöp means that you will likely feel as if you just had an injection of energy and inspiration. Tünde is...

Christophe Demazière, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC Reactor physicist passionate about pedagogy and nuclear safety
Reactor physicist passionate about pedagogy and nuclear safety

Every summer holiday when he was on a caravanning holiday with his parents, he successfully lobbied for a visit to a nuc...

Alexandre Dmitriev, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg

He combines light with magnetism – and research with humanity

The fall of the Soviet Union made him question the value of a science education. But he found his way back to physics vi...

Lena Falk, Professor, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC Materials researcher who loves hard and highly structured matter
Materials researcher who loves hard and highly structured matter

She conducts research into wear-resistant materials which withstand heavy loads at high temperatures. Those who know the...

Patrik Johansson, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC Battery researcher who will happily challenge fake news
Battery researcher who will happily challenge fake news

Electric cars and other battery-powered vehicles are a red-hot topic in the current debate. How can we make the transiti...

Raimund Feifel, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg

From Germany with a fondness for Swedish equality

A major reason why the German-born, now double citizenship holding, new professor of experimental atomic and molecular p...

Bengt EW Nilsson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC Plucking strings
Plucking strings

Hadn’t it been for buying a house outside Göteborg hours before he got a professorship in Oslo we would probably not hav...

Eva Olsson, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC Like an eternity, a universe to marvel
Like an eternity, a universe to marvel

- Studying sophisticated materials structures in a microscope and exploring the correlation between structure and proper...

Mikael Käll, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC Two passions nurturing each other
Two passions nurturing each other

On a sunny Tuesday morning, I am waiting in front of Mikael Käll’s office. He appears just a minute later, casually dres...

Fredrik Höök, Professor, Department of Physics, Chalmers

GPC A matter of life and Science
A matter of life and science

He pauses for, what seem like, a long time after my casual first question; “so, what are you working on now?” and I am a...