Program for mathematics 2015

In order for Sweden to regain an international, cutting edge position in Mathematics, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, in cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, will support 84 prominent researchers in Mathematics during 2014-2022.

The funding amounts to a total of SEK 160 million, and in the first application round 15 positions have been filled.

The aim is for Sweden to recover its position at the international cutting edge by giving the best young researchers international experience and by recruiting young as well as more experienced mathematicians to Sweden.

The program includes several parts:

  • Nomination of guest professors
  • Postdoctoral Scholarship Program in Mathematics for researchers from outside Sweden
  • Postdoctoral Scholarship Program in Mathematics for researchers with a Swedish doctors degree

In 2014 the first 15 grantees were selected; this year another 17 are announced.

Five established researchers from abroad will become visiting professors at Swedish universities

Professor Michael Jakobson
University of Maryland (Uppsala University)

Calculating the Probability of Chaos

Professor Mattias Jonsson
University of Michigan (Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg)

Abstract Methods in Mathematical Physics

Professor Michael Lacey
Georgia Institute of Technology (Lund University)

New Methods Solve Old Problems

Professor Eero Saksman
University of Helsinki (Lund University)

New Mathematics with Old Roots

Professor Michael Siegel
New Jersey Institute of Technology (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

Microscopic Water Droplets in Oil

Six established researchers will receive funding for a post-doctoral position in Sweden open to researchers from abroad

Professor Bo Berndtsson
Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg

Convexity in an Abstract Setting

Professor Mattias Dahl
KTH Royal Institute of Technology

A Close Look at the Theory of Relativity

Dr. Martin Herschend
Uppsala University 

Higher Dimensional Representation Theory

Dr. Klas Modin
Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg

Mathematicians Look at the Human Body

Professor Hjalmar Rosengren
Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg

Mathematical Background of New Theories in Physics

Professor Henrik Shahgholian
KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Macro Perspective on Microscopic Structures

Six researchers holding Swedish doctorates will be recruited to post-doctoral positions at universities abroad and will receive support for two years upon returning to Sweden

Dr. Magnus Goffeng
University of Gothenburg (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Geometry of Objects with Many Vertices

Dr. Lukáš Malý
Linköping University (University of Cincinnati, USA)

Differential Equations and Various Notions of Derivative

Dr. Oscar Marmon
Chalmers University of Technology (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)

Counting Solutions of Diophantine Equations

Dr. Anna Sakovich
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (University of Vienna, Austria)

Mathematics of General Relativity and Black Holes

Dr. Martin Strömqvist
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)

Understanding Microscopic Variations in Materials

Dr. Björn Winckler
KTH Royal Institute of Technology (State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA)

Studying the Essence of Chaos

Earlier years