Wallenberg Academy Fellows 2021
Where the nominating university is not the researcher’s current university, the nominating university’s name is in brackets
Where the nominating university is not the researcher’s current university, the nominating university’s name is in brackets
Dr Peter Heintzman
UiT The Arctic University of Norway (Stockholm University)
Research in brief: What happens to plants and animals when the climate heats rapidly?
Dr Derek Lundberg
Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Research in brief: How can bacteria help important crops thrive?
Dr Sanja Vickovic
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA (Uppsala University)
Research in brief: What drives the development of colorectal cancer?
Dr Christina Williamson
University of Colorado, Boulder, USA (University of Gothenburg)
Research in brief: Will reduce uncertainty in climate predictions
Professor Hannes Thiel
University of Kiel, Germany (Chalmers University of Technology)
Research in brief: Will contribute to classifying mathematical objects
Dr Kristina Davis
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA (Chalmers University of Technology)
Research in brief: Honing methods for finding life in other solar systems
Dr Laura Donnay
TU Wien, Vienna University of Technology (Stockholm University)
Research in brief: Will further develop mathematics for describing black holes
Dr Magdalena Zych
University of Queensland, Australia (Stockholm University)
Research in brief: How does time flow in the quantum world
Dr Simon Stael
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Belgium (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences)
Research in brief: How do trees and other plants heal from injuries?
Dr Björn Reinius
Karolinska Institutet
Research in brief: How is gene expression balanced between chromosome pairs?
Dr Daniella Rylander Ottosson
Lund University
Research in brief: Reprogrammed cells will heal the brain
Dr Davide Angeletti
University of Gothenburg
Research in brief: Will develop influenza vaccines that provide more lasting protection
Dr Linda Johansson
University of Gothenburg
Research in brief: Will study new targets for pharmaceuticals for type 2 diabetes
Dr Marcus Buggert
Karolinska Institutet
Research in brief: How does our body protect itself from viruses?
Dr Paulina Wanrooij
Umeå University
Research in brief: How is the cell affected by damage to its power plant?
Dr Sebastien Talbot
UdeM, Université de Montréal, Canada (Karolinska Institutet)
Research in brief: Aims to block tumors’ ability to disarm our immune system
Dr Adam Slabon
Stockholm University
Research in brief: Using lignin to create sustainable new materials
Dr Elena Bykova
Bayerisches Geoinstitut, University of Bayreuth, Germany (Linköping University)
Research in brief: Extreme pressure will provide new, as yet unknown material
Dr Klas Tybrandt
Linköping University
Research in brief: Will develop new elastic microelectronics for the brain
Dr Niki Vazou
IMDEA Software Institute, Spain (Chalmers University of Technology)
Research in brief: New method for software verification
Dr Simone Fabiano
Linköping University
Research in brief: Will develop stable organic conductors for the electronics of the future
Dr Yasmine Sassa
Chalmers University of Technology
Research in brief: Exploring exotic materials for the computers and energy technologies of the future
Professor Anne Kaun
Södertörn University
Research in brief: How do automated decisions by public authorities affect our view of democracy?
Dr Hannah Strømmen
University of Chichester, Great Britain (Lund University)
Research in brief: What role has the Bible played in the development of our secular society?
Dr Silvia De Toffoli
Princeton University, USA (Linköping University)
Research in brief: Will explore mathematics’ fallibility and human weaknesses
Dr Armita Golkar
Stockholm University
Research in brief: How do the teen years shape the risk of anxiety?
Dr Björn Lindström
VU Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands (Karolinska Institutet)
Research in brief: What makes us learn from others and form a culture?