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Johanna Rosén

Deputy Head of Department, Professor, Head of Division, Head of Unit

Currently, in selection: Wallenberg Scholar (since 2019), ERC Grantee (CoG2022, former StG), Göran Gustafsson prize awardee.

Presentation

Prof. Johanna Rosen is the Head of the Materials Design division, a research group comprising approximately 30 researchers dedicated to the design of novel materials for sustainable applications. She has been a Full Professor at Linköping University since 2016.

Prof. Rosen earned her PhD from RWTH Aachen University in Germany in 2004. Following her doctoral studies, she pursued postdoctoral research and held visiting scientist positions at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), USA, and the University of Sydney, Australia. In 2007, she returned to Sweden and was recruited to Linköping University for a tenure-track position as a LiU-Assistant Professor. Since then, she has established a state-of-the-art laboratory and a dynamic research environment that integrates predictive theoretical modeling with advanced materials synthesis and characterization.

Research

Prof. Rosen´s research focuses on application-driven fundamental studies of novel 1D, 2D, and 3D inorganic materials, including carbides (MAX phases and MXenes), borides (MAB phases and MBenes), and a diverse range of other metallic and ceramic compounds.
Her approach combines predictive and explanatory theoretical modeling with the synthesis of particles, powders, and thin films. The structural, compositional, and fundamental properties (e.g., optical, electronic, and magnetic) of these materials are systematically analyzed. Furthermore, their potential applications are explored in fields such as energy storage, energy conversion (catalysis), water purification, electromagnetic shielding, and more emerging technologies.
The research output is published in reputable journals including Science, Nature Synthesis, Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, and others. A full list of her publications can be found on Google Scholar.

Funding

Prof. Rosen´s research is primarily supported by
• the European Research Council (ERC)
• the Swedish Research Council (VR)
• the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF)
• the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW)

News

18 December 2024

Research for a sustainable future awarded almost SEK 20 million grant

An unexpected collaboration between materials science and behavioural science. The development of better and more useful services to tackle climate change. Two projects at LiU are to receive support from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation.

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12 November 2024

Interdisciplinary research on IVA’s 100 List

Five research projects from LiU are on the 100 List of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). The list pulls together projects with great potential to create value in society.

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02 October 2024

Research for a sustainable future in ten new projects

Photosynthetic materials, two-dimensional noble metals and sustainable semiconductors are some of the projects at LiU that have been granted funding from the research programme Wallenberg initiative materials science for sustainability – WISE.

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Publications

2025

Lianghao Yu, Xuedong He, Lan Tang, Xiaoqing Wang, Wu Cai, Yongsen He, Yunyu Sun, Guang Zhu, Johanna Rosén, Huile Jin (2025) Understanding mechanisms of fast sodium storage kinetics for MXene/MoS2@C in ether electrolytes Journal of Power Sources, Vol. 641, Article 236852 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Shun Kashiwaya, Yuchen Shi, Johanna Rosén, Lars Hultman (2025) Perspectives on noble metallenes: from synthesis to application 2D Materials, Vol. 12, Article 033001 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Durga Sankar Vavilapalli, Leiqiang Qin, Ali Saffar Shamshirgar, Johanna Rosén (2025) Efficient photocatalytic reduction of aqueous Cr (VI) by MXene-(Ti3C2, Mo4/3C) and Ca2Fe2O5-based nanocomposites JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, Vol. 13, Article 116169 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Quanzheng Tao, Aurelija Mockute, Fabio Orlandi, Dmitry Khalyavin, Pascal Manuel, Gunnar Palsson, Bachir Ouladdiaf, Johanna Rosén, Andrew T. Boothroyd (2025) Magnetic structure of Mn2GaC thin film by neutron scattering Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Vol. 37, Article 175802 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Yuchen Shi, Shun Kashiwaya, Jun Lu, Martin Dahlqvist, Davide Giuseppe Sangiovanni, Vladyslav Rogoz, Martin Magnuson, Grzegorz Greczynski, Mike Andersson, Johanna Rosén, Lars Hultman (2025) Synthesis of Ti4Au3C3 and its derivative trilayer goldene through chemical exfoliation Science Advances, Vol. 11 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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