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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

Ningjun Chen, Rodrigo Ronchi, Joseph Halim, Per O A Persson, Leiqiang Qin, Johanna Rosén (2025) A Hyperstable Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery Based on Mo1.74CTz MXene Small (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Adam Carlsson, Johanna Rosén, Martin Dahlqvist (2025) When Two Becomes Three: Predicting Stable Ternary Boron-Based Compounds by Populating Unique Lattice Sites in Binary Prototype Structures Advanced Theory and Simulations (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Ali Saffar Shamshirgar, Leiqiang Qin, Rocio E. Rojas-Hernandez, Joseph Halim, Jose F. Fernandez, Irina Hussainova, Johanna Rosén (2025) Bidirectional Mo4/3CTx MXene/Graphene Aerogels for Tailored Microwave Absorption ACS Applied Nano Materials (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Pernilla Helmer, Martin Dahlqvist, Johanna Rosén (2025) Computational screening of MOX<sub>2</sub> transition metal oxydihalides with M = V, Nb, Ta, Mo, Ru, or Os, and X = Cl, Br, or I Journal of Materials Chemistry C (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
E. B. Thorsteinsson, Martin Dahlqvist, Anna Elsukova, Andrejs Petruhins, Per O A Persson, Johanna Rosén, A. S. Ingason, F. Magnus (2025) Growth and magnetic properties of epitaxial thin films of the i-MAX phase (Mn2/3Sc1/3)2GaC Vacuum, Vol. 233, Article 113856 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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