31 October 2024

Two of the grants were starting grants and eight were research project grants.

This year VR has approved grants for ten researchers at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology:

 

Starter Grants

Alexander Gillett, Electronic and Photonic Materials

Johan Klarbring, Theoretical Physics

 

Project Grants

Jonas Björk, Materials Design

Weimin Chen, Electronic and Photonic Materials

Urban Friberg, Biology

Mika Gustafsson, Bioinformatics

Edwin Jager, Sensor and Actuator Systems

Ganpati Ramanath, Thin Film Physics

Kajsa Uvdal, Molecular Surface Physics and Nanoscience

Björn Wallner, Bioinformatics

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