“I feel very honoured and grateful, of course. It will be very interesting and exciting to be part of that context, to gain new experiences and an opportunity to contribute to various issues related to research and science – which are now more important than ever,” says Johanna Rosén, Professor of Materials Physics at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, at Linköping University, LiU.
Her research is about developing new materials with useful – and sometimes unexpected – combinations of properties, suitable for use in for example water purification, catalysis, and energy storage.
Recognition of the research
To create new materials, Johanna Rosén’s research team sometimes works with a three-step process. The first step involves developing a theoretical model that can predict which materials might be suitable for a specific application. Large-scale calculations in supercomputers yield a number of candidates. An assessment is then made of which of these materials would be chemically stable enough to be created in the lab.
The final step is verification – that is, whether the researchers have managed to create the material they are aiming for. This involves the use of transmission electron microscopy. All steps are carried out within the research environment at LiU.
"I see this as recognition of the research we have carried out until now, which is wonderful,” says Johanna Rosén.
KVA members
In addition, Rikard Landberg at Chalmers University of Technology and Thomas Schön at Uppsala University were also elected to the class for engineering sciences. Stefan James and Anna Dimberg, both at Uppsala University, were elected to the class for medical sciences.
LiU researchers Igor Abrikosov, Magnus Berggren, Marie Cronqvist, Peter Hedström, Markus Heilig, Lars Hultman, Olle Inganäs, Ericka Johnson, Erik G Larsson, Lennart Ljung and Anders Ynnerman are also members of various KVA classes.
