Researchers in physics and phonetics elected to the Academy

At the General Meeting on 19 January Eva Olsson, Professor of Experimental Physics at Chalmers University of Technology, Francisco Lacerda, Professor of Phonetics at Stockholm University, David Haviland, Professor of Nanostructure Physics at KTH – The Royal Institute of Technology and Jon Magne Leinaas, Professor of Theoretical Physics at University of Oslo were elected to the Academy.

Swedish members

Class for physics

Eva Olsson is Professor of Experimental Physics, with an Emphasis on Analytical Material Physics at the department Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg.

Class for humanities and for outstanding services to science

Francisco Lacerda is Professor of Phonetics at the Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University.

Foreign members

Class for physics

David Haviland is Professor of Nanostructure Physics at the Department of Applied Physics, KTH – The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.

Jon Magne Leinaas is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway.