On 14 January, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences elected new members to the classes for mathematics, physics, chemistry and social sciences. The new members are active in fields including algebraic geometry, quantum and particle physics, biomolecular systems, bio-inorganic chemistry, as well as research on societal governance, migration and global processes.
Class for mathematics
Swedish member
Dan Petersen is Professor of Mathematics at Stockholm University.
Class for physics
Swedish members
Annica Black-Schaffer is Professor of Physics and head of the research programme Quantum Matter Theory at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University.
Sara Strandberg is Professor of Particle Physics at Stockholm University and conducts her research within the ATLAS experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider.
Foreign member
Julia Tjus is Professor of Astroparticle Physics at Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany and Affiliated Professor at Chalmers University of Technology.
Class for chemistry
Swedish member
Emma Sparr is Professor of Physical Chemistry at Lund University.
Foreign member
Paul Walton is Professor at the University of York, UK.
Class for social sciences
Swedish members
Jane Reichel is Professor of Administrative Law and Vice President of Stockholm University.
Johan Lindquist is Professor of Social Anthropology at Stockholm University.
Tommy Andersson is Professor of Economics at Lund University.
