Four new members elected to the Academy

At the General Meeting on 28 November Ulf Söderlund, Lund University, Vivi Vajda, the Swedish Museum of Natural History and Larry Mayer, University of New Hampshire, were elected members of the Academy’s Class for geosciences. Christer Nordlund, Umeå University, was elected member of the Academy’s Class for humanities and for outstanding services to science.

Swedish members

Class for geosciences

Ulf Söderlund is Professor and Head of bedrock geology at Lund University.

Ulf Söderlund, Lund University

Vivi Vajda is Professor and Head of the Department of Palaeobiology, the Swedish Museum of Natural History.

Vivi Vajda, Swedish Museum of Natural History

Class for humanities and for outstanding services to science

Christer Nordlund is Professor of History of Science and Ideas at the Department of historical, philosophical and religious studies, Umeå University.

Christer Nordlund, Umeå University

Foreign members

Class for geosciences

Larry Mayer is Professor and Director of the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering and The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire. 

Larry Mayer, University of New Hampshire