Sixteen mathematicians share SEK 35 million in research funding

They represent a wide range of different disciplines, with their work including probability theory, symplectic geometry and representation theory. Including this year’s grants, 168 researchers have received funding since 2014.

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"We will discover things we didn't even know we were looking for"

 

For over hundred years Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has given long term support for basic research in Sweden. For recent years, every year, more than two billion Swedish crowns – for building new knowledge for a brighter future.

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Wallenberg Scholar Maria Strömme is enlisting the help of nanotechnology to solve the global water supply problem. Her goal is to harvest water straight from the air using the sun’s rays and new nanomaterials.
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Gunilla Karlsson Hedestam’s research team is conducting an in-depth study of immunogenetics to learn more about the human immune system.
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Erik G. Larsson is heading a research project funded by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation in which four teams are collaborating on a new approach to the way communication takes place via wireless networks.
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Growing numbers of people are contracting colorectal cancer and no one knows why. One risk factor is inflammation of the gut, but it is unclear how genetics, diet, and gut bacteria influence this. Sanja Vickovic is developing ways to study cancer cells in the search for answers.