Wallenberg Academy Fellows prolongation grants 2022

Wallenberg Academy Fellows is a long-term program that addresses young researchers in medicine, natural sciences, engineering and technology, humanities and social sciences.

The program is set up in close cooperation with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and the Swedish Academy.

In the end of the first five year period the Wallenberg Academy Fellows can be nominated for another five years of funding.

Dr. Oscar Agertz
Lund University

New galaxy simulations shining light on stars

Dr. Laura Baranello
Karolinska Institutet

Fewer side-effects with targeted cancer therapy

Professor Karl Börjesson
University of Gothenburg

Reducing energy loss from our screens

Dr. Katarzyna Koltowska
Uppsala University

Exploring the innermost secrets of the lymphatic system

Associate Professor Charles Melnyk
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 

Fight or heal – how do plants know what is best for them?

Associated Professor Claudia Mohr
Stockholm University

Impact of aerosols on clouds

Professor Elin Naurin
University of Gothenburg

Pregnancy and perceptions of politics

Associate Professor Dan Petersen
Stockholm University

Using algebraic geometry to study abstract spaces

Associate Professor Joanna Rorbach
Karolinska Institutet

Protein manufacture in the cell powerhouse

Professor Johannes Rousk
Lund University

Hidden soil life impacts climate change

Associate Professor Pontus Strimling
Linköping University

Predicting future social norms

Professor Ergang Wang
Chalmers University of Technology

The electronics of tomorrow - decomposing naturally

Professor Jiayin Yuan
Stockholm University

Making future plastic from carbon dioxide

Associate Professor Johan Östling
Lund University

Europeanization transformed universities