Published 12 July 2022 A first meeting with the aim of coordinating the national agenda is booked by Erik Renström, Lund University, Stefan Christiernin, Volvo Cars, Darja Isaksson, Vinnova, Pia Sandvik, RISE and Lars-Erik Wernersson, LTH. Photo: Jessika Sellergren How should we collaborate on a national strategy for semiconductors? The answer could be closer than we think. After the panel discuss

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/working-towards-semiconductor-strategy-sweden - 2025-07-01

Published 25 August 2022 Sparbanken Skåne's CEO Andreas P. Nilsson presents the award to Louise Green at LTH's graduation ceremony. Photo: Johan Persson The Sparbanken Skåne Prize to a new doctor at LTH for particularly outstanding doctoral thesis is in 2022 awarded NanoLundian Louise Gren for her thesis in Aerosol Technology. The Sparbanksstiftelsen Färs and Frosta awards the Sparbanken Skåne Pri

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/louise-gren-receives-sparbanken-skanes-research-prize-2022 - 2025-07-01

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 1 September 2022 Anne L’Huillier, Professor of Atom Physics and member of NanoLund, is awarded the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award. Photo: Kennet Ruona In memory of the nuclear physicist Lise Meitner, the Gothenburg Physics Centre since 2006 awards a prize to a scientist who made a breakthrough discovery in physics. Nex

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/gothenburg-lise-meitner-award-anne-lhuillier - 2025-07-01

Published 7 September 2022 Normally, Nobel Symposia are quite rare, therefore it is quite remarkable that NanoLund researchers were the main organizers of two symposia that took place nearly at the same time. The Nobel Symposium NS 173: “Exploring complex molecular and condensed phase processes and functions by multidimensional spectroscopy from THz to X-rays” was held August 7–11, 2022 in Båstad.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/two-nobel-symposia-held-southern-sweden-within-one-month - 2025-07-01

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 22 September 2022 Lars Samuelson celebrates together with colleagues including Lund University vice chancellor Erik Renström, NanoLund directors Anders Mikkelsen and Maria Messing – and, online, colleagues from the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Lars Samuelson, professor of nanotechnology and semico

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/lars-samuelson-receives-ivas-great-gold-medal - 2025-07-01

By anna-karin [dot] alm [at] ftf [dot] lth [dot] se (Anna-Karin Alm) - published 14 September 2022 The researchers Peter Samuelsson and Björn Annby-Andersson in front of a white board. Photo: Johan Lindskoug NanoLund researchers Björn Annby-Andersson and Peter Samuelsson have developed a “master equation” that will help engineers understand feedback at the quantum scale. Many everyday technologies

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/master-equation-boost-quantum-technologies - 2025-07-01

Published 29 September 2022 Jonatan Fast was one of the scientists giving talks at the annual event “Culture Night”. Photo: Ivan Maximov Able to celebrate the annual ”Culture Night” in Lund again, NanoLund and the Department of Physics contributed by showing the amazing world of physics – covering topics from the smallest elements to the deepest mysteries of the universe. Kulturnatten – The Cultur

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/diligent-participation-culture-night - 2025-07-01

Published 6 September 2022 Photo by Carsten Lundager. Per Augustsson, Affiliated faculty member of NanoLund and Associate Professor at the department of Biomedical Engineering at Lund University, has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept Grant for the project TAPAS, Taking blood apart by sound. Per Augustsson is one of 55 researchers from around Europe who receives EUR 150,000 from the European Res

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/erc-grant-nanolund-affiliated-faculty-member - 2025-07-01

Published 4 October 2022 Simplified schematic of a triple-junction photovoltaic nanowire. Illustration from Materials Today Energy (open access). More details below! “Our main conclusion is that nanowires are promising building blocks for the next generation of high efficiency solar cells at economically viable cost that are sustainable, flexible and radiation hard,” says NanoLund researcher Lukas

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanowires-promise-high-efficient-economical-solar-cells - 2025-07-01

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 13 October 2022 Last but not least, the NanoLund director Anders Mikkelsen acclaimed program chairs Maria Messing and Mattias Borg, and the coordinator Mirja Carlsson Möller. Photo: Ivan Scheblykin An entire day full of scientific talks, poster mingling, and plenty of opportunities to discuss all varieties of playing with the en

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/recap-annual-meeting-2022 - 2025-07-01

Published 18 October 2022 Mathieu Gisselbrecht and Sara Linse are rewarded project grants by Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Photo: Johan Joelsson The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation is awarding SEK 700 million to 23 innovative basic research projects at Swedish universities. Four of them are based in Lund – and two are connected to NanoLund. Sara Linse will study disease-preventing pro

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/disease-preventing-proteins-and-more-temperature-resistant-quantum-computers - 2025-07-01

Published 8 November 2022 Nanoplastics can be utilized by bacteria which in turn serve as additional food for the zooplankton Daphnia Magna. Photo: Per Harald Olsen, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet There is still much we don’t know about the tiny plastic particles thought to be all around us. In a new study, Tommy Cedervall and his research group show that the rate of degradation ma

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/study-nanoplastics-surprises-scientists - 2025-07-01

Published 14 November 2022 The NanoLund annual student retreat is a popular event, gathering students, PhD students and postdocs from NanoLund. Photo: Oskar Ström “Industry versus Academia” was the theme for this year’s NanoLund student retreat. It took place in Höllviken with more than 85 participants attending the exciting program. This year’s Nanolund student retreat in Höllviken had more than 

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/biggest-nanolund-student-retreat-ever - 2025-07-01

Published 30 November 2022 Photo by Fauxels at pexels.com. 193 applications were submitted in the first PhD and postdoc project call from which 90 projects have been granted funding. The projects are awarded in total 260 million Swedish Crowns by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW) for a period of up to four years. Awarded projects are distributed broadly across seven universities. “The

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/first-wise-phd-and-postdoc-projects-approved - 2025-07-01

Published 28 November 2022 The researchers used ultrafast laser spectroscopy (Photo: Pavel Chabera) With the help of mirrors, placed only a few hundred nanometers apart, a research team led by NanoLundian Tönu Pullerits has managed to use light more efficiently. The finding could eventually be useful for controlling solar energy conversion during photosynthesis, or other reactions driven by light.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/researchers-take-first-step-towards-controlling-photosynthesis-using-mirrors - 2025-07-01

By evelina [dot] linden [at] luhm [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 6 December 2022 Tina Persson, a Global ICF Coach who trains high-performing leaders to unlock and maximize their potential for guaranteed business success, was the first speaker to guest the NanoLund Mentoring program that kicks off in January. As a gateway into the NanoLund Mentoring program, a career development wor

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/how-develop-your-career-first-event-facing-mentor-program-was-held - 2025-07-01

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 8 December 2022 The first three NanoLund Distinction Prize awardees are (clockwise) Yen-Po Liu, Lukas Hrachowina, and Sven Dorsch. The NanoLund Distinction is awarded to PhD students within the NanoLund environment who have shown particular dedication to research, education and outreach activities, have acquired broad knowledge

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/nanolund-distinction-prize-yen-po-liu-lukas-hrachowina-and-sven-dorsch - 2025-07-01

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Jessika Sellergren) - published 20 December 2022 In order to strengthen Swedish competitiveness, Lund University is taking the initiative to launch a national effort to mobilize expertise in the semiconductor field – and a proposal for a strategy for semiconductor technology in Sweden has now been proposed during a discussion meeting hosted by Lund Univers

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/national-agenda-semiconductors-now-proposed - 2025-07-01

By webmaster [at] nano [dot] lu [dot] se (Evelina Lindén) - published 21 December 2022 Kimberly Dick Thelander. Photo: Magnus Bergström, provided by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation Together with other prominent researchers and experts in the private and public sectors, Professor Kimberly Dick Thelander has been inducted as a new Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/kimberly-dick-thelander-inducted-royal-academy-engineering-sciences - 2025-07-01

Published 16 January 2023 Jens Schouenborg is the founder of Neuronano AB, and a professor of neurophysiology at Lund University and leads the research at LU’s Neuronano Research Center. Photo: Tove Smeds Neuronano AB – a med tech company spun out of NanoLund and the Neuronano Research Center (NRC) – recently issued new shares, according to the news service Rapidus. 20 MSEK are taking the company

https://www.nano.lu.se/article/neuronano-ab-approaching-clinical-phase - 2025-07-01