Chalmers researchers who can comment on the Nobel Prizes

Giacomo Valle

Giacomo Valle is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical Engineering, at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. His research focuses on biosignal processing and neural engineering, with particular breakthroughs in neural-controlled prosthetics, brain-computer interfacing and neural stimulation.

Whilst this years' Nobel-winning discoveries gave researchers a way to control and probe specific neural circuits, Valle's research focuses on reading, stimulating and restoring neural signals, and using that knowledge to reconnect the nervous system with prosthetic devices or sensory technologies.

Eva Olsson

Eva Olsson is a Professor of Experimental Physics at Chalmers University of Technology. She is a member of—and has previously served as Chair of—the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ Nobel Committee for Physics.

Susanne Aalto

Susanne Aalto is Professor of Radio Astronomy and Deputy President at Chalmers University of Technology. She has extensive experience in astrophysics, a broad international network within the field, and has organised scientific meetings on radio and neutrino astronomy. She has also worked to strengthen Chalmers’ ties with the IceCube Observatory and is available to comment on this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics.

Mattias Marklund

Mattias Marklund is a Professor of Theoretical Physics and Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Chalmers University of Technology. He is happy to explain this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics and discuss the elusive neutrinos.

Joanna Sobczyk

Joanna Sobczyk is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Chalmers University of Technology. She studies the properties of neutrinos through oscillation experiments, exploring how neutrinos can be detected and how they interact with atomic nuclei.

Riccardo Catena

Riccardo Catena is a Professor and astroparticle physicist at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Chalmers University of Technology. For many years, he has used data from the IceCube Observatory in his research on dark matter, which is thought to be capable of producing neutrinos from the Sun.

Julia Tjus

Julia Tjus is an astroparticle physicist, affiliated professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Chalmers University of Technology, and researcher at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany. She has worked with this year’s Nobel Laureate in Physics, Francis Halzen, for more than twenty years and therefore knows him personally.

Robert Cumming

Robert Cumming is an astronomer and Communications Officer at Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology. He is happy to explain this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics for a general audience.

Göran Johansson

Göran Johansson is a Professor of Applied Quantum Physics at Chalmers University of Technology and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences’ Nobel Committee for Physics.

Bo Albinsson

Bo Albinsson is a Professor of Physical Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Chemistry Class. He can explain the significance of the award-winning discovery and how its underlying principles make it possible to produce substances in a pure chiral form.

Jerker Mårtensson

Jerker Mårtensson is Professor of Organic Chemistry at Chalmers University of Technology. He can explain this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the significance of the discovery for our understanding of how biologically important molecules are formed.

His own research focuses on organic synthesis and the relationship between molecular structure and properties. He is very familiar with the award-winning method for asymmetric synthesis and its links to catalysis and organic chemistry.

Ove Granstrand

Ove Granstrand is Professor Emeritus of Entrepreneurship and Strategy, at Chalmers  University of Technology, in the Department of Technology Management and Economics, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).

Jessica Jewell

Jessica Jewell studies the pace and dynamics of policy-driven technological change, including how quickly new technologies grow and the role that policy plays in supporting technological transformation.