Young Researcher Award
Umeå University awards young promising scientists. Researchers can apply for this special grant "Young Researcher Award" up to ten years after having attained the doctoral degree.
Through a special form of research award, researchers can receive a sum up to two million kronor. This kind of award is unique in Sweden. In the first round, in the year 2008, 71 researchers from the whole university were selected by external experts.
Below, the researchers from the Faculty of Science and Technology that were rewarded in 2011 are presented.
Thereafter, a list with earlier winners from 2008 follows.
Receivers of 2011 year´s Young Researcher Award:
Computing Science
Johanna Björklund (tidigare Högberg)
Ecology and Environmental Science
Jan Karlsson
Antonia Liess
Ann-Kristin Bergström
Jonatan Klaminder
Tomas Brodin
Physics
Magnus Andersson
David Barbero
Plant Physiology
Maria Eriksson
Chemistry
Anna Linusson Jonsson
Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Åke Brännström
Mathematics, Technology, and Science Education
Manya Raman Sundström
Applied Physics and Electronics
Christoffer Boman
Receivers of 2008 year´s Young Researcher Award:
Ecology and Environmental Science
Folmer Bokma
Pär Ingvarsson
Roland Jansson
Physics
Claude Dion
Ludvig Edman
Petter Holme
Emil Lundh
Mattias Marklund
Martin Rosvall
Alexandr Talyzin
Thomas Wågberg
Plant Physiology
Markus Grebe
Åsa Strand
Hannele Tuominen
Chemistry
Erik Björn
Christiane Funk
Jyri-Pekka Mikkola
Madeleine Ramstedt
Johan Trygg
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede
Magnus Wolf-Watz
Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics
Klas Markström
Molecular Biology
Jörgen Johansson
Jonas Nilsson
Ruth Palmer
Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen
Applied Physics and Electronics
Leonid Freidovich
