The Wallenberg Foundations

Natural Sciences

• Birgit Wild, Department of Environmental Sciences, Stockholm University
• Foivos Perakis, Department of Physics, Stockholm University
• Jessica Stephenson, University of Pittsburgh, USA (Stockholm University)
• Azadeh Fattahi, Durham University, UK (Stockholm University)
• Ilaria Piazza, Max Delbrück Centre for Molecular Medicine in Berlin, Germany (Stockholm University)

Technology

• Mika Sipponen, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University.

Humanities

• Orri Stefánsson, Department of Philosophy at Stockholm University and the Institute for Futures Studies and the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study
• Mateja Hajdinjak, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, (Stockholm University)

Eight Wallenberg Academy Fellows to Stockholm University

Read articles about their research here

• Annica Ekman, Professor of Meteorology: Studies of clouds in warmer polar climates
• Erik Lindahl, Professor of Biophysics: Investigating the structure and function of membrane proteins
• Emil Johansson Bergholtz, Professor of Theoretical Physics: Basic topological research explaining the quantum world
• Martin Jakobsson, Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics: Seabeds are mapped for better understanding of glaciers
• Jonas Tallberg, Professor of Political Science: How countries' political systems affect international cooperation

Existing scholars receiving extended funding

• Gunnar von Heijne, Professor of Theoretical Chemistry
  Close-up images of protein folding (KAW)
• Martin Högbom, Professor of Structural Biochemistry
  Dreaming of converting greenhouse gases using nature´s chemistry (KAW)

• David Drew, Professor of Biochemistry
  Revealing how the cell uptakes sugar (KAW)

• Ilona Riipinen, Professor of Atmospheric Science  
  Mapping the unexplored impact of forest on climate (KAW)

• Sara Strandberg, Professor of Elementary Particle Physics
  Ready for the next step after the discovery of the Higgs particle (KAW)

• Dan Petersen, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
  Using algebraic geometry to study abstract spaces (KAW)

• Xiadong Zou, Professor of Structural Chemistry
  Revolutionary close-ups of building blocks of life (KAW)
• Helen Frowe, Professor of Philosophy
  Exploring the ethics of deterrence (KAW)