MISU's list of experts
On this page you will find links to the profile pages of several of our researchers, with contact details and further information.
Aerosol particles, clouds, climate, climate models
Annica Ekman
Professor at the Department of Meteorology. Her main research interests are clouds and aerosol particles and the various ways they interact and influence weather, circulation, and climate.
Global climate models and future scenarios
Gunilla Svensson
Professor at the Department of Meteorology. Extensive knowledge of climate issues in general.
How aerosols and clouds affect the climate
Caroline Leck
Professor at the Department of Meteorology. She can answer questions about airborne aerosol particles, ozone, other greenhouse gases, and gases in the atmosphere in general. She has also contributed to previous IPCC reports and been a research leader for Arctic expeditions focusing on how clouds form in the Arctic and how this affects the climate.
IPCC climate reports, the Earth's climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide, projections, and extreme events
Thorsten Mauritsen
Professor of Climate science at the Department of Meteorology. Researches global climate change and is one of the authors of the IPCC's sixth report. Focus area: determining the Earth's climate sensitivity to carbon dioxide, which involves studies of cloud processes, historical warming, ancient climate, and climate modeling. He has also worked on Arctic climate, extreme precipitation, and various aspects of ocean circulation.
Climate and climate change
Michael Tjernström
Professor Emeritus at the Department of Meteorology. Extensive knowledge of climate issues, particularly the climate in the Arctic. Polar expeditions.
Climate models and the role of clouds in the climate
Frida Bender
Professor of Climate modeling at the Department of Meteorology. Researches climate models, aerosols, clouds, and their interaction with each other and their role in the climate system. She is also knowledgeable about climate change in general and can answer general questions about the climate system.
The middle and upper atmosphere and its connection to space
Linda Megner
Researcher and Associate professor at the Department of Meteorology. Researches the upper layers of the atmosphere (i.e., the stratosphere, mesosphere, and thermosphere) and how they connect to space using atmospheric models, satellites, rockets, and ground-based instruments, such as Sweden's research satellite MATS, which was launched in November 2022. She also conduct research on meteoric material and how it is transported in the atmosphere, how solar wind, high-energy particles, and gravitational waves affect the atmosphere.
Jonas Hedin
Researcher at the Department of Meteorology. Researches the mesosphere (the boundary between our normal atmosphere and space) primarily using sounding rockets, but also satellites and ground-based instruments, and studies phenomena such as airglow and noctilucent clouds.
Oceanography and the role of the ocean in the climate system
Inga Koszalka
Associated professorof of Coastal Oceanography at the Department of Meteorology. Focus on ocean circulation, ocean currents, and physical processes in the ocean.
Léon Chafik
Researcher at the Department of Meteorology. North Atlantic ocean circulation, variability, and climate, satellite oceanography.
Johan Nilsson
Professor of Meteorology at the Department of Meteorology. His research focuses on the large scale ocean circulation and its inluence on the climate of Earth.
Jonas Nycander
Professor of Physical oceanography at the Department of Meteorolog. Internal waves generated by tides. Analysis of overturning circulation. By projecting the circulation on various coordinates it is possible to tell whether it is mechanically or thermally forced, and to diagnose the water mass transformation. Effects on the nonlinear equation of state on the ocean circulation. The ocean carbon cycle and its role for the low atmospheric CO2 concentration during the ice ages. Vegetation dynamics, in particular the direct effect of CO2. Climate economics.
Last updated: 2025-12-18
Source: Department of Meteorology (MISU)