Project Grants and Research Grants from the Swedish Research Council 2016
The Swedish Research Council reached a decision on February 23, 2017 on project grants and starting grants on Natural and Engineering Sciences. The Department of Physics and Astronomy is granted 45.9 million SEK for the period 2016-2020 for in total six project grants and six starting grants. The projects will begin during 2017.
Investigating interactive science education at the university level: Combining variation theory with social semiotics as it relates to disciplinary representations and semiotic resources
Professor Cedric Linder, Physics Education Research, was granted 5.9 million SEK for the project “Investigating interactive science education at the university level: Combining variation theory with social semiotics as it relates to disciplinary representations and semiotic resources” from the Swedish Research Council when project grants for 2017-2020 were awarded.
Atomic processes in stellar atmospheres: towards high-accuracy stellar abundances for galactic archeology
Paul Barklem, Astronomy and Space Physics, was granted 3.2 million SEK for the project “Atomic processes in stellar atmospheres: towards high-accuracy stellar abundances for galactic archeology” from the Swedish Research Council for the period 2016-2020.
Strange and charmed hyperon physics in electromagnetic and strong interaction
Tord Johansson, Nuclear Physics, was granted 3 million SEK for the project “Strange and charmed hyperon physics in electromagnetic and strong interaction” from the Swedish Research Council for the period 2017-2020.
Project description Strange and charmed hyperon physics in electromagnetic and strong interaction
Ultrafast dynamics in functional materials
Olof “Charlie” Karis, Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics, was granted 3.3 million SEK for the project “Ultrafast dynamics in functional materials” from the Swedish Research Council for the period 2016-2020.
Project description Ultrafast dynamics in functional materials
String theory and quantum field theory
Joseph Minahan, Theoretical Physics, was granted 4.2 million SEK for the project “String theory and quantum field theory” from the Swedish Research Council for the period 2016-2020.
Magnetization and polarization dynamics in complex multiferroic oxides
Biplab Sanyal, Materials Theory, was granted 2.55 million SEK for the project “Magnetization and polarization dynamics in complex multiferroic oxides” from the Swedish Research Council for the period 2016-2020.
Project description Magnetization and polarization dynamics in complex multiferroic oxides
Topological interactions in polymers under shear
Max Wolff, Materials Physics, was granted 3.475 million SEK for the project “Topological interactions in polymers under shear” from the Swedish Research Council for the period 2017-2020.
Project description Topological interactions in polymers under shear
Generation of giant half-cycle pulses of terahertz light
Vitaliy Goryashko, FREIA, was granted 3 million SEK for the project “Generation of giant half-cycle pulses of terahertz light” from the Swedish Research Council for the period 2017-2020.
Project description Generation of giant half-cycle pulses of terahertz light
Interfaces and interphases in in operandi Li-ion batteries
Maria Hahlin, Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics, was granted 3.32 million SEK for the project “Interfaces and interphases in in operandi Li-ion batteries” from the Swedish Research Council for the period 2016-2020.
Project description Interfaces and interphases in in operandi Li-ion batteries
Realistic Ground States of String Theory
Magdalena Larfors, Theoretical Physics, was granted 3.6 million SEK for the project “Realistic Ground States of String Theory” from the Swedish Research Council for the period 2016-2020.
Project description Realistic Ground States of String Theory
Ultrafast Non-Equilibrium Processes in Magnetic Materials and in Spintronics
Pablo Maldonado, Materials Theory was granted 3.124 million SEK for the project “Ultrafast Non-Equilibrium Processes in Magnetic Materials and in Spintronics” from the Swedish Research Council for the period 2016-2020.
Project description Ultrafast Non-Equilibrium Processes in Magnetic Materials and in Spintronics
Next generation 2D crystal and nano-magnetic spin circuits
Venkata Kamalakar, Molecular and Condensed Matter Physics, was granted 3.2 million SEK for the project “Next generation 2D crystal and nano-magnetic spin circuits” from the Swedish Research Council for the period 2016-2020.
Project description Next generation 2D crystal and nano-magnetic spin circuits
Real-time characterization of structural and compositional evolution of ultrathin films
Daniel Primetzhofer, Applied Nuclear Physics, was granted 4 million SEK for the project “Real-time characterization of structural and compositional evolution of ultrathin films” from the Swedish Research Council for the period 2016-2020.
