Education
Professor Lundström received his Bachelor of Surgery in Electrical Engineering in 1967 at Chalmers University of Technology and his Doctor of Philosophy in Solid State Physics in 1970 from the same university.
Professor Lundström received his Bachelor of Surgery in Electrical Engineering in 1967 at Chalmers University of Technology and his Doctor of Philosophy in Solid State Physics in 1970 from the same university.
He worked at Chalmers until 1978 when he was appointed a Professor in the Chair of Applied Physics at Linköping University, a position he still holds. His primary research areas are in biosensors and chemical sensors. He was elected to the Nobel Committee for Physics in 2006, and is its chairman from 2010.
Björkénska Prize, Uppsala University, 1986 Outstanding Contribution to the International Chemical Sensor Community, 4th International Meeting of Chemical Sensors, 1992 Erna Ebelings Prize, Swedish Medical Association, 1994 Chester Carlson Award, 1997 Outstanding Achievement Award, Sensor Division of the Electrochemical Society, 1998 Gold Medal, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, 1999 Akzo Nobel Science Award, 2001 Honorary Doctorate, Royal Institute of Technology, 2001.
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Professor Lundström is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences since 1982 and a member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Science since 1987.