Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability

Uppsala University’s WISE Symposium series will spotlight cutting-edge sustainability research on November 26, 2025, with a webinar dedicated to the environmental aspects of additive manufacturing.

On December 4, 2025, from 15:00 to 16:00, Uppsala University will host a WISE Guest Professor Lecture featuring Professor Julie Beth Zimmerman and Dr. Sandrine Lyonnard, both WISE Guest Professors at the university.

“This talk explores the emerging   frontier of biotechnology in enabling greener battery technologies, specifically through  biohydrometallurgy and bio-based materials, ” says Prof. Srinivasan Nanyang from the Technological University (NTU), Singapore.

As part of WISE’s Guest Professor (GP) program — one of our key initiatives to foster international collaboration and enrich student learning — we are delighted to welcome Professor Mette Rica Geiker from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) to Chalmers University of Technology.

Picture by Ann-Marie Thoresen at Statens Vegvesen

The inauguration of the WISE Additive node at Linköping University (LiU) took place this week, marking an important milestone in the development of Sweden’s research infrastructure for additive manufacturing and soft electronics for sustainability.

Picture by Thor Balkhed, Linköping University

The Guest Professor (GP) program is one of WISE’s recruitment and outreach activities, designed to foster international research collaborations and support the development of our students.

The Wallenberg Centre for Quantum Technology (WACQT) and the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) have launched a new call for proposals — now open for applications!

“Our society is increasingly dependent on technology. Take smartphones, for example: our entire lives are stored in them. Yet most of us are unaware of how energy-intensive their production processes are, how toxic or scarce some of the materials used in these devices can be, or how poorly many technologies are designed for recycling”, says WISE Guest Professor Federico Rosei at LTU.

The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) seeks a Director of Sustainability to lead and develop the initiative’s strategic sustainability efforts.

“I think it is important to observe and learn from nature. Nature does not waste. What one organism discards, another uses as energy. The key question for us is how we can minimize and reuse our own waste, how we can create more with less”, says WISE Guest Professor Alexander Bismarck from University of Vienna.