3 Oct 2023
A new WISE fellow in Nanoporous materials for sustainable solutions
“When I told my former supervisor about the WISE start-up package, he described it as the scientific equivalent of winning the lottery!”
8 Mar 2023
Anna Delin is full professor at KTH since 2011. She leads a research group with focus on magnetic and quantum phenomena in materials.
Prof. Delin has been awarded with several prices such as the Naturvetarpriset and the Thuréus Prize for “significant contributions to the theory of nanomagnetism” during her extensive career. She is currently heading the WISE research school.
What are the challenges regarding sustainability for materials science at the beginning of the 21stcentury?
There are many challenges. Our society today depends on many materials that are not renewable and/or not sufficiently recycled, like for example construction minerals, oil and many metals. The world primary production of materials accounts for a quarter of all global greenhouse emissions. Our dependence on raw materials is responsible for severe environmental, political and social problems.
However, I would also like to think of this in terms of possibilities. Our advanced knowledge of materials science can be used to create sustainable technologies and functional materials, and thus be part of the solution in creating a sustainable society.
What can a student at the WISE Graduate School expect to achieve during his/her years at the school?
A WISE graduate student will perform research in an excellent environment, working on a carefully selected project with clear impact on future sustainability. The student will also learn about sustainability, both in a broad sense and more materials-science-focussed.
The student will be part of a large network of researchers in both academia and industry, senior as well as junior. Through site visits, the student will learn a lot about how industry works with sustainability and how research results can be applied in practice.
How does the WISE Graduate School contribute to reach the goals of WISE?
The overall goal or vision of WISE is ”Enabling sustainable technologies with positive impact on our society by understanding, creating, and controlling complex materials.”
As a researcher, what materials science challenge is closer to your heart?
I’m interested in everything! Large-scale projects like Hybrit and Northvolt come to mind. If successful, these projects will have a major impact. However, my research expertise is in computations at the quantum-mechanical level of magnetism-related phenomena such as spin dynamics, spin textures, and spin transport. From a technological perspective, the aim is to create ultra-low-power spintronics devices.
3 Oct 2023
“When I told my former supervisor about the WISE start-up package, he described it as the scientific equivalent of winning the lottery!”
22 Sep 2023
“Twisted or planar?” is the question Assistant Professor at Lund University and WISE faculty member, Maning Liu, and his colleagues explore in their new article.
20 Sep 2023
The projects call opens on 20 September.
31 Aug 2023
Welcome Meeting 2023 sparked networking and exciting discussions. On 28-30 August more than 200 WISE researchers and distinguished guests gathered at Vildmarkshotellet in Kolmården, outside of Norrköping.
25 Aug 2023
We are happy to introduce Martin Månsson, one of our great speakers at WISE Welcome Meeting, August 28-30.
24 Aug 2023
We are happy to introduce Professor Olof Karis, one of our great speakers at WISE Welcome Meeting, August 28-30.
22 Aug 2023
We are happy to introduce Professor Tomas Kåberger, one of our great speakers at WISE Welcome Meeting, August 28-30.
21 Aug 2023
We are happy to introduce Professor Cecilia Persson, one of our great speakers at WISE Welcome Meeting, August 28-30.
17 Aug 2023
Yury is one of our speakers at the Welcome Meeting conference, August 28-30.
15 Aug 2023
Magda is one of our speakers at the Welcome Meeting conference, August 28-30.
29 Jun 2023
WISE (The Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability), the largest single investment ever in materials science in Sweden, which is carried out at seven of Sweden’s leading research universities, is now establishing national research infrastructures.
(Byline Thor Balkhed, Linköping University)
21 Jun 2023
Daniel Simon is American and grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He has a PhD in Physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he first entered the world of organic (bio)electronics.
20 Jun 2023
WISE and WASP open a joint call on June 20. Up to 30 million SEK will be invested in the projects, financed by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg foundation.
7 Jun 2023
Out of the 49 applications submitted to the WISE-ip1 call, 28 projects were finally approved and will be funded by WISE and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW).
25 May 2023
49 applications were submitted in the first industrial PhD and Postdoc call from which 28 projects (14 PhD & 14 Postdoc) have been granted funding.
23 May 2023
Petronella Norberg has been the Program Coordinator of WISE since the establishment of WISE in 2022.
17 May 2023
One of the first WISE Fellow recruitments is Matias Kagias.
11 May 2023
WISE is very proud to have outstanding Guest Professors participating in the program. We are happy to introduce Prof. Mikhail Katsnelson. Prof. Katsnelson head of Theory of Condensed Matter group at Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
5 May 2023
WISE is very proud to have outstanding Professors participating in the program. We are happy to introduce Prof. Sheng Guo from Chalmers University of Technology.
4 May 2023
The first call for WISE Industrial PhD student and Postdoc projects is now closed. WISE received in total 49 applications from a broad spectrum of companies, ranging from start-ups to some of the largest industries in Sweden.
2 May 2023
WISE is very proud to have outstanding Professors participating in the program. We are happy to introduce Prof. Karin Lundgren from Chalmers University of Technology.
27 Apr 2023
The WISE research program is advancing rapidly. Recruitment initiatives for different positions are taking place and the research projects at our partner universities will be up and running shortly.
21 Apr 2023
Cooperation between industry and academia – necessary to handle large challenges in society.
31 Mar 2023
The first call for WISE Industrial PhD student and postdoc positions opens 1 April.
29 Mar 2023
More than 100 people from the WISE community, as well as industry representatives, gathered in Stockholm on 22-23 March at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) for the first-ever WISE Dialogue.
21 Mar 2023
We are happy to introduce Jonas Weissenrieder, one of our speakers at the WISE Dialogue conference, March 22-23.
16 Mar 2023
We are happy to introduce Maria Åstrand, one of our speakers at the WISE Dialogue conference, March 22-23.
15 Mar 2023
We are happy to introduce Stefan Månsson, one of our great speakers, to present at WISE Dialogue, March 22-23.
13 Mar 2023
We are happy to introduce Anneli Kruve, one of our great speakers, to present at WISE Dialogue, March 22-23.
3 Mar 2023
We are happy to introduce Carl Folke, one of our great speakers, to present at WISE Dialogue, March 22-23.