Prof. Dr. Anders Nilsson
Education
| 1975 | Technical High School (Chemistry), Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1980 |
M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1989 |
Ph.D., Physics, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden |
| 1992 |
Docent in Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden |
Academic Professional Experience
| 1978-81 | Teaching Assistant, Dept of Physical Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
| 1980 | Research Assistant, Dept of Physical Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden |
| 1981 | Research Assistant, Institute for Surface Chemistry, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1982 | Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College, London, UK |
| 1983-88 | Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 1989-92 | NFR Research Assistant, Dept. of Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 1993-98 | NFR Senior Researcher, Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 1993 | Visiting Scientist, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, USA |
| 1994-97 | Visiting Scientist, Advanced Light Source, Berkeley, USA |
| 1999 | Lecturer, Department of Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 2000-01 | Professor in Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden |
| 2000-08 | Associate Professor in Synchrotron Radiation Research, Stanford University |
| 2001-11 | Guest Professor in Chemical Physics, Stockholm University, Sweden |
| 2008-today | Professor in Photon Science, Stanford University, USA |
| 2010-13 | Chair of the Photon Science Faculty, Stanford University |
| 2014-today | Professor in Chemical Physics, Stockholm University |
Awards and Honors
| 1988 | The Liljevalls Award for Young Scientist, Uppsala, Sweden |
| 1990 | Ångström Award for Outstanding PhD thesis, Uppsala |
| 1991 | The Lindbomska Award for Outstanding PhD thesis, Royal Academy of Science, Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1994 | The Royal Oscars Award for Important Contributions in Science, Uppsala |
| 1998 | The Shirley Award for Excellent Research using Soft X-rays, Berkeley, USA |
| 2004 | Fellow of the Institute of Physics, London, UK |
| 2005 | Special Award at the Foundation for Strategic Research in Sweden for the selection by Science Magazine of the article on Water as one of the top 10 breakthroughs of the year 2004 |
| 2009 | Humboldt Senior Research Award, Germany |
| 2014 | International recruitment award, Swedish Research Council, Sweden |
| 2015 | Honorable Doctor, Denmarks Technical University, Denmark |
| 2015 | Morino Lectureship Award, University of Tokyo, Japan |