IVA gets a boost with 40 new Fellows – here is the list

“The combined experience and skills of the new Fellows will be an important addition to the Academy, further strengthening and broadening IVA’s competences in key issues for the future, such as artificial intelligence and sustainable development,” say IVA Chair Marcus Wallenberg and its President Tuula Teeri, in a joint statement. 

The world’s oldest academy of engineering sciences 

Founded over 100 years ago, IVA is the world’s oldest academy of engineering sciences, bringing together expertise and experience from around 1,300 elected Fellows and 250 companies. The Academy’s 12 Divisions propose new Fellows. It is then up to IVA’s highest decision-making body, the Assembly of the Academy, to make the final choice. 

Newly elected Fellows 

Susanne Aalto, PhD in Engineering, Professor of Radioastronomy at Chalmers University of Technology, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, is elected to IVA’s Basic and Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences Division. Born 1964. 

Daniel Akenine, MSc in Engineering Physics, National Technology Officer at Microsoft Sweden and author, is elected to IVA’s Information Technology Division. Born 1974. 

Per Alfredsson, MSc in Chemical Engineering, CEO of AstraZeneca in Sweden, is elected to IVA’s Biotechnology Division. Born 1970. 

Hélène Barnekow, MBA, board member, former Head of Microsoft Sweden, and a mentor in the Prince Daniel Fellowship programme, is elected to IVA’s Management Division. Born 1966. 

Andreas Bergh, PhD in Economics, Associate Professor of Economics at Lund University and researcher at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics is elected to IVA’s Economics Division. Born 1973. 

Jonas Bergquist, MD, PhD, Professor of Analytical Chemistry and Neurochemistry at Uppsala University is elected to IVA’s Chemical Engineering Division. Born 1966. 

Helena Bjarnegård, landscape architect, National Architect at the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning, Honorary Doctor of Agriculture at SLU, is elected to IVA’s Building and Construction Division. Born 1969. 

Byung-il Choi (South Korea), PhD, Yale University, President of the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies, Professor and Dean of the Division of International Studies of the Ewha Womans University, is elected an international Fellow of IVA. Born 1958. 

Pontus de Laval, MSc in Engineering, Senior Advisor at Saab, SEB and KAW, Chairman of the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP), and Chair of Commercial R&D Investment at IVA, is elected to IVA’s Education and Research Policy Division. Born 1961. 

Anna Denell, MSc in Engineering, Head of Sustainability at Vasakronan, is elected to IVA’s Building and Construction Division. Born 1972.

Nazanin Emami, PhD in Engineering, Professor and Director of Studies at the National Research School in Tribology, Luleå University of Technology, is elected to IVA’s Mechanical Engineering Division. Born 1970. 

Kerstin Enflo, PhD in Economics, Professor of Economic History at Lund University School of Economics, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and member of the Committee for the Nobel Prize in Economic Science, is elected to IVA’s Economics Division. Born 1978. 

Anna Fredriksson, PhD in Engineering, Professor of Building Logistics at Linköping University, is elected to IVA’s Building and Construction Division. Born. 

Daniel Gillblad, PhD in Engineering, Chief of AI at Recorded Future, is elected to IVA’s Information Technology Division. Born 1975. 

Catrin Gustavsson, PhD in Engineering, Head of Innovation at Södra, is elected to IVA’s Forest Technology Division. Born 1970. 

Katarina Gårdfeldt, PhD, Director of the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat, Affiliated Professor of Energy and Materials at Chalmers, is elected to IVA’s Chemical Engineering Division. Born 1959. 

Christina Hallin, MSc in Engineering, business owner, board member, former executive at AB Volvo, is elected to IVA’s Mechanical Engineering Division. Born 1960. 

Birgitta Henriques Normark, MD, Professor of Clinical Microbiology at Karolinska Institutet, Consultant at Karolinska University Hospital and President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, is elected to IVA’s Education and Research Policy Division. Born 1958. 

Taeghwan Hyeon (South Korea), PhD, University of Illinois, Professor, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University, is elected an international Fellow of IVA. Born 1964. 

Lawrence Jones (USA), PhD in Engineering, KTH, Senior Vice President, International Programs, Edison Electric Institute, is elected an international Fellow of IVA. Born 1965. 

Katarina Levin, Forester, board member, former President and CEO of Setra, is elected to IVA’s Forest Technology Division. Born 1964. 

Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand, PhD in Engineering, Professor of Innovation Studies at Lund University, is elected to IVA’s Management Division. Born 1964. 

Martin Lindqvist, MSc, CEO at SSAB, is elected to IVA’s Mining and Materials Division. Born 1962. 

Mattias Marklund, PhD, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Gothenburg and Secretary General for Natural and Engineering Sciences at the Swedish Research Council, is elected to IVA’s Basic and Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences Division. Born 1970. 

Mikael Nordlander, MSc in Engineering, Development Manager for Vattenfall’s industrial partnerships, is elected to IVA’s Electrical Engineering Division. Born 1977. 

Anna Norström, PhD in Engineering, Head of Unit at RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, is elected to IVA’s Chemical Engineering Division. Born 1971. 

Maria Persson Gulda, PhD, Harvard University, CTO at H2 Green Steel, is elected to IVA’s Education and Research Policy Division. Born 1983. 

Sara Pozzi (USA), PhD, Politecnico di Milano, Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences at University of Michigan, is elected an international Fellow of IVA. Born 1972. 

Annika Roos, MSc in Engineering, CEO of Jernkontoret, is elected to IVA’s Mining and Materials Division. Born 1963. 

Karin Rådström (Germany), MSc in Engineering, CEO, Mercedes-Benz Trucks, is elected an international Fellow of IVA. Born 1979. 

Ida-Maria Sintorn, PhD, Professor of Image Analysis at Uppsala University, and CTO Vironova AB, is elected to IVA’s Basic and Interdisciplinary Engineering Sciences Division. Born 1976. 

Anna Stellinger, Int. MSc, Political Science and Economics, Deputy Director General and Head of International and EU Affairs at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, is elected to IVA’s Economics Division. Born 1974. 

Ludvig Strigeus, MSc in Engineering, Programmer Stimax AB and one of the key figures behind Spotify, Honorary Doctor at Chalmers University of Technology, recipient of the Gustaf Dalén Medal and the Polhem Prize, among others, is elected to IVA’s Information Technology Division. Born 1981. 

Anders Söderholm, PhD in Economics, Professor, President of KTH, is elected to IVA’s Management Division. Born 1961. 

Thomas Tangerås, PhD in Economics, researcher at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics, is elected to IVA’s Economics Division. Born 1969. 

Niklas von Weymarn (Finland), PhD in Engineering, CEO of   Metsä Spring, is elected an international Fellow of IVA. Born 1972. 

Bo Wahlberg, PhD in Engineering, Professor and Head of Division of Decision and Control Systems at KTH, is elected to IVA’s Electrical Engineering Division. Born 1959. 

Hans Wendeberg, MSc in Engineering, senior expert at SKF, is elected to IVA’s Mechanical Engineering Division. Born 1956. 

Andreas Werr, PhD in Economics, Professor of Management and Organisation at the Stockholm School of Economics, is elected to IVA’s Management Division. Born 1970. 

Ylva Williams, MSc, CEO of Stockholm Science City, is elected to IVA’s Biotechnology Division. Born 1964.