Anne Borg (born September 27, 1958) is a Norwegian professor of
physics
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and
rector
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at the
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
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in
Trondheim
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. She was prorector of education at NTNU from August 1, 2017 to August 20, 2019. She was appointed acting rector of NTNU on August 21, 2019, later being officially employed as rector on December 13 the same year.
Her areas of research are surface and materials physics,
scanning probe microscopy
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(
sivilingeniør
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) in applied physics from the
Norwegian Institute of Technology
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(NTH),
Trondheim
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, (1982), and in 1987 she received her
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in physics at NTNU, with the
thesis
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''Infrared spectroscopy for studies of molecular vibrations at surfaces : construction and testing of a wavelength modulation infrared spectrometer''.
After having finished her PhD, she worked as a post doctor at
Stanford University
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SINTEF
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.
In 1998 she was appointed professor at the Department of Physics, NTNU.
She has been a strong voice in Norway for the development of
synchrotron light
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research, especially towards, and in cooperation with, the MAX-lab in Lund. She was also a member of the MaS-lab board between 2006 and 2010, and of the MAX IV Laboratory Program Advisory Committee (PAC in the period 2011–2014 She is currently (2018) chairing the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) at MAX IV Laboratory.
Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences
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(NTVA).
She was vice president of the
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in 2002–2003, and president of the society in 2004–2007.
In 2018 she was awarded an
honorary doctorate
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at
Lund University
, motto = Ad utrumque
, mottoeng = Prepared for both
, established =
, type = Public research university
, budget = SEK 9 billion