Magnus Berggren (born 1968), is a Swedish

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at Linköping University. Magnus Berggren was born in Skara, Sweden. In 1991 he received a

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physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which r ...

and in 1996 a doctoral degree in physics at Linköping University. He then joined

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in the United States, for a one-year post doc

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period. In 2001 he was appointed as a professor of organic electronics at Linköping University. His research addresses how to utilise organic electronics in novel

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s such as in printed-paper

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and in

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applications. In 2011 Magnus Berggren became an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Since 2005 he has been the Director of the Strategic Research Centre for Organic Bioelectronics, OBOE, at Linköping University, which is funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research.

External links

Electronics on Paper, Linköping University, 2011-11-17

Publications, Magnus Berggren, Linköping University Electronic Press

Magnus Berggren: Artificial Nervous Systems and Electronic Plants, SPIE Newsroom

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berggren, Magnus Swedish physicists Academic staff of Linköping University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1968 births Living people