Johanna Sofia Nikolina Feltzing (born 26 June 1965 in

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) is a Swedish

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and Professor of Astronomy at

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in 1996, publishing a dissertation about the chemical evolution of the

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. Feltzing was the first woman to complete a PhD in

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at Uppsala, and the tenth in Sweden. She was a

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and the

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from 1996 to 1998. In 1998 she moved to

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. Feltzing's research primarily concerns understanding galaxy formation and evolution by studying the stars and gas of the Milky Way. She has also studied

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. and

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In 2013, Feltzing was awarded the Strömer-Ferrnerska prize of 20,000SEK by the

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for "her spectroscopic and photometric studies which have been crucial contributions to a deeper understanding of the development of the Milky Way and its surrounding galaxies." In 2015, Feltzing was elected to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 2021, an article in Nature journal reported that an investigation into victimisation by the University of Lund, using the metho
Faktaundersökning
found that Feltzing could have committed acts of victimization against some other employees.

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