Prof. Dr. Ernst Joseph Nordgren

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSurface Physics
KeywordsSynchroton Radiation, Electronic Structure, Soft X-ray spectroscopy, strongly correlated materials, RIXIS
Honours and awards

2006: The Alexander von Humboldt Award

1992: The Göran Gustafsson Prize for Physics

1991: The Bunshah Award, AVS, USA

1983: The Lindbom Award, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

1978: The Ångström Award, Uppsala University

Current contact address

CountrySweden
CityUppsala
InstitutionUppsala University
InstituteDepartment of Physics and Astronomy

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang EberhardtHelmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), Berlin
Prof. Dr. Wilfried WurthInstitut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang EberhardtDeutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2007

Programme(s)

2006Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Joseph Nordgren has pioneered soft X-ray emission spectroscopy with synchrotron radiation. Through the work of Joseph Nordgren this spectroscopy has become an invaluable tool at modern generation synchrotron sources for developing an improved understanding of the electronic structure and electron-phonon dynamics in molecules and solids. Additionally, soft Xray emission spectroscopy also enables novel insights into technological processes such as the charging and discharging of batteries and online monitoring and control of thin film deposition processes.