Prof. Dr. Lennart Bergström

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSynthesis and Properties of Functional Materials,Polymeric and Biogenic Materials and Derived Composites
Keywordswaste-based materials, reimagining chemistry, Inelastic Neutron scattering, understanding hygroscopy, sustainable materials
Honours and awards

2025: Staudinger-Dürrer Prize

2015: Norblad-Ekstrand medal

2012: Humboldt Forschungspreiz

Current contact address

CountrySweden
CityStockholm
InstitutionStockholm University
InstituteDepartment of Materials and Environmental Chemistry

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Markus AntoniettiAbteilung Kolloidchemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Kolloid- und Grenzflächenforschung, Golm
Prof. Dr. Helmut CölfenLehrstuhl für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2012

Programme(s)

2011Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Lennart Bergström is one of the leading Inorganic Material Chemists in the world who bridges deep basic, knowledge-driven science with applications needed for a more sustainable society. His work on functional zeolithes for instance allowed the purification of biogas and the separation of CO2 from flue gases. In biomineralization, he was able to show that the further fate of a crystal is already "programmed" in the first embryonic clusters formed. The Humboldt Award also honours an excellent academic teacher and a visible spokesperson of science driving internationality.