Umeå University has a number of experts in various fields. This list contains some of our expert researchers and lecturers in the natural sciences and technology.
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3D technology: Krister Wiklund
Air pollution: Christoffer Boman
Algae: Christiane Funk
Algal bloom: Siv Huseby
Alpine vegetation: Leif Kullman
Amyloidosis: Fredrik Almqvist
Animals: Bent Christensen
Antibiotic resistance: Fredrik Almqvist
Architectural history: Katrin Sten
The Arctic: Jan Karlsson
Arctic ecosystems: Keith Larson
Arctic environments: Jonatan Klaminder
Artificial intelligence: Patrik Eklund, Helena Lindgren, Shafiq Urréhman
Artificial photosynthesis: Johannes Messinger
Astrobiology: Natuscka Lee
Astronomy: Marianne Eik, Patrik Norqvist
Attosecond physics: Laszlo Veisz
Automated image analysis: Shafiq Urréhman
Bacteria: Natuschka Lee
The Baltic Sea: Agneta Andersson
Biodiversity, global patterns: Roland Jansson
Bioenergy: Christoffer Boman, Ricardo Carvalho
Biofuels: Anders Nordin
Bioinformatics: Henrik Antti, Uwe Sauer
Biology: Barbara Giles
Biomarkers: Henrik Antti
Biophysics: Uwe Sauer
Boreal forest production: Kristin Palmqvist
Building physics: Thomas Olofsson
Building services: Thomas Olofsson
Building technology: Thomas Olofsson
Cancer: Henrik Antti
Carbon cycle, plants: Kristin Palmqvist
Carburetion, gasification: Anders Nordin
Catalysts: Jyri-Pekka Mikkola
Cell biology: Åsa Strand
Cell membranes: Gerhard Gröbner
Chemical biology: Fredrik Almqvist, Erik Chorell
Citizen science: Keith Larson
Climate change: Leif Kullman, Christian Bigler, Keith Larson
Climate effects on fish fauna: Göran Englund
Cloud computing: Erik Elmroth
Combustion, diagnostics: Florian Schmidt
Combustion: Christoffer Boman, Anders Nordin
Complex systems: Martin Rosvall
Computational linguistics: Frank Drewes
Computational mathematics: Mats G Larson
Computer science, language analysis: Frank Drewes
Computer science, language learning: Frank Drewes
Conductive polymers: Ludvig Edman
Control engineering: Leonid Freidovich
Coral reefs: Bent Christensen
Corals: Bent Christensen
Cosmology, beliefs: Natuschka Lee
Cosmology: Michael Bradley
CRISPR-Cas9, plants: Åsa Strand, Stefan Jansson
Cyanobacteria: Christiane Funk
Design anthropology: Brendon Clark
Design research: Heather Wiltse, Johan Redström
Design theory: Erik Stolterman
Discrete mathematics: Klas Markström, Victor Falgas Ravry
Distributed systems: Erik Elmroth
DNA structures: Erik Chorell
Earthquakes: Kerstin Abbing
Ecological modelling: Mehdi Cherif
Ecology: Bent Christensen, Keith Larson
Ecosystem dynamics: Sebastian Diehl
eHealth: Helena Lindgren, Patrik Eklund
Energy conservation: Thomas Olofsson
Energy transformation: Anders Nordin
Energy: Dan Boström, Stina Jansson, Thomas Olofsson
Environmental analytical chemistry: Peter Haglund
Environmental biotechnology: Natuschka Lee, Vicky Shingler
Environmental chemistry: Patrik Andersson, Stina Jansson, Mats Tysklind, Peter Haglund
Environmental hazards: Jonatan Klaminder
Environmental pollutants: Patrik Andersson, Peter Haglund
Everyday physics: Patrik Norqvist
Evolution theory: Folmer Bokma
Evolution: Barbara Giles, Keith Larson
Fish in lakes and seas: Pär Byström
Fish: Bent Christensen
Flies: Nils Ericson
Flow mechanisms: Krister Wiklund
Food supply, sustainable: Kristin Palmqvist
Food webs: Mehdi Cherif, Sebastian Diehl
Forest chemistry: Jyri-Pekka Mikkola, Leif Jönsson
Forest products: Jyri-Pekka Mikkola
Formal languages, computer: Johanna Björklund
Formative assessment: Torulf Palm
Fuzzy logic: Patrik Eklund
Gender in school: Ia Kling, Gunnar Sjöberg
Gender perspectives in natural sciences and mathematics: Karin Due
Genetics: Barbara Giles
Geoecology: Natuschka Lee, Ann-Kristin Bergström, Grafen Alexandr Talyzin, Thomas Wågberg
GMO: Stefan Jansson
G-quadruplex: Erik Chorell
Graph theory: Victor Falgas Ravry
Gravity waves: Michael Bradley
Greenhouse gases: Jan Karlsson
Ground and water processes: Jonatan Klaminder
Heat transmission: Thomas Olofsson
Heterogeneous catalysis: Jyri-Pekka Mikkola
Human computer interaction: Helena Lindgren
Industrial design: Monica Lindh-Karlsson
Infection: Fredrik Almqvist
Innovation: Thomas Mejtoft
Interaction design: Helena Lindgren, Heather Wiltse, Thomas Mejtoft, Christoffel Kuenen, Catharina Henje
Interaction technologies: Thomas Mejtoft
Interplay between fish species: Göran Englund
Ionic liquids: Jyri-Pekka Mikkola
IT, general: Mats Johansson
Lakes and watercourses (biogeochemistry): Jan Karlsson
Language technology: Johanna Björklund
Laser spectroscopy: Florian Schmidt
Laser: Ove Axner, Aleksandra Foltynowicz, Laszlo Veisz
Lichen ecology: Per-Anders Esseen, Kristin Palmqvist
Lichens: Per-Anders Esseen
Lipids: Gerhard Gröbner
Logics: Patrik Eklund
Machine vision: Shafiq Urréhman
Mathematical modelling: Eric Libby
Mathematical network theory: Victor Falgas Ravry
Mathematical-statistical modelling: Sara Sjöstedt de Luna
Mathematics didactics, in preschool: Ia Kling, Gunnar Sjöberg
Mathematics didactics: Johan Lithner
Mathematics, beauty: Manya Sundström
Mathematics, numerical analysis: Christian Engström
Mathematics, operator theory: Christian Engström
Mathematics: Åke Brännström
Medical technology, breath gas analysis: Florian Schmidt
Medical technology: Henrik Antti, Anders Eklund
Medicinal chemistry: Fredrik Almqvist, Mikael Elofsson, Erik Chorell
Membrane proteins: Gerhard Gröbner
Metabolomics: Henrik Antti
Meteorites: Natuschka Lee
Microbial evolution: Eric Libby
Microbiology: Natuschka Lee
Microfauna: Natuschka Lee
Moss: Nils Ericson
Motivation, achievements in school: Mikael Winberg
Motivation, well-being in school: Mikael Winberg
Multimodal signal processing: Shafiq Urréhman
Natural disasters: Kerstin Abbing
Natural sciences didactics: Christina Ottander
Network theory: Martin Rosvall
Nitrogen, effects on lichens and ground vegetation: Kristin Palmqvist
Nonlinear dynamics, physics: Gert Brodin
Nuclear power: Mohsen Soleimani-Mohseni
Optical tweezers: Magnus Andersson
Organelles: Åsa Strand
Organic chemistry: Fredrik Almqvist, Mikael Elofsson, Erik Chorell
Ornitology: Keith Larson
Oxygen depletion in water: Johan Wikner
Particle acceleration: Gert Brodin, Laszlo Veisz
Particle physics: Michael Bradley
Pharmaceuticals in the environment: Jerker Fick
Philosophy of technology: Heather Wiltse
Photo respiration: Olivier Keech
Photosynthesis: Johannes Messinger, Christiane Funk, Åsa Strand
Physics jokes: Maria Berge
Planetarium: Marianne Eik
Planets: Marianne Eik
Plankton: Sebastian Diehl
Plant biology: Åsa Strand
Plant biotechnology: Åsa Strand
Plant metabolism: Olivier Keech
Plasma physics: Gert Brodin, Laszlo Veisz
Plate tectonics: Kerstin Abbing
Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning: Mohsen Soleimani-Mohseni, Thomas Olofsson
Population genetics: Barbara Giles
Porcelainflower: Katarina Stenman
Pot plants: Katarina Stenman
Probability: Victor Falgas Ravry
Product design: Thomas Degn
Programmed cell death: Gerhard Gröbner
Proteins: Uwe Sauer, Christiane Funk
Pyrolysis: Anders Nordin
Rainforest: Bent Christensen
Random processes, stochastic processes: Victor Falgas Ravry
Red campion: Barbara Giles
Regulation of gene expression in bacteria: Vicky Shingler
Relativity theory: Michael Bradley
Restoration ecology: Christer Nilsson, Roland Jansson
Restoration of watercourses: Christer Nilsson
Riparian vegetation: Christer Nilsson
Rivers: Christer Nilsson
Robotics: Leonid Freidovich, Thomas Hellström
School and education, motivation: Jenny Sullivan Hellgren, Mikael Winberg
School and education, natural sciences: Mikael Winberg
School and education, research about: Jenny Sullivan Hellgren
Sea, bacteria: Johan Wikner
Sea, environmental permits: Jan Albertsson
Sea, nutrients: Joakim Ahlgren
Sea, single-cell organisms: Johan Wikner
Sea, virus: Johan Wikner
Senescence, biological ageing: Olivier Keech
Sensor fusion: Shafiq Urréhman
Sharks: Bent Christensen
Signal and imaging analysis: Jun Yu
Slope processes: Kerstin Abbing
Soil bacteria (pseudonomas): Vicky Shingler
Solar cells: Sune Pettersson
Solar fuel: Johannes Messinger
Solar heat: Gireesh Nair
Space physics: Gert Brodin, Maria Hamrin, Patrik Norqvist
Space: Patrik Norqvist
Spatiotemporal modelling of big data: Jun Yu
Special needs education and mathematics: Ia Kling, Gunnar Sjöberg
Speciation in fish: Göran Englund
Stars: Marianne Eik
Statistical learning: Jun Yu
Statistics and bioinformatics: Patrik Rydén
Statistics: Jun Yu, Sara Sjöstedt de Luna, Peter Anton
Steam: Jean-Francois Boily
Stones and rocks: Jean-Francois Boily
Structural biology: Magnus Wolf-Watz, Uwe Sauer
Structural engineering: Thomas Olofsson
Sustainable chemistry: Jyri-Pekka Mikkola
Systems biology: Martin Rosvall
Technology acceptance: Thomas Mejtoft
Theoretical biology: Eric Libby
Torrefaction: Anders Nordin
Transportation design: Demian Horst
Tropical zone fauna: Bent Christensen
Tsunami: Kerstin Abbing
Volcanism: Kerstin Abbing
Water power, environmental effects: Roland Jansson
Water: Jean-Francois Boily
Watercourse biodiversity: Christer Nilsson
Watercourse ecology: Roland Jansson
X-ray crystallography: Uwe Sauer