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Faculty of Science and Technology

Our Faculty has 3 300 full-time students, 1 000 employees, and a strong research. The eleven departments of the faculty comprises research and education within architecture, biology, chemistry, computing science, industrial design, mathematics, physics, educational science, and technology.

Latest news

Sofie Björklund, Forskningsassistent vid Kemiska institutionen
Forever chemicals persist through waste incineration

Common PFAS substances are difficult to capture once they have entered the environment, new thesis shows.

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Experiments reveal new type of chemical reaction

The structural changes that occur in graphite during oxidation have puzzled scientists for 50 years.

Rachel Feeney and Björn Schröder
Antibiotic usage can damage the protective mucus layer in the gut

Antibiotic-driven alterations in the microbiota. causes defects in the normally protective mucus barrier.

Mickaël Zehren står i svart kavaj och försvarar sin avhandling.
From automated DJ mixing to artificial intelligence in news media

The Department of Computing Science celebrated three doctoral students on Monday.

From left to right: Haifeng Lin, Lakshmi Das, Hinduja Bhuvanendran, Nicolò Maccaferri
Unexplored magnetic material could change the future of data storage

Lakshmi Das receives Marie Curie Fellowship to investigate new material with ultra-fast light pulses.

Detaljbild på två räkor liggande på en utsträckt hand
10 million to project for sustainable shrimp and fish production

The project will devolop production of fish and shrimp in circular aquaculture systems.

Latest features

Virginia Dignum, professor vid Institutionen för datavetenskap
Professor: How we reduce the risks with AI

Virginia Dignum is working to develop AI systems that are reliable and adapted to human values.

Oliver BillkerProfessor vid Institutionen för molekylärbiologiEnhet: Grupp Oliver BillkerAnknuten som forskare till Molekylär Infektionsmedicin, Sverige (MIMS)Roll: Föreståndare
Insight into the life of the malaria parasite could lead to new drugs

Oliver Billker studies 5000 genes of malaria parasite in fight against one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

Johan RedströmProfessor vid Designhögskolan vid Umeå universitet
Sustainable design for the future goes beyond individual needs

Researcher Johan Redström challenges the traditional view of design and who it is really for.

Events

Sourasekhar Banerjee, Computing Science
Mon
23
Sep
Sourasekhar Banerjee, Computing Science
Time 13:00 - 17:00 23 September 13:00 - 17:00
Place Hörsal HUM.D.210, Humanisthuset.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Advancing Federated Learning: Algorithms and use cases.

Anja Neidhardt-Mokoena, Industrial Design
Thu
26
Sep
Anja Neidhardt-Mokoena, Industrial Design
Time 13:15 - 17:00 26 September 13:15 - 17:00
Place Project Studio, Umeå Institute of Design.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Feminist Design Strategies for Transforming Design Museums Towards More Just Futures.

Hanna Jonsson, Physical Geography
Fri
27
Sep
Hanna Jonsson, Physical Geography
Time 09:00 - 13:00 27 September 09:00 - 13:00
Place Hörsal HUM.D.220 - Hjortronlandet.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Earthworms in the tundra: impacts of non-native earthworms on carbon cycling and ecosystem functioning in the Fennoscandian mountains.

Sofie Björklund, Chemistry
Fri
27
Sep
Sofie Björklund, Chemistry
Time 09:00 - 13:00 27 September 09:00 - 13:00
Place Stora Hörsalen (KBE303), KBC-huset.

Defence of doctoral thesis. Exploring the Occurrence, Distribution and Transport of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in a Waste-To-Energy Plant.

October

Saúl Rodríguez Martínez, Environmental Science
Fri
11
Oct
Saúl Rodríguez Martínez, Environmental Science
Time 09:00 - 13:00 11 October 09:00 - 13:00
Place Stora hörsalen, KBC (KBE303).

Defence of doctoral thesis. Global worming, attempting to reconstruct earthworms paleohistory with DNA.

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