Image: Mattias Pettersson Mattias Pettersson
Image: Mattias Pettersson Mattias Pettersson
The appointment of honorary doctors has been an important academic tradition at the Faculty of Science and Technology since 1972. Honorary doctorates recognise individuals who have made significant contributions to research, education, or other activities within the faculty’s fields. Honorary doctors are appointed by the Faculty Board and are formally conferred at Umeå University’s Annual Celebration.
Professor Kevin K. Lehmann from the University of Virginia: "I have always followed my curiosity."
All honorary doctors at the faculty, 1972–2025:
2025 Kevin K. Lehmann, professor, University of Virginia, USA
2024 Anne L’Huillier, professor, Lunds universitet
2024 Ferenc Krausz, professor, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Tyskland
2023 Jennie Ekbeck, vd, Umeå Biotech Incubator, Umeå
2020 Martin Kulldorff, professor, Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's
Hospital, USA
2019 Anne Asensio, industridesigner, Dassault Systèmes, Frankrike
2019 John Anderson, professor, Loughborough University, Storbritannien
2018 Ilka Parchmann, professor, Kiels universitet, Tyskland
2017 Gary Siuzdak, professor, Scripps Research Institute, USA
2017 Björn O. Nilsson, biokemist/företagsledare
2016 Sverker Evans, doktor, Havs- och vattenmyndigheten
2016 Aina Nilsson-Ström, industridesigner
2015 François Houllier, doktor, French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA), Frankrike
2015 Shirley Simon, professor, Institute of Education, University College London, Storbritannien
2014 Lars Lundmark, elektronikingenjör, Umeå universitet
2013 Imbi Traat, docent, Tartu universitet, Estland
2012 Eva-Mari Aro, professor, University of Turku, Finland
2012 Mogens Niss, professor, Roskilde Universitet, Danmark
2011 Bingbing Liu, professor, Jilin University, Kina
2011 Mary Power, professor, University of California, USA
2010 Ola Hildingsson, verkställande direktör, Domsjö Fabriker AB
2010 Beom Jun Kim, professor, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
2009 Birger Lindberg Møller, professor, University of Copenhagen, Danmark
2008 Dan Olof Andersson, civilingenjör, Uppsala
2008 Eva Engblom, limnolog, Gunnilbo, USA
2008 Pär-Erik Lingdell, limnolog, Gunnilbo
2008 Stitt Mark, professor, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Tyskland
2007 Sune Rosell, vd, Stockholm
2006 Per-Åke Albertsson, professor emeritus, Lund
2006 František Švec, professor, Alameda, USA
2005 Greta Fossum, forskningsdirektör, Domsjö
2005 Sadao Omata, professor, Fukushima, Japan
2005 Martin van den Berg, professor, Utrecht, Nederländerna
2004 André Marc de Roos, professor, De Bilt, Nederländerna
2004 Gordon Tollin, professor, Tucson, USA
2002 Bertil Andersson, professor, Linköping
2001 Göran Lindahl, direktör, London, Storbritannien
2001 Daniel Portnoy, professor, Berkeley, USA
2000 Kristin Dahl, vetenskapsjournalist, Stockholm
2000 David Roberts, professor, Oxford, Skottland
1999 Christer Fuglesang, astronaut/kosmonaut, Houston, USA
1999 Norman P A Huner, professor, London, Storbritannien
1998 Jan M Anderson, professor, Canberra, Australien
1998 Thomas M Jessell, professor, New York, USA
1997 Scott J Hultgren, associate professor, St Louis, USA
1997 John R Roth, professor, Salt Lake City, USA
1997 David N Silverman, professor, Gainesville, USA
1996 Carl-Ivar Brändén, professor, Grenoble, Frankrike
1996 Jeremy J Burdon, docent, Canberra, Australien
1996 David L Hawksworth, professor, Egham, Storbritannien
1996 H Kipton J Powell, doktor, Christchurch, Nya Zeeland
1995 Gene H Golub, professor, Stanford, USA
1995 Oliver W Howarth, doktor, Coventry, England
1995 Antoinette Killian, doktor, Utrecht, Nederländerna
1995 John A Raven, professor, Dundee, Skottland
1994 William J Dunn III, professor, Chicago, USA
1994 Frederick C Neidhardt, professor, Ann Arbor, USA
1993 Paul W Schindler, professor, Bern, Schweiz
1992 Arne Brändström, docent, Mölndal
1992 Roger Phan-Tan-Luu, professor, Marseille, Frankrike
1988 Valfrid Paulsson, generaldirektör, Stockholm
1987 Charles Devillers, professor, Paris, USA
1986 Gösta Nyström, direktör, Umeå
1986 Assar Svensson, direktör, Skellefteå
1985 Oleg Gradov, doktor, Moskva, Ryssland
1985 Robert Jones, doktor, Exeter, England
1985 Vera Nikolajevna Kublanovskaya, professor, Leningrad, Ryssland
1985 Beatrice M Sweeney, professor, Santa Barbara, USA
1982 Martin Lindauer, professor, Würzburg, Tyskland
1981 Edward B Lewis, professor, Pasadena, USA
1980 Hans Larker, civilingenjör, Robertsfors
1980 Stig Pettersson, direktör, Skelleftehamn
1979 Hans Mendl, studienrat, Kempten, Tyskland
1977 Jürgen Aschoff, professor, Erling-Andechs, Tyskland
1972 Melvin Green, professor, Kalifornien, USA