NEWS Johan Trygg, professor of chemometrics at Umeå University, has been elected a new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA.
Johan Trygg.
ImageBilly LindbergJohan Trygg works at the Department of Chemistry developing chemometrics, that is, how statistical and mathematical methods can be used to understand chemical data. He is now one of the researchers representing Umeå University within IVA.
IVA is the world’s oldest engineering sciences academy and consists of just over 1,300 members with broad expertise in technology, economics and industry.
“It feels both honouring and highly inspiring. Honourable because my mentor, Professor Svante Wold, was elected to the same IVA division, and inspiring because IVA brings together some of Sweden’s most influential figures in research, technology and industry. Being part of that network gives me an opportunity to contribute to discussions where future innovations and research systems are shaped. It is a significant recognition – both professionally and personally,” says Johan Trygg.
As a member of IVA, he will join the Chemical Engineering Division – one of the academy’s twelve divisions. The division works to analyse and promote issues concerning how chemistry-based knowledge can help support sustainable development, both economically and environmentally.
“We are in the midst of a technological revolution where AI, simulations and data-driven models are rapidly transforming how we develop new materials, design industrial processes and create tomorrow’s pharmaceuticals,” he says.
Johan Trygg emphasises that IVA plays an important role in bringing together academia, industry and the technology sector to build a shared direction. With experience from both academia and the international pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, he wants to build bridges and help ensure that research delivers real benefits for patients.
“I want to contribute with a clear future-oriented perspective in which AI, digital biosimulations and omics technologies become a natural part of everyday work and drive innovation in chemical engineering, life science and drug development,” he says.