CV 2012-02-14
Björn Åkermark
Department of Organic Chemistry
Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University
106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Personal
Married to Gunilla Thöldte
Four children, Kurt, b. 1961, Agneta, b. 1962, Anne-Marie, b. 1964, Torbjörn, b. 1965
Education
Dr of Technology, Docent 1967, M. Sc. Chemical Engineering 1957, both at KTH, Stockholm.
Scolarship from Sweden-America Foundation for studies at Colorado College, Colorado Springs 1952/53.
Languages: Swedish, English, German, ( French, Italian).
Professional
Guest Professor at Stockholm University from 2004.
Research leader at Organic Chemistry, Stockholm University, from 1999.
Professor Emeritus 1999, Full Professor 1980, Associate Professor 1972, Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry 1967, Lektor in Organic Chemistry 1963, M. sc. in Chemical Engineering 1957, all at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
Dean of undergraduate studies, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, 1984-87 and 1994-97.
Associated Professor, Colorado State University (USA) 1985-1995.
Visiting Scolar, Stanford University (USA), 1967-1968 and 1977-1978.
Visiting Professor at the Universities of Napoli (Italy) 1987,1989, and 1992, and Aix-Marseilles (France) 1987.
Author of 264 papers in international journals, of these 92 since 2001 . h-index 50.
Professional Activity beside Teaching and Research
Member of the Board of the Foundation for Industrial Electrochemistry 1979-85, Member of the Board for the STU-program Applied Organic Synthesis 1981-86, Member of the Committees for Toxicology and Health Effects, 1985-88, and Mercury in the Environment, 1986-89, the Swedish Environmental Agency, Member of the Reference Group for Research on Combustion, The Swedish Energy Agency , 1987-90, Consultant 1971-1994 and member of the research board 1985-1994, Nobel Industries.
Awards
Letterstedt Award, Swedish Academy of Sciences 1976, The Zorn Fellowship, Sweden-America Foundation, 1977, The Arrhenius Medal, Swedish Chemical Society, 1978, KTH Prize for Excellence in Teaching 1991, Dr. h.c., University D´Aix-Marseilles (France) 1997. The Bror Holmberg Medal, The Swedish Chemical Society 2009. Ulla and Stig Holmquists prize, Uppsala University 2009.
Memberships
Swedish Chemical Society, American Chemical Society, European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities. Member of the Society for Living Pedagogues 1991.
Tel: 46-8-163223. Bus Fax: 46-8-154908. E-mail:
Research activities
Active in Organic Syntesis and Photochemistry since 1960, in Selective Synthesis and Organometallic Chemistry (”Green Chemistry”) since 1964, and in Artificial Photosynthesis since 1970.
Current grants.
The Wallenberg Foundation for centre of catalysis at Stockholm University, 48 M SEK for 5 years total. My share ca 100000 Euro/year. Molecular devices for solar energy conversion, ca 460000 Euro shared with prof. Licheng Sun for the period of Jan 2012-dec 2012 from the Swedish Energy Agency;