News for SLU staff

Kamprad-foundation-funding-for-mineral-precipitation-in-urine-collection-systems

The Kamprad Family Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Research & Charity granted funding for a project on recycling engineering lead by Håkan Jönsson and Prithvi Simha together with Dyllon Randall.

Honorary doctorate awarded to Galia Zamaratskaia

In March 2023, Associate professor Galia Zamaratskaia received the Doctor Honoris Causa award at the Poltava State Agrarian University, Ukraine for her impact on the development of a long-term

Eight new professors formally inaugurated

On 17 March, eight new professors were inaugurated in a ceremony that took place at SLU’s Campus Uppsala. The ceremony was followed by a banquet and dancing at Uppsala Castle. Five of the professors

Delphine Lariviere

Delphine Lariviere defended her thesis Old trees in young forests : Biodiversity management in planted conifer forests in southern Sweden 17 mars 2023. Delphine Lariviere defended her thesis "Old

Pod episode about aquaculture

More than two thirds of our planet is covered by water; oceans, lakes and rivers. Aquaculture, farming of animals and plants in water, thus has great potential to provide us with food for the future.

Conclusions from forest monitoring workshop

Final summary and conclusions from February’s workshop on forest monitoring have now been published. Impressions were generally positive. SLU organized a workshop at campus Ultuna in February, titled

Annual report 2022

2022 was a good year for the forestry department in Alnarp. There were several different records: the number of scientific publications, the number of students and the number of doctoral students.

New SLU-professor wants to know if we should be concerned about organic micropollutants in drinking water

There are probably more than 100 000 organic micropollutants circulating in the aquatic environment. The newly appointed SLU professor in environmental organic chemistry, Lutz Ahrens, is dedicated to

New call for Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) in 2023

The NJ Faculty Board has decided to continue to support the Interdisciplinary Academy (IDA) initiative and the further development of IDA. A new call for the project period 2023-2024 will be

New Hub Coordinator in Alnarp

SLU Urban Futures is very happy to welcome a new Hub Coordinator, Amanda Gabriel. She will work to develop SLU’s capacities and potential in the field of urban health, and be the contact person for

Open meeting gave many interesting ideas

In mid-January, the SLU Forest Damage Centre hosted an open meeting. The aim was to take the next step in the process and develop contacts between researchers and the rest of society with the aim of

Protein nanofibrils in novel food products will not make you sick

Protein nanofibrils are a hot topic for many researchers to create suitable materials and food applications. Research conducted at the Food structure and properties group at the Department of