Göran Gustafsson Prize

A Göran Gustafsson Prize is a national Swedish prize for outstanding scientific achievement awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Chemistry, Mathematics, Medicine, Molecular Biology and Physics. It was created by means of a donation from Swedish businessman Göran Gustafsson and amounts to about 450,000 USD as a research grant and 25,000 USD as a private bonus.

Prize winners

Chemistry

1991 - Bertil Andersson, Stockholm University (born 1948)
1992 - Bengt Nordén, Chalmers University of Technology (born 1945)
1993 - Mathias Uhlén, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1954)
1994 - Håkan Wennerström, Lund University (born 1945)
1995 - Gunnar von Heijne, Stockholm university (born 1951)
1996 - Malcom Levitt, Stockholm university (born 1957)
1997 - Sven Lidin, Stockholm university (born 1961)
1998 - Christina Moberg, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1947)
2000 - Jan Kihlberg, Umeå University (born 1957)
2001 - Pär Nordlundh, Stockholm University (born 1958)
2002 - Lars Kloo, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1962)
2003 - Mikael Oliveberg, Umeå University (born 1963)
2004 - Owe Orwar, Chalmers University of Technology (born 1964)
2005 - Magnus Berggren, Linköping University (born 1968)
2006 - Claes Gustafsson, Karolinska institutet (born 1966)
2007 - Mikael Akke, Lund University (born 1961)
2008 - Xiaodong Zou, Stockholm University (born 1964)
2009 - Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede, Umeå University (born 1968)
2010 - Yi Luo, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1965)
2011 - Fahmi Himo, Stockholm University (born 1973)
2012 - Luca Jovine, Karolinska Institutet (born 1969]
2013 - Fredrik Almqvist, Umeå University (born 1967)
2014 - Per Hammarström, Linköping University (born 1972)
2015 - Richard Neutze, University of Gothenburg (born 1969)
2016 - Xavier Crispin, Linköping University (born 1972)
2017 - Anja-Verena Mudring, Stockholm University (born 1971)
2018 - Belén Martín-Matute, Stockholm University (born 1975)

Mathematics

1991 - Arne Meurman, Lund University (born 1956)
1992 - Svante Janson, Uppsala University (born 1955)
1994 - Torsten Ekedahl, Stockholm University (born 1955)
1995 - Bo Berndtsson, Chalmers University of Technology (born 1950)
1996 - Anders Björner, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1947)
1997 - Dennis Hejhal, Uppsala University (born 1948)
1998 - Oleg Viro, Uppsala University (born 1948)
1999 - Johan Håstad, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1960)
2000 - Håkan Hedenmalm, Lund University (born 1961)
2001 - Mikael Passare, Stockholm University (born 1959)
2002 - Kurt Johansson, KTH (born 1961)
2003 - Sergei Merkulov, Stockholm University (born 1958)
2004 - Jeffrey Steiff, Chalmers University of Technology (born 1960)
2005 - Adrian Constantin, Lund University (born 1970)
2006 - Olle Häggström, Chalmers University of Technology (born 1967)
2007 - Carel Faber, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1962)
2008 - Tobias Ekholm, Uppsala University (born 1970)
2009 - Ola Hössjer, Stockholm University (born 1964)
2010 - Pär Kurlberg, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1969)
2011 - Hans Ringström, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1972)
2012 - Andreas Strömbergsson, Uppsala University (born 1973)
2013 - Johan Wästlund, Chalmers University of Technology (born 1971)
2014 - Anna-Karin Tornberg, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1971)
2015 - Kaj Nyström, Uppsala University (born 1969)
2016 - Volodymyr Mazorchuk, Uppsala University (born 1972)
2017 - Robert J Berman, Chalmers University of Technology (born 1976)

Molecular biology

1991 - Björn Vennström, Karolinska Institutet (born 1948)
1992 - Thomas Edlund, Umeå University (born 1951)
1993 - Alwyn Jones, Uppsala University (born 1947)
1994 - Klas Kärre, Karolinska Institutet (born 1954)
1995 - Bernt-Eric Uhlin, Umeå University (born 1950)
1996 - Dan Hultmark, Stockholm University (born 1949)
1997 - Christer Betsholtz, University of Gothenburg (born 1959)
1998 - Carlos Ibáñez, Karolinska Institutet
1999 - Thomas Perlmann, Karolinska Institutet (born 1959)
2001 - Helena Edlund, Umeå University (born 1960)
2002 - Jonas Frisén, Karolinska institutet (born 1967)
2003 - Thomas Nyström, University of Gothenburg (born 1960)
2004 - Elisabeth Sauer-Eriksson, Umeå University (born 1960)
2005 - Siv Andersson, Uppsala University (born 1959)
2006 - Johan Ericson, Karolinska Institutet (born 1965)
2007 - Christos Samakovlis, Stockholm Universityt (born 1962)
2008 - Stefan Thor, Linköping University (born 1964)
2009 - Karl Ekwall, Karolinska Institutet och Södertörn University (born 1967)
2010 - Johan Elf, Uppsala University (born 1975)
2011 - Jussi Taipale, Karolinska Institutet (born 1968)
2012 - Jarone Pinhassi, Linnaeus University (born 1969)
2013 - Kerstin Lindblad-Toh, Uppsala University (born 1970)
2014 - Emmanuelle Charpentier, Umeå University (born 1968)
2015 - Mattias Jakobsson, Uppsala University (born 1975)
2016 - Ruth H Palmer, University of Gothenburg (born 1970)
2017 - Claudia Köhler, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Uppsala (born 1971)

Medicine

1991 - Anders Björklund, Lund University (born 1945)
1992 - Staffan Normark, Karolinska Institutet (born 1945)
1994 - Rikard Holmdahl, Lund University (born 1953)
1995 - Björn Dahlbäck, Lund University (born 1953)
1996 - Roland S. Johansson, Umeå University (born 1950)
1997 - Lars Björck, Lund University (born 1949)
1998 - Lena Claesson-Welsh, Uppsala University (born 1956)
1999 - Göran Akusjärvi, Uppsala University (born 1953)
2000 - Patrik Ernfors, Karolinska Institutet (born 1964)
2001 - Reinhard Fässler, Lund University (born 1956)
2002 - Nils-Göran Larsson, Karolinska institutet (born 1960)
2003 - Patrik Rorsman, Lund University (born 1959)
2004 - Jan Borén, Sahlgrenska University Hospital (born 1964)
2005 - Stein Eirik Jacobsen, Lund University (born 1961)
2006 - Catharina Larsson, Karolinska Institutet (born 1961)
2007 - Lars Nyberg, Umeå University (born 1966)
2008 - Marie Wahren-Herlenius, Karolinska institutet (born 1967)
2009 - Mats Kullander, Uppsala University (born 1966)
2010 - William Agace, Lund University (born 1967)
2011 - Torkel Klingberg, Karolinska Institutet
2012 - Martin Bergö, Sahlgrenska Academy
2013 - Thomas Helleday, Karolinska Institutet
2014 - Fredrik Bäckhed, University of Gothenburg (born 1973)
2015 - Erik Ingelsson, Uppsala University (born 1975)
2016 - Olle Melander, Lunds University (born 1970)
2017 - Henrik Ehrsson, Karolinska Institutet (born 1972)

Physics

1991 - Carsten Peterson, Lund University (born 1945)
1992 - Joseph Nordgren, Uppsala University (born 1947)
1993 - Claes Fransson, Stockholm University (born 1951)
1994 - Antti Niemi, Uppsala University (born 1956)
1995 - Pär Omling, Lund University (born 1955)
1996 - Mats Larsson, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1953)
1997 - Olle Inganäs, Linköping University (born 1951)
1998 - Anne l'Huiller, Lund University (born 1958)
1999 - Per Delsing, Chalmers University of Technology (born 1959)
2000 - Eleanor Campbell, University of Gothenburg (born 1960)
2002 - Olle Eriksson, Uppsala University (born 1961)
2003 - Fredrik Laurell, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1957)
2004 - Ariel Gobar, Stockholm University (born 1962)
2005 - Eva Lindroth, Stockholm University (born 1960)
2006 - Måns Henningson, Chalmers University of Technology (born 1964)
2007 - Igor Abrikosov, Linköping University (born 1965)
2008 - Ulf Danielsson, Uppsala University (born 1964)
2009 - Mikael Käll, Chalmers University of Technology (born 1963)
2010 - Bernhard Mehlig, University of Gothenburg (born 1964)
2011 - Ellen Moons, Karlstad University (born 1966)
2012 - Fredrik Höök, Chalmers University of Technology (born 1966)
2013 - Mats Fahlman, Linköping University (born 1967)
2014 - Johan Åkerman, University of Gothenburg (born 1970)
2015 - Egor Babaev, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1973)
2016 - Felix Ryde, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1970)
2017 - Val Zwiller, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) (born 1971)

External links

Göran Gustafssons Stiftelse