Jan Nilsson#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1925 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1999 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
Jan Nilsson passed away May 31, 2010.
Positions held
- Professor in mathematical physics at Chalmers University of Technology
- Dean at the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Gothenburg
- Rector at the University of Gothenburg
Fields of Scholarship
- Mathematical physics
Honours and Awards
- President of the board of directors of the Wallenberg foundation
- Member of the board of directors for the Erna & Victor Hasselblad foundation
- Member of the Swedish Government Research Committee
- 1974 Honorary professor of theoretical physics at the University of Vienna
- 1986 Member of the Academy of Sciences
- 1993 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
- 1999 Member of the Academia Europaea
