New management team appointed at Chalmers

The president, Karin Markides, took office last August after having served as deputy director general of VINNOVA, the Swedish government’s technology development fund.

In a statement, the university said new officers will head each of the three development initiatives. They are:

      -Stefan Bengtsson, executive vice president with responsibility for the material and bio initiative. He is professor of solid state electronics and head of the Chalmers Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience.

      -Johan Holmberg, vice president with responsibility for the systems and environment initiative. He is professor of physical resource theory, vice dean of the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, and holds a UNESCO chair in education for sustainable development.

      -Anna Dubois, vice president with responsibility for the industry and communication intiative. She is professor in the Division of Industrial Marketing, and head of the Department of Technology Management and Economics.

Other new appointees include:

      -Alf-Erik Almstedt, deputy head of the Department of Applied Mechanics, is named vice president for postgraduate studies.

      -Lisbeth Birgersson, an assistant professor in the Unit for Space and Process, is named vice president for strategic planning of academic recruitment.

      -Jan Smith, president of the IT University of Gothenberg (a Chalmers-Gothenberg University joint venture), is named senior adviser for the Lindholmen Campus.

      -Holger Rootzen, a professor of mathematical stistics, is given a special assignment for Chalmers Initiative Seminars.

      Among those senior Chalmers managers remaining in office are Vice President Johan Carlsten, for continuing professional development, contact with the business world, innovation systems, competence centres and commissioned education; and Jorgen Sjoberg, senior adviser on strategic operational issues with overall responsibility for internationalization.

      Stepping down on June 30 will be Vice Presidents Karin Andersson and Peter Olsson. Vice President Lennart Josefson will, from July 1, have a special assignment as chairman of the Faculty Appointment Committee for recruitment.