Björn Gunnar Ingelman (born 1952), is a Swedish

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

working as a professor of theoretical particle physics at

Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...

, who is also the secretary of the

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Life

Ingelman received his PhD in theoretical physics in 1982 at

Lund University Lund University () is a Public university, public research university in Sweden and one of Northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the Swedish province of Scania. The university was officially foun ...

. His supervisors were Bo Andersson and Gösta Gustafson. His opponent was

Frank Close Francis Edwin Close (born 24 July 1945) is a particle physicist who is Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford. Education Close was a pupil at King's School, Peterborough (then a gram ...

. Ingelman created and leads the Theoretical

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group at

. Gunnar Ingelman is also a member of the

Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences () is one of the Swedish Royal Academies, royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting nat ...

at physics class.

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Swedish physicists Academic staff of Uppsala University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1952 births Living people Lund University alumni Particle physicists Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Theoretical physicists {{Sweden-scientist-stub