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Jan-Eric Sundgren (born 1951), is a Swedish
Jan-Eric Sundgren (born 1951), is a Swedish engineer
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who served as senior vice president
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at Volvo Group
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from 2006 until 2013. Prior to that, he was a professor
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of physics
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at Linköping University
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, and served as rector at Chalmers University of Technology
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from 1998 until 2006.
Education
Sundgren received hisM.S.
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in electrical engineering
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and applied physics
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in 1974 from Linköping Institute of Technology
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. He briefly studied business economics Karlstad University
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before joining Ericsson
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in 1975. Sundgren returned to Linköping University
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in 1977, receiving his doctorate in physics
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in 1982, with his doctoral advisor being material scientist Stig Hagström.
Career
Between 1985 and 1986, Sundgren didpostdoctoral
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work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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, United States
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, before subsequently returning to Linköping University
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to become a professor
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of physics
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in 1990. He was also Vice Praeses
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of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
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From 1998 to 2005, Sundgren served as rector of Chalmers University of Technology
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Awards
* Member of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
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, 1997.
* John A. Thornton Memorial Award & Lecture, American Vacuum Society
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, 1995.
References
1951 births Living people Swedish engineers Academic staff of Linköping University Academic staff of the Chalmers University of Technology Linköping University alumni Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences Swedish businesspeople {{Sweden-business-bio-stub