Magnus Berggren (born 1968), is a Swedish

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organic electronics Organic electronics is a field of materials science concerning the design, Chemical synthesis, synthesis, characterization, and application of Organic compound, organic molecules or polymers that show desirable Electronics, electronic properties ...

Linköping University Linköping University (LiU; ) is a public university, public research university based in Linköping, Sweden. Originally established in 1969, it was granted full university status in 1975 and is one of Sweden's largest academic institutions. T ...

. Magnus Berggren was born in

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, Sweden. In 1991 he received a

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physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

and in 1996 a doctoral degree in physics at Linköping University. He then joined

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in the United States, for a one-year post doc

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period. In 2001 he was appointed as a professor of organic electronics at Linköping University. His research addresses how to utilise organic electronics in novel

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s such as in printed-paper

electronics Electronics is a scientific and engineering discipline that studies and applies the principles of physics to design, create, and operate devices that manipulate electrons and other Electric charge, electrically charged particles. It is a subfield ...

and in

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applications. In 2011 Magnus Berggren became an elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Since 2005 he has been the Director of the Strategic Research Centre for Organic Bioelectronics, OBOE, at

, which is funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research.

External links

Electronics on Paper, Linköping University, 2011-11-17

Publications, Magnus Berggren, Linköping University Electronic Press

Magnus Berggren: Artificial Nervous Systems and Electronic Plants, SPIE Newsroom

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Berggren, Magnus Swedish physicists Academic staff of Linköping University Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1968 births Living people