Tommy Ohlsson (born 13 June 1973) is a Swedish physicist. He is a full

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with specialization in

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at the

Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology (), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technology and is Sweden's largest technical university. Since 2018, KTH consist ...

(KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, situated at th
AlbaNova University Center
His research field is theoretical particle physics, particularly neutrino physics and physics beyond the so-called

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. He is an author of around hundred scientific publications and one textbook (see Publications). He has also written a popular science text about the theory of special relativity a
Nobelprize.org
Ohlsson received his PhD at KTH in 2000 and was a postdoc at th
Technische Universität München
Munich, Germany, between 2000 and 2002. He is employed at KTH since 2002 and was promoted to full professor in 2008. In 2003, he was awarded the Gustafsson Prize for young researchers at

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and KTH by th
Göran Gustafsson Foundation
Between 2005 and 2009, he held a research fellow position at th
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA)
which was funded by th
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW)
In December 2012, Ohlsson was elected for a four-year term (2013–2016) to serve on

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's member advisory board as one of eight voting members from the contributing organizations. Since January 1, 2014 Ohlsson is the coordinating editor of the scientific journal ''Nuclear Physics B'', which focuses on the domain of high-energy physics,

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, statistical systems, and

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.Nuclear Physics B - Journal - Elsevier, see http://www.journals.elsevier.com/nuclear-physics-b/ Retrieved 2014-08-26.

Publications

Publications
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* Tommy Ohlsson, ''Relativistic Quantum Physics - From Advanced Quantum Mechanics to Introductory Quantum Field Theory'', Cambridge (2011).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ohlsson, Tommy 1973 births Living people People from Haninge Municipality Swedish physicists Academic staff of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology Theoretical physicists