Nationality Swedish Fields Physicist Residence Uppsala, Sweden | Role Physics researcher Name Claes-Goran Granqvist | |
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Born December 25, 1946 (age 77)
Helsingborg, Sweden ( 1946-12-25 ) Institutions Chalmers University of Technology, Uppsala University Alma mater Chalmers University of Technology Known for Green nanotechnology, Smart windows, Electrochromism, Nanoparticles, Thermochromism, Fluctuation-Enhanced Sensing, Biomimetics, Radiative cooling, Photocatalitic Materials Education Chalmers University of Technology Books Handbook of inorganic electrochromic materials | ||
Claes-Göran Granqvist was born in Helsingborg, Sweden, in 1946. He is one of the leading figures of Swedish and international science in various fields (see his selected papers and books below) including nanomaterials; green nanotechnology; materials for solar energy utilization and energy efficiency (solar cells, solar collectors, energy efficient fenestration), electrochromic materials (smart windows); condensed matter physics; biomimetics; photocatalytic materials (air and water cleaning); materials for radiative cooling and superconductivity; fluctuation-enhanced sensing; etc. In August 2011, Science Citation Index shows that his h-index is 66; the number of citations to his papers is 18763. He published around 730 research papers in mostly refereed journals, over 30 books, had invited conference presentations at about 250 international conferences and chaired about 30 international meetings. During the years, he had many lectures and lecture tours in Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia.
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Education
He received the Ph.D. degree in physics at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1974.
Career
In 1975, he was a Postdoctoral associate at Cornell University, USA. In the period of 1976-89, he had various research positions at Chalmers University of Technology. 1989-93: Full Professor of Experimental Physics, Chalmers University of Technology. Since 1993, he is Full Professor of Solid State Physics and the Head of the Division of Solid State Physics at the Department of Engineering Sciences, The Ångström Laboratory, Uppsala University. In the period 1997-2006 he was the Vice Rector/Senior Advisor for External and International Affairs at Uppsala University.