Name Thorsteinn Sigfusson Role Physicist | Awards Global Energy Prize | |
Professor Thorsteinn I. Sigfusson (Icelandic: Þorsteinn Ingi Sigfússon; born June 4, 1954 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland) is an Icelandic physicist prominent in the field of energy research. He was awarded the Global Energy Prize in 2007, and is currently the Director of Innovation Center Iceland at the University of Iceland, where he holds the Icelandic Alloys Chair.
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Education and professional work
After studying at Hamrahlid College in Reykjavík, Thorsteinngraduated from the University of Copenhagen in 1978 with a degree in Physics. He earned his PhD in 1983 at Darwin College in the University of Cambridge.
Thorsteinnhas worked as a Professor of Physics researcher in The Science Institute at the University of Iceland, and has served as Chairman of The Board of Science Institute (1986–90), University Library (1994), The Research Council of Iceland (1996–99), and the Technical Committee of RANNIS. He has also acted as Director of The Engineering Institute and the Dean of Faculty of the Renewable Energy School in Akureyri. In 2003–07, he was Co-Chair of The International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy, and in 2006 created and Chaired the Renewable Energy Prize Ceremony, first awarded by the World Renewable Energy Council during its world conference in Florence.
The companies and institutions he has founded include: