Joseph Nordgren

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Ernst Joseph Nordgren, born November 16, 1947 in Örebro, is a Swedish physicist.

Nordgren graduated as a B.Sc. from Uppsala University in 1971 and received his Ph.D. in physics in 1977.^[1] In 1979 he was made docent and since 1988, he is a professor of soft X-ray physics at Uppsala. Since July 1, 2008, Nordgren is vice rector for the area of science and engineering at Uppsala university.^[2]

Nordgren is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences since 1996, and was a member of the Nobel Committee for Physics from 2001 to 2009, and the Committee's chairman in 2008 and 2009.^[3] He is also a member of the Royal Society of Sciences and Letters in Uppsala since 1981 and of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala since 2005.

References

↑ Nordgren, Joseph (1977): X-ray emission spectra of free molecules. Abstracts of Uppsala dissertations from the Faculty of Science, 0345-0058 ; 418, ISBN 91-554-0623-8
↑ Press announcement from Uppsala University, April 1, 2008: Tre nya vicerektorer vid Uppsala universitet (Swedish)
↑ Joseph Nordgren's web page, accessed on August 4, 2009

External links

Joseph Nordgren's web page at Uppsala University

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Name	Nordgren, Joseph
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Date of birth	1947
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