Here are the 2021 Industrial Doctoral Student Projects!
The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, SSF, is investing SEK 30 million in the SSF Industry Doctoral Student program. Now 12 projects have been selected, each of which is granted SEK 2.5 million. The grant is given for four to five years and should result in a doctoral degree.
The program will stimulate need-driven, excellent research in SSF’s areas of science, technology and medicine. It will also increase cross-fertilization between academia and business and train strategically and competently attractive doctors.
The projects are about everything from using CRISPR technology to create new drugs against viruses, to developing new methods and technology, so-called neutron-gamma emission tomography, to analyze the contents of barrels with radioactive waste that must be disposed.
The following projects are awarded grants:
| Scientific supervisor | Project title | Institution | Company |
| Ali Mirazimi | CRISPR-based antivirals against emerging viruses | KI | BIOMEDREX AB |
| Bo Cederwall | Advanced Radwaste Characterisation Prototype | KTH | AB SVAFO |
| Christian Fager | Energy Efficient CMOS Transmitters for mm-wave Applications | Chalmers | Sivers Semiconductors AB |
| Christopher Hulme | Creep-resistant steel powder by dispersed ceramic particles | KTH | Kanthal AB |
| Håkan Pettersson | Megapixel superlattice detectors with optical metasurfaces | HH | IRnova |
| Ina Schuppe Koistinen | The microbiome response to treatments of bacterial vaginosis | KI | Gedea Biotech AB |
| Julian Walfridsson | Sprint NOntoxic Candidates AML (SNOWCAT) | KI | Sprint Bioscience |
| Karl Henrik Johansson | Explainable Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Networks | KTH | Ericsson AB |
| Lisbeth Olsson | Design of yeast to produce healthy fatty acids | Chalmers | AAK AB |
| Masoud Daneshtalab | Dependable AI in Safe Autonomous Systems | MDH | Saab AB |
| Sophie Erhardt | Neuroprotective properties of the proteasome activator PA28a | KI | AstraZeneca |
| Srinivasan Anand | Photonic Crystal based Integrated mid-infrared Gas Sensors | KTH | Senseair AB |
For further information, please contact:
Research Secretary Åsa Jansson, åsa.jansson@strategiska.se, tel 073–358 16 72
Program Manager Joakim Amorim, joakim.amorim@strategiska.se, tel 073–358 16 65