Curriculum Vitae: Hans Ågren

Born

1950-09-23, Skellefteå, Sweden

Civil Status

Married, 3 daughters

Professorial preparation

Bachelor of Science, 1973, Physics, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
PhD, 1979. Physics, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
PostDoc, 1980, IBM Research Laboratories, San Jose, USA.

Appointments

Assistant Professor at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Lund, Sweden, 1981 - 1982.
Research Associate at the Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, 1982 - 1983.
Assistant Professor at the Institute of Quantum Chemistry, Uppsala, Sweden, 1983 - 1990.
Researcher in Quantum Chemistry, appointed by the Swedish Science Research Council, 1990.
Chair Professor in Computational Physics, University of Linköping, 1991-1998.
Chair Professor in Theoretical Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1998-
Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota 1986 - 1987.
Visiting Professor, IBM Research Laboratories, Kingston, New York, 1983, 1989.
Visiting Professor, Institute of Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan, 1998.
Visiting Professor, Marie and Pierre Curie Institute, Paris, 1999.

Academic and Administrative Accomplishments

University Level:
Hans Ågren has led 3 major Academic research constellations:
1983 - 1990: Research group in Quantum Chemistry, University of Uppsala.
1991 - 1998: Division of Computational Physics, Linköping University (chair professor).
1998 - Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology (chair professor).
National Level: Coordination of R&D constellations in Sweden:
1998-2001: Coordinating the theoretical modelling group in Laser Protection, funded by the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) .
2000- : Coordinating the theoretical group in the "Center for Advanced Molecular Materials (CAMM)" supported by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) .
2001- : Coordinating the theoretical modelling group in "SNOPI - Swedish Nanotechnology Optical Power initiative", supported by the Swedish Defence Nanotechnology program,(FOI).
Director of the KTH-SU center in computational molecular and systems biology (CCMSB)
International Level: Coordination in International networks.
2006- Director of the KTH-USTC (University of Science and Technology of China) center in bio- and nano-materials
2004-2007: Network coordinator: EU Marie-Curie Research and Training Network on "Understanding Nanomaterials from the Quantum Perspective" (NANOQUANT), Contract No MRTN-CT-2000-506842, 10 nodes.
2004-2007: Node leader: EU FP6-STREP network: "Design and Fabrication of Optoelectronic Devices (ODEON)", Contract No NMP3-CT-2003-505478, 12 nodes.
2000-2003: Network coordinator: EU-HPRN: Human Potential Research Training Network on "Molecular Properties and Molecular Materials (MOLPROP)", Contract No HPRN-CT-2000-00013, 9 nodes.
2004 -2007: Coordinating an SSF-NSF (KTH - SUNY, Buffalo) network in 3-photon materials
2005- : Coordinating an SSF project in Biophotonics - "Multi-Photon Quantum Dots".
2005- : Director of the KTH - USTC (Univ. of Science and Technology of China) in Bio- and Nano-materials.
2002- : Group leader in EU-COST/D26 action: Integrative Computational Chemistry, Increasingly Complex Systems.
2001- : Group leader in the EU-FW5 network "Centre of Excellence in New Functional Materials" - their Design, Diagnostics and Exploitation (ESTOMATERIALS).
1998-2001: Group leader in 2 EU-COST/D9 actions: Advanced Computational Chemistry of Increasingly Complex Systems, WG D9/0007/98 and WG D9/0010/98.
1998-2002: Node coordinator: EU-TMR: Research Training and Mobility of Researchers Network on "New Carbon-Based Hard Materials (CNx)", Contract No. FMRX-CT97-0103.
1994-2000: Network coordinator: EU-INTAS: International Association for Cooperation with Scientists from the former SU: "Theory and Application of Spin-Catalysis (TASC)", 8 nodes, Contract. No INTAS-94-4089.
1990 - Coordinating KTH contributions to the Scandinavian DALTON quantum chemistry project.
Invited speaker to 80 conferences since 1989. Organized 22 international or national meetings.
Member of 5 editorial boards. 10 commissions as PhD Opponent. ca 900 commissions as paper referee. 490 publications in international journals, 16 review articles. Supervised or curently supervising 25 PhD students. Coordinated 3 larger European networks.

Graduate Students

Nestor Correia, UU, 1984, Professor. Antonio Flores, Uppsala, 1986, Professor Carmen Medina-Llanos, UU, 1988, Computational Expert, Pharmaceuptics. David Nordfors, UU, Research Advisor, VINNOVA. Amary Cesar, UU, 1991, Professor, Arnaldo Naves de Brito, UU, 1991 Professor, Olav Vahtras, UU, 1992., Senior Lecturer, Soren Knuts, UU, 1993, Volvo, Yi Luo, LiU, 1996, Professor, Dan Jonsson, LiU, 1998. Ass. Prof., Patrick Norman, LiU, 1998, Senior Lecturer, Olexandre Plachkevych, KTH, Stockholm, 2000. Ass. Prof.,Maria Engstrom, LiU, 2001, Scientific Advisor. Biomedicine. Timofei Privalov, KTH, 2001, Ass. Prof., Pawel Salek, KTH, 2001, Ass. Prof., Peter Macak, KTH, 2002. Math. Analys,t Alexander Baev, KTH, 2003, PostDoc, Branislav Jansik, KTH, 2004. PostDoc, Olexandre Loboda, KTH, 2004. PostDoc Jingdong Guo, KTH, 2004. Professor. Zilvinas Rinkevicius, KTH, 2004, Ass. Prof., Peter Cronstrand, KTH, 2004. University Lecturer, Stepan Kashtanov, KTH, 2005, PostDoc, Oscar Rubio Pons, KTH, 2005, PostDoc, Barbara Brena, KTH, 2005, PostDoc.

Research Achievements

Hans Ågrens reserach interest is much in line with that of the Department of Theoretical Chemistry at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, Sweden, which involves various branches of theoretical modelling: Photonics, Electronics, Catalysis, Magnetic resonance phenomena, classical and quantum dynamics, Nano-particle research and X-ray science. While much of this research has a background in quantum theory for electromagnetic properties, the traditional atomistic modelling now develops more and more into general multiscale / multiphysics approaches, bridging scales in length and time, from the atomic scale to the meso and macro scales. With this, quantum simulations are connected to molecular dynamics, statistical and classical mechanics, addressing structures, reactions, and properties, spanning from the X-ray to the microwave regions and comprising atoms, grains and grids. The department also takes interest in nano- and bio-photonics and -electronics, in electro-optic and opto-electric conversion and photonic device technologies. The research has increasingly assumed an interdisciplinary character with projects carried out in common with experimentalists, and such collaboration is now always a priority. Hans Ågren started as experimentalist and has during recent time also made an interest in resuming such activities: An experimental lab -- “LightLab” -- has recently been introduced at the Department for studies within Biophotonics.