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SEK 15 million Swedish Research Council grant lets Stanford postdoc join KTH
Jan Hansen, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, has won a five-year strategic recruitment grant from the Swedish Research Council that enables him to start as an assistant professor at KTH.
Why it matters: KTH gains a new assistant professor studying how human cells sense their surroundings, funded by a SEK 15 million five-year grant.
KTH reported that Jan Hansen, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University, has been awarded a five-year grant under the Swedish Research Council's (Vetenskapsrådet) strategic recruitment initiative.
According to KTH, the grant totals SEK 15 million and makes it possible for Hansen to start at KTH as a biträdande lektor, an assistant professor post.
KTH said the initiative is intended to give young researchers the opportunity to develop their research.
Hansen's research aims to improve understanding of how human cells sense their environment, KTH said.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The SEK 15 million, five-year award funds Hansen's move from Stanford University to an assistant professor post at KTH, where he will pursue research on how human cells sense their surroundings.
