Hans Ellegren - Curriculum Vitae#

Education

• BSc and MSc Biology Uppsala University 1987
  
• PhD Genetics Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 1993

Work outside academia

• Researcher Pharmacia Biotechnology 1987-1989

Faculty positions

• Senior lecturer (Associate Professor) Molecular Genetics Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 1997-1998
  
• Chair Professor Evolutionary Biology Uppsala University 1999 - present

Current position

Secretary General (Permanent/Perpetual Secretary) Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2022–

Publications

340 peer-reviewed journal articles (first or last author of 75% of these), Google Scholar: 56,000 citations, h-index = 119. Publications include 9 in Nature, 3 in Science, 5 in Nat. Genet., 2 in Nat. Comm., 1 in Nat. Ecol. Evol. and 7 in Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA

Elected member of learned societies

• Royal Society of Sciences Uppsala 2001
  
• Royal Society of Arts and Sciences Uppsala 2001
  
• Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2010
  
• European Molecular Biology Organisation 2013
  
• Norwegian Academy of Arts and Letters 2015
  
• Royal Patriotic Society 2022

Prizes and Distinctions

• Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forsetry PhD thesis Prize 1994
  
• Swedish Government’s Prize for young scientists 1994
  
• King Oscar Prize Uppsala University 1999
  
• Sture Centerwalls Prize Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2005
  
• Linnaeus Medal Uppsala University 2016
  
• King's Medal (8th size) the Order of the Seraphims 2022
  
• Celsius Medal Royal Society of Sciences 2023

Research grants (selected)

• Swedish Research Council: continuous project funding 1996– and several excellence grants; ‘strong research environment’ 2005 (19,6 MEUR), ‘Linnaeus grant environment’ 2008 (26,2 MEUR; main applicant), Research Council Professor (43,6 MEUR)
  
• European Research Council (ERC) 2010 Advanced Investigator Grant (22 MEUR)
  
• Knut and Alice Wallenberg Scholar 2011 (13,1 MEUR)
  
• Knut and Alice Wallenberg Scholar project grant 2015 (36,6 MEUR; main applicant)

Supervision

Main supervisor for 23 PhD students with completed degree and supervisor for 30 international post-docs (≥2 year stay). Of these, 12 are now full professors and a large number are Associate/Assistant Professors.

Administration and leadership (selected)

• Board member Faculty of Science and Technology, Uppsala University 2002 - 2014
  
• Head of Department of Ecology, Genetics and Systematics 2007, 2010
  
• Dean of Biology Faculty of Science and Technology, Uppsala University 2008 - 2011
  
• Chair of the board Center for Bioinformatics, Uppsala University 2008 - 2010
  
• Dean of Research Faculty of Science and Technology, Uppsala University 2011 - 2014
  
• Chair of the board Center for Sustainable Development, Uppsala University 2011 - 2014
  
• Member of the National Committee for Biology, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2005 - 2011
  
• Permanent/Perpetual Secretary Royal Society of Sciences, Uppsala 2013 - 2023
  
• Vice President Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 2017 - 2021
  
• Board Member The Young Academy of Sweden 2022 - present
  
• Board Member The Nobel Foundation 2022 - present