Selection Comittee - The Marcus Wallenberg Prize

Selection Committee

Every year a large number of organizations – universities, institutes, academies, research centers – are invited to nominate candidates for the prize. The achievements of nominated candidates are evaluated by a special Selection Committee. Current members of the Committee:

Johanna Buchert

(Chairperson)
Helsinki, Finland
Professor, President & CEO,
Natural Resource Institute Finland (Luke)

Ingo Burgert

Zürich, Switzerland
Professor at ETH Zurich, Wood Materials Science

Paul Dupree

Cambridge, United Kingdom
Professor, University of Cambridge, Department of Biochemistry, Head of Plant cell wall synthesis and function

Monica Ek

Stockholm, Sweden
Professor Wood Chemistry, KTH, Head of division Wood Chemistry and Pulp Technology

Eva Malmström Jonsson

Stockholm, Sweden
Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, Director of Wallenberg Wood Science Center

Erik Næsset

Ås, Norway
Professor of forest inventory at Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Orlando Rojas

Vancouver, Canada
Professor, The University of British Columbia, Bioproducts Institute, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Bioproducts

Michael J Wingfield

Pretoria, South Africa
Professor and Advisor to the Executive, University of Pretoria, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)