Honorary Doctors
The doctoral conferment ceremony is held each year at the end of May or beginning of June in Lund Cathedral. At the ceremony, the faculties honour some outstanding individuals who are presented with honorary doctorates. On this page, you can see the faculty's honorary doctors from 1996 onwards.
2026
- Jannette Carey, Princeton University, USA.
- Jonathan Bland-Hawthorn, University of Sydney, Australia.
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2025
Caroline Slomp, Radboud Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
2024
- R. Michael Rich, University of California Los Angeles, USA.
- Harriet Bulkeley, Durham University, England, and Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University, the Netherlands.
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2023
Jan Dhont, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf and Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany.
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2022
- Kerstin Johannesson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
- Georg Kresse, University of Vienna, Austria.
Read about the honorary doctors 2022
2021
- Melissa Franklin, Harvard University, USA.
- Clifford Woodward, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia.
Read about the honorary doctors 2021
2020
- Mary Higby Schweitzer, North Carolina State University, USA.
- Thomas Henning, Heidelberg University, Germany.
Read about the honorary doctors 2020
2019
- Stanley Micklavzina, University of Oregon, USA.
- Karin Åkerfeldt, Haverford College, USA.
Read about the honorary doctors 2019
2018
- Peter Cederström, Sweden.
- Anne Borg, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.
2017
Londa Schiebinger, Stanford University, USA.
2016
- Nils Forshed, Sweden.
- Gerd Grubb, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
2015
- Karen Luise Knudsen, Aarhus University, Denmark.
- Yeshayahu Talmon, Technion, Israel.
2014
- Christina Moberg, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
- Nils Mårtensson, Uppsala University, Sweden.
2013
- Fredrik Sjöberg, Sweden.
- Rolf Heuer, CERN, Switzerland.
2012
- Bryan Webber, United Kingdom.
- Robert K Thomas, United Kingdom.
2011
- Michael Graetzel, Switzerland.
- Mario Tassinari, Sweden.
2010
- Peter Varga, Austria.
- Michael Perryman, Netherlands.
2009
- Linda Thõny-Meyer, Switzerland.
- Högni Hansson, Sweden.
2008
- Berndt Kromer, Germany.
- Peter D. Lax, USA.
2007
- Sir David J Read, United Kingdom.
- Matthias Scheffler, Germany.
2006
- Arthur Bienenstock, USA.
- Bernard Cabane, France.
2005
- Vladilen Letokhov, Russia.
- Wittko Francke, Germany.
- Rienk van Grondelle, Netherlands.
2004
- Sine Larsen, Denmark.
- Jacques M Beckers, Netherlands.
- Bertil Larsson, Sweden.
2003
- Rüdiger Wehner, Switzerland.
- Ahmed H Zewail, USA.
- Ernst Hairer, Switzerland.
2002
- Barry William Ninham, Australian National University, Australia.
- Lennart Linder-Aronson, Sweden.
2001
Brian A C Ackrell, University of California, USA.
2000
Robert R Hessler, USA.
1999
- Maria B Garber, Russia.
- Lorenzo J Curtis, USA.
1998
- Jakob P Bondorf, Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark.
- John B Birks, University of Bergen, Norway.
1996
- David Leckrone, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), USA.
- Colin Pennycuick, United Kingdom.