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.
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.
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2021
Melissa Franklin, Harvard University, USA.
Clifford Woodward, University of New South Wales, Canberra, Australia.
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2020
Mary Higby Schweitzer, North Carolina State University, USA.
Thomas Henning, Heidelberg University, Germany.
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2019
Stanley Micklavzina, University of Oregon, USA.
Karin Åkerfeldt, Haverford College, USA.
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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.