Gunnar Öquist#
| Membership Number: | 2266 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION |
| Elected: | 2004 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.umu.se/sok/english/staff-directory/view-person?uid=guoq0001&guise=employee146204 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2003 Secretary General of theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- 1993 - 1999 Secretary General of the Swedish Natural Science Research Council (NFR)
- 1981 - 2003 Professor in Plant Physiology, University of Umeå
- 1976 - 1981 Docent (Associate Professor) in Plant Physiology, University of Umeå
- 1974 - 1975 Docent (Associate Professor) in Plant Physiology, University of Lund
- 1967 - 1976 Assistent, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Umeå
- 1965 - 1966 Amanuens, Department of Plant Physiology, University of Uppsala
Fields of Scholarship
- Stress and adaptation mechanisms in photosynthesis
- Elucidating the physiological responses of photosynthesis under the combined conditions of low temperature and high light
Honours and Awards
- 1986 The Royal Swedish Academy of Science
- 1991 Kungl. Skytteanska Samfundet (President 1998--2003)
- 1995 Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet
- 1998 The Royal Society of Canada
- 2004 The Australian Academy of Sciences
- 2004 Academia Europaea
- 1998 Kung. Fysiografiska Sällskapets Linnémedalj i guld
- 2003 The Meritourious Medal of Umeå University in gould
- Corresponding member of the Australian Society of Plant Physiology
- Scandinavian Society of Plant Physiology
- American Society of Plant Physiologists
