Gunnar W. Bergström#
| Membership Number: | 2084 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CHEMICAL SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2001 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
Present and Previous Positions
- Professor of Ethological Chemistry, GU 1983
- Special Research Position with the Swedish Natural Science Research Council (NFR) in Ecological Chemistry, GU 1976-1983
- Associate Professor of Biochemistry, GU 1973-1983
- Research Assistant with the Swedish Natural Science Research Council (NFR) in Ecological Chemistry, Uppsala University, 1970-1976
- Research Assistant in Medical Biochemistry, GU 1967-1970
- Research Assistant in Medical Physics, GU 1964-1967
Fields of Scholarship
- analytical chemistry, organic chemistry and biochemistry
- ethology, ecology and evolutionary biology
Honours and Awards
- 1978 The Letterstedt Prize “for important investigations” (given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences)
- 1978 2nd Prize in Swedish Radio/Telev.competition for best popular science program
- 1980 The Insect Biochemistry Prize for best scientific article of the year
- 1982 The Linnean Prize (given by the Royal Society of Sciences, Uppsala)
- 1986 Invitation by His Royal Highness at the occasion of The International Prize in Biology, by Emperor Hirohito of Japan
- 1986 Invitation by Fondation Les Treilles, France (Mme. Schlumberger), Evolution of social organization in insects (Symposium)
- 1989 and 2008 ISCE (International Society of Chemical Ecology) Medals, (Annual Silver Medal with Plenary Talk).
- 1989 NOR, Swedish Royal Medal/Diploma of Merit
- 1995 Invited speaker at Jean-Marie Delwart International Symposia, Belgium: “Plant-Insect Relationships” and 1998 “Insect and Vertebrate Olfaction”
