News from NJ Faculty Board

Members of the hearing assembly appointed

The Faculty Board decided on which persons at NJ should be part of the hearing congregation that advises the recruitment group in the process of recruiting a new Deputy Vice-Chancellor. The hearing assembly has 31 members and each member has a personal deputy. The NJ faculty's departments have submitted proposals for members and deputies.

The Faculty Board's preparatory committee has since assessed the names and submitted a comprehensive proposal to the Faculty Board.

The members will participate in a hearing on 31 May with the candidate or candidates remaining in the recruitment.

Appointed ordinary members:

• Magnus Karlsson, Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala
• Karin Eklöf, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Uppsala
• Jens Sundström, Department of Plant Biology, Uppsala
• Robert Hart, Department of Economics, Uppsala
• Ulf Bjelke, SLU Swedish Species Information Centre, Uppsala
• Stina Powell, Department of Urban and Rural Development, Uppsala
• Johanna Wetterlind, Department of Soil and Environment, Skara
• Claudia von Brömssen, Department of Energy and Technology, Uppsala
• Magnus Huss, Department of Aquatic Resources, Öregrund
• Ingrid Öborn, Department of Crop Production Ecology, Uppsala
• Eva Forsgren, Department of Ecology, Uppsala
• Mårten Hetta, Department of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden, Umeå
• Mats Sandgren, Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala

Each member has a personal deputy.

Members of the Nomination Committee appointed

The NJ faculty's nomination committee has now been decided. In January 2021, those entitled to vote were invited to nominate candidates for a new nomination committee for the term of office 1 June 2021–31 May 2024. A total of eleven nominations were received. Each member has a personal deputy.

Appointed ordinary members:

• Klara Fischer, Department of Urban and Rural Development, Uppsala
• Göran Hartman, Department of Ecology, Uppsala
• Åse Lundh, Department of Molecular Sciences, Uppsala
• Martyn Futter, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Uppsala
• Sara Bergek, Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Drottningholm
• Bo Stenberg, Department of Soil and Environment, Skara
• Ingrid Öborn, Department of Crop Production Ecology, Uppsala

Klara Fischer and Göran Hartman were appointed chairman and vice chairman, respectively, for the term of office.

Read here what task the faculties' nomination committees have and a short interview with Torleif Härd before this autumn's faculty board election. Scroll down and you will find the text in English.

Started recruitment of professor of plant pathology

The Faculty Board decided to start recruiting a professor of plant pathology with agricultural crops as the preliminary focus at the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology. Sara Hallin was appointed chair of the recruitment committee. Dean Torleif Härd will appoint the remaining members.

New associate professors at NJ

The Faculty Board decided to appoint the following people as associate professors, ie all those who gave their lectures in March this year.

• Annika Nordin in the subject Technology.
• Eveline Krab in the subject Soil Sciences with specialization in Soil Biology.
• German Martinez Arias in the subject Biology.
• Harry W Fischer in the subject Rural Development.
• Jens Rommel in the subject Economics.
• Johan Östergren in the subject Biology with specialization in Ecology.
• Josefin Sundin in the subject Biology with specialization in Ecology.
• Libère Nkurunziza in the subject Crop Production Science.
• Marcos Lana in the subject Crop Production Science.
• Mohammad Bahram in the subject Biology.
• Oksana Golovko in the subject Environmental Assessment with specialization in environmental chemistry.
• Ola Lundin in the subject Biology with specialization in Ecology.
• Sabine Sampels in the subject Food Science.