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Doctoral award ceremony 2023
Published: 19 October 2023
On Saturday 7 October it was time for the Doctoral award ceremony at SLU. During the ceremony 64 new doctors, 13 jubilee doctors and 6 honorary doctors received their degrees. The receivers of the Arvid Lindman Medal, the SLU Medals for Distinguished Service and the SLU Educational awards were also presented.
The doctoral award ceremony is SLU’s largest annual celebration. As always, the day was a magnificent white tie occasion, accompanied by processions and majestic music.
In her welcome speech, Vice-Chancellor Maria Knutson Wedel mentioned how the entire world is rapidly changing, both for the better and the worse. She also commented on how many of SLU’s subjects are hot topics with conflicting goals, subjects that require a systems approach, interdisciplinary research and dialogue. Something she described as hopeful was that we, as scientists active in these areas of responsibility, know quite a lot about what is actually required.
In this year’s honorary lecture, ‘Adding a piece to the leaf epidermis puzzle: Towards a better understanding of cell shape acquisition in plants’, Professor Stéphanie Robert described the extraordinary flexibility of plants and how thanks to their ability to grow continuously and adapt their physical form, they can modify their development to better cope with rapidly changing environments.
The doctoral degrees were conferred by faculty and the SLU medals for distinguished service, educational awards, and the Arvid Lindman Medal were also awarded.
Read more about the doctoral award ceremony and lectures held by the honorary doctors
https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/academic-ceremonies/doktorspromotion-2023/
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The students assemble with massed standards led by Procession Marshal (and agronomy student) Gustaf Bengtsson. Photo: Jenny Svennås-Gillner
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Vice-Chancellor Maria Knutson Wedel gave the opening speech. Photo: Jenny Svennås-Gillner
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Stéphanie Robert, professor at the department of Forest Genetics and Plant Physiology, gave the honorary lecture 'Adding a piece to the leaf epidermis puzzle: Towards a better understanding of cell shape acquisition in plants'. Photo: Jenny Svennås-Gillner
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The individual Educational award of 2023 was awarded Mattias Larsson, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Plant Protection Biology. The Educational team award was awarded the teaching team at the School for Forest Management, represented on stage by Carina Sándor. Photo: Jenny Svennås-Gillner
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Joakim Stymne, chair of the board of SLU, handed over the Arvid Lindman Medal of 2021 to professor Jan Stenlid. Karin Ljung, the recipient of the Arvid Lindman Medal of 2023, was unable to attend the ceremony and will receive her award at a later occation. Photo: Jenny Svennås-Gillner
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The recipients of this year’s Medals for Distinguished Service: Senior Lecturer Jonas Hentati Sundberg, (the silver medal), professor Lotta Berg (the smaller Gold Medal) and professor Geoffrey Daniel (the Great Medal). Photo: Jenny Svennås-Gillner
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The honorary doctors of 2023. Back row from the left: Malcolm Bennett, Björn Embrén, Lars Ericson and Peter Forssberg. Front row from the left: Emmanuelle Jacquin-Joly and Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson. Photo: Jenny Svennås-Gillner
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Ingvar Fredricson, jubilee doctor of veterinary medicine, gave the speech from the jubilee doctors. Photo: Jenny Svennås-Gillner
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Happy new doctors marched out from the assembly hall. Photo: Jenny Svennås-Gillner
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