Hans Hertz, new chairman of MAX IV Laboratory's board - who are you?

I was born in Lund in 1955, got my Diploma in Engineering Physics at Lund University in 1981 and made my PhD with Sune Svanberg as supervisor on atomic physics in 1988. Then I went to Stanford and was a postdoc there for a year. I came back to Lund as assistant professor and eventually became a lecturer and researched on soft X-ray microscopy. In 1997, I was appointed as Professor of Biomedical Physics at KTH and moved to Stockholm. At KTH we develop biomedical tools based on radiology physics, such as new X-ray sources, new types of microscopes and new methods for biomedical imaging. Read more here (in Swedish).

Tomas Lundqvist has a long and prosperous career within structural biology and drug discovery at AstraZeneca. From 1 January 2014 he starts as Life Science Director at MAX IV Laboratory.

- I am very happy and extremely proud for being given this chance to be part of the great team at MAX IV Laboratory, says Tomas Lundqvist.
When the opportunity revealed itself there was no hesitation on my part. I have followed the laboratory over the years and I am very impressed with the results and the plans for the future.
Read more in the press release and our interview (in Swedish) with Tomas.

At MAX IV Laboratory Speximo investigate the properties of Quinoa starch. The experiment was done on the I911-4 small angle X-ray scattering beamline which allows scientists to investigate strutters of materials on the nano-scale. Read more here.

Orbital Systems is one of the companies within the framework of the EU project Science Link that got beamtime at MAX IV Laboratory. The company's owner and founder Mehrdad Mahdjoubi has developed a revolutionary new water recycling technology that can be applied to various household products. The Company has received widespread attention including CNN International's "Blueprint" which aired on 7 November 2013. Read more here (in Swedish).

May Ling Ng was a PhD student at Uppsala University but she was stationed at MAX-lab for the entire time between 2006 and 2010. May Ling had beamtime at D1011 this autumn. She was doing research here at MAX IV Laboratory because Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) had a long maintenance shutdown. 
- We needed the results urgently and were grateful to be given the director's beamtime allocated by Jesper Andersen. Read more here.