Professor Birgisson new Vice-President of KTH
Björn Birgisson, Professor of Highway and Railway Engineering, has been appointed as Vice-President of KTH with responsibility for Research Structure and Content.
Björn Birgisson will, together with Vice-president Gunnar Landgren, be responsible for research issues at KTH. During the initial period his work will be focussed on the construction and establishment of the cross-disciplinary research platforms that have recently been initiated.
Professor Birgisson was appointed as Professor at KTH in 2007 at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment, ABE. He is currently Head of Department at Civil and Architectural Engineering and Coordinator for the cross-disciplinary platform for Transport Research.
Björn Birgisson was born in Iceland and carried out all his academic studies in USA. Before he came to KTH he was Associate Professor at the University of Florida. He will take up the position of Vice-President on 15 May.
Christer Gummeson