Division news
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Runaway Electron Modelling (REM) meeting at KTH
Published Jun 19, 2026The topic of the meeting was runaway electrons and disruptions in fusion plants, which is one of the highest priority research areas for future fusion reactors.
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Judit Pérez-Coll Jiménez masterfully defends her PhD thesis
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Lorenzo Votta carried out a successful licentiate seminar
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Workshop at Nordita
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Swedish Space Plasma Meeting 2026
Published Apr 07, 2026This year the yearly Swedish Space Plasma Meeting was arranged by KTH.
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First EMP-workshop
Published Mar 10, 2026On March 9th, the department had its first workshop at Villa Källhagen.
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Bo Lehnert 1926-2025
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Sweden's first satellite, Viking, was launched 40 years ago
Published Feb 20, 2026Sweden's first satellite, Viking, was launched with an Ariane rocket from Kourou in French Guiana on 22 February 1986. The satellite explored the Earth's magnetosphere at altitudes of up to 13500 km, ...
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Sushen Joshi successfully defends his PhD thesis
Published Feb 12, 2026On February 3rd, Sushen Joshi defended his PhD thesis with the title "Insights into Uranus’ atmosphere from HST FUV observations and radiative transfer modelling".
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Kick-off for the new department
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Two divisions become one new department
Published Dec 17, 2025SPP and EMF merge to form the new department, EMP, with Anita Kullen as its head.
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Konstantinos Paschalidis successfully defends his PhD thesis
Published May 18, 2025On May 12th, Konstantinos Paschalidis defended his PhD thesis with the title "Modelling the damage of metallic plasma-facing components under energetic transient events in fusion reactors"
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Lars Bylander's contribution to JUICE instruments is celebrated in Uppsala University's Aula
Published May 13, 2025Lars Bylander was celebrated in the Grand Auditorium of Uppsala University for his decade-long contribution to Juice's instruments
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Henriette successfully defends her PhD thesis
Published Apr 04, 2025Yesterday, 3rd of April, Henriette Trollvik defended her PhD thesis with the title "Multipoint measurements of solar wind magnetic holes"
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SPP instruments celebrate 10 years in space on MMS
Published Mar 13, 2025The NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission celebrates 10 years in space since its launch.
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Most powerful solar flare of the current solar cycle
Published Oct 04, 2024The biggest solar flare of the last seven years was observed on October 3rd, be prepared for a possible aurora weekend in Stockholm
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This year's Alfvén Lecture was given by Professor Tünde Fülöp
Published Sep 04, 2024"Faster than lightning: Electron Beams in Laboratory Plasmas" is the title of the 2024 Alfvén Lecture. It was given by Professor Tünde Fülöp on September 24.
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Assoc. Prof. Lorenz Roth explains the ESA Mission JUICE to the royal couples from Denmark and Sweden
Published May 07, 2024Assoc. Professor Lorenz Roth talks to the Kings and Queens from Denmark and Sweden about the ESA Jupiter Icy Moon Mission JUICE and our divisions involvement in it.
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Lorenz Roth becomes an Associate Professor at SPP
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Swedish Space Plasma Meeting held at KTH