Josefin Larsson is a new member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Violent stellar explosions are the research focus of Josefin Larsson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the new Swedish member of the Class of Astronomy and Space Sciences. She was elected at the meeting of the Swedish Academy of Sciences on 21 February.
Josefin Larsson is Professor of Astrophysics at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. She studies extreme astrophysical objects such as supernovae and gamma-ray bursts. Supernovae and the most common form of gamma-ray bursts occur when a massive star ends its life in a violent explosion.
Stellar explosions are the research focus of the new academy member (in Swedish)