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The Department of Micro and Nanosystems (MST) is one of 14 departments at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS).

Department group photo
Department group photo taken at the annual Planning Conference in August, 2025. Please note that some division members are missing on this photo.

Our department is a dynamic and collaborative environment, bringing together professors, postdocs, doctoral students, master’s and bachelor’s students, interns and startup founders. We focus on foundational research and the application of micro- and nanotechnologies across a wide range of fields. The department is led by Göran Stemme , along with professors Kristinn Gylfason , Wouter Metsola van der Wijngaart , Frank Niklaus , Joachim Oberhammer , Niclas Roxhed  and Thomas Winkler . Research, teaching, and student supervision are highly integrated, with faculty and students working together on projects, courses, and co-supervisions, fostering an atmosphere of teamwork and innovation.

List of staff

Education

The department gives courses in the areas of Measurement technology and Microsystem technology.

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Research

The major research field of the department is Micro- and Nanoelectromechanical Systems (MEMS/NEMS), where micro- and nanofabrication techniques and materials are adapted to the making of small, low-cost, high-performance electromechanical, optoelectromechanical, RF/microwave as well as micro- and nano-fluidic devices.

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Lab facilities

We have several well-equipped in-house lab infrastructure, including:

  • a polymer microsystems lab.

  • an RF/THz lab.

  • a photonics lab.

  • a 3D nanostructuring lab (3D microprinting, laser machining). 

  • cell work & microbiology facilities

Much of the device fabrication takes place at the Electrum Lab  and Albanova Nanofabrication Lab . The Electrum Lab comprises 1300m² of class-100 cleanroom area for fabrication and characterization of microelectronics, photonics and microsystem devices. The Electrum lab is situated at KTH's campus in Kista, North-west of the city. Through the my-fab network the division also have acces to the other major cleanroom labs in Sweden.

We further work in other major infrastructures.

  • Scilifelab , which is the national hub for molecular biosciences.

  • MedTechLabs , which is the regional interdisciplinary centre for medical technology research.

  • Biomedicum , which is the experimental research centre of the Karolinska Institute.