Mathias Boström

Dr Mathias Boström joined Prof. Clas Persson’s team at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm (Sweden) in August 2012. While I have strong collaboration with several member of the KTH team I am at present not employed by KTH.

Dr Boström obtained his PhD from Linköpings Universitet (October 1996-June 2000) on Casimir and Casimir-Polder interactions. He demonstrated that previous calculations did not include in a correct way dissipation and thermal effects, and hence resulted in incorrect results. As post doc at the Australian National University, and later as Assistant Professor at Linköpings Universitet, he investigated theoretically the way proteins, micelles, polyelectrolytes and membranes behave in mixed electrolyte solutions. Based on this work he was later employed as a postdoctoral researcher at University of Regensburg, as visiting researcher at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and as visiting Professor at University of Cagliari. Dr Boström has collaborated with researchers from many countries (and research fields) including from Sweden, Norway, Australia, China, India, Italy, Germany, France, USA, and Brazil.

Dr Mathias Boström has a h-index of 26 and 94 publications (ISI web of science number of citations on the 20/4-2015). Out of these the top 3 papers have 250, 207 and 203 citations. Besides these about 10 more manuscripts are work in progress.

 

8 most cited articles by Mathias Boström (ISI web of science number of citations on the 6/10-2015).

1. M. Boström, D. R. M. Williams, and B. W. Ninham, Specific Ion Effects: Why DLVO Theory Fails for Biology and Colloid Systems, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 168103 1-4 (2001). 250 citations

2. M. Boström and Bo E. Sernelius, Thermal effects on the Casimir force in the 0.1-5 microm range. Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 4757-4760 (2000). 207 citations

3. M. Boström, D. R. M. Williams, and B. W. Ninham, Surface Tension of Electrolytes: Specific Ion Effects Explained by Dispersion Forces, Langmuir 17, 4475-4478 (2001). 203 citations

4. M. Boström, D. R. M. Williams, and B. W. Ninham, Specific ion effects: Why the properties of lysozyme in salt solutions follow a Hofmeister series, Biophys. J. 85, 686-694 (2003). Number of citations: 128

5. Hofmeister Effects: Interplay of Hydration, Non-Electrostatic Potentials, and Ion Size, Drew Parsons, Mathias Boström, Pierandrea Lo Nostro, Barry W. Ninham, invited review article Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2011, 13, 12352-12367 (this paper was among the top ten most read PCCP articles in July 2011: http://blogs.rsc.org/cp/2011/09/07/top-ten-most-accessed-articles-in-july/). 121 citations

6. M. Boström, F. W. Tavares, S. Finet, F. Skouri-Panet, A. Tardieu, and B. W. Ninham, Why Forces between Proteins follow different Hofmeister series for pH above and below pI, Biophys. Chem. (2005) 117, 217-224. Number of citations: 102

7. M. Boström, W. Kunz, B. W. Ninham, Hofmeister effects in surface tension of electrolyte solution, Langmuir 21, 2619-2623 (2005). 96 citations

8. M. Boström, D. R. M. Williams, and B. W. Ninham, Ion Specicity of Micelles explained by Ionic Dispersion Forces, Langmuir 18, 6010-6014 (2002). 94 citations

More data about my publications can be found at:

http://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.url?authorId=7004297299

Higher education and employment history

 

Education       M.Sc. 1996, Linköping Universitet (Theoretical Physics).

Ph.D. 6/6 2000, Linköping Universitet (Theoretical Physics).

Title of dissertation thesis Van der Waals and Casimir interactions near metal films.

 

Past positions

1996-2000:                              During 3.5 years PhD student in Linköping Universitet.

Autumn 2000                          Employed by Linköpings universitet to give lectures in a mechanics course.

October 2000-July 2001         Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sydney (visiting fellow in the Department of Applied Mathematics Australian National University Canberra). Funded via an ARC large grant.

July 2001-July 2002:               Awarded a Swedish STINT postdoctoral scholarship to work at Department of Applied Mathematics Australian National University, Canberra.

July 2002-December 2002      Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Applied Mathematics Australian National University Canberra. Funded via an ARC large grant.

April 2003-August 2007         Assistant Prof. in the area Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Linköping University. Funded by the Swedish Research Council. From December 2006 I worked half time in Sweden and half time in Regensburg. Both positions were focusing on research

December 2006-Jan. 2009      Post-doctoral Fellow at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry in University of Regensburg, 50% position.

August 2007-February 2008  Researcher (Förste Forsknings Ingengör) 50% Linköping University (funded by the Swedish Research Council).

March 2008-June 2008           Researcher (Förste Forsknings Ingengör) 25% position, Linköping University (funded by the Swedish Research Council). During this time I worked part time in Regensburg University.

18/09/2008 to 22/10/2008 and 02/02/2009 to 27/02/2009      Awarded a full time visiting Prof. position at the Chemistry Department in Cagliari University, Italy (financed by the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna).

March 2009-September 2009 First Research Engineer Linköping University (funded by project support from the Swedish Research Council for 2009).

27/10-2009 to 09/12-2009   Awarded a visit Research Fellowship - from CNPq (Brazilian Federal Governement agency), at the Escola de Quimica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

16/3 2010 to 6/5 2010             Awarded a visit Research Fellowship - from CNPq (Brazilian Federal Governement agency) at the Escola de Quimica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

16/10/2010 to 14/12/2010 and 18/01/2011 to 14/04/2011 Awarded a full time visiting researcher position at the Chemistry Department in Cagliari University, Italy (financed by the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna).

1/8/2011-31/12/2011           Researcher at IFM, Linköping University (project funded by Prof. Bo Sernelius using a grant from Swedish Research Council).

29/2/2012-29/3/2012               Visiting Researcher in Prof. Iver Brevik’s group in the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Trondheim, Norway. This visit was supported by the European Science Foundation via an Exchange Visit Grant within the Casimir network.

1/8/2012-30/04/2014 Researcher at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden. 

Honoraria

Awarded a one year STINT (“Stiftelsen for internationalisering av hogre utbildning och forskning”) postdoctoral scholarship July 2001-July 2002.

Awarded a four years Assistant Prof. Fellowship by the Swedish Research Council (forskarassistent Vetenskaps rådet) in November 2002.

Awarded a visit Research Fellowship - from CNPq (Federal Governement agency), period from10/10/2005 to 17/12/2005, at the Escola de Quimica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

18/09/2008 to 22/10/2008 and 02/02/2009 to 27/02/2009      Awarded a full time visiting Prof. position at the Chemistry Department in Cagliari University, Italy (financed by the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna).

Awarded a visit Research Fellowship - from CNPq (Federal Governement agency), period from 27/10-2009 to 09/12-2009    and from 16/3 2010 to 6/5 2010 , at the Escola de Quimica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

16/10/2010 to 14/12/2010 and 18/01/2011 to 14/04/2011 Awarded a full time visiting researcher position at the Chemistry Department in Cagliari University, Italy (financed by the Regione Autonoma della Sardegna).

European Science Foundation-Exchange Visit Grant (within the Casimir network) to work as researcher in the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) between 29/2 2012 and 29/3 2012.

Awarded a STINT (“Stiftelsen for internationalisering av hogre utbildning och forskning”) initiation grant (117’000SKr) to start collaboration between Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. (with Associate Prof. Fernando Barroso da Silva and Prof. Clas Persson)

 

Cooperation

1. "Fostering Excellence in Nanobiological Modeling". Participants: Prof. Aatto Laaksonen (Stockholm University), Assoc. Prof. Fernando Barroso da Silva (University of São Paulo), Dr. Mathias Boström (KTH and University of Oslo), Prof. Clas Persson (KTH and University of Oslo), Prof. Frederico W. Tavares (UFRJ/Brazil), Assoc. Prof. Eduardo R. A. Lima (UERJ/Brazil).  Submitted.
2. In January 2014 M. Boström, F. L. Barroso da Silva, and C. Persson organized a STINT funded two day cross disciplinary workshop at KTH: "Second Workshop on molecular interactions and nanobiological applications".

3. "Catalysis and energy storage in nanomaterials". Participants: Priyadarshini Thiyam, Mathias Boström, Clas Persson

4. http://cthulhu.che.ncsu.edu/~erik/STAMiNA/STAMINA_People.html
5. Collaborations in physics involve groups from Australia, USA, Germany, Sweden and Norway
6. Collaborations in chemistry involve groups in Australia, Brasil, Italy.