| Name | Erik (Jonathan) Elfgren |
| Born |
Sweden, Luleå, December 21st, 1977 Mother: Inger Elfgren, Father: Lennart Elfgren |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Civil Status | Married to Nathalie Caron Elfgren |
| Address |
Tunastigen 76, SE-973 44 Luleå, Sweden Telephone: +46-(0)920-134 06 (ICQ #: ) |
| Address (Parents) |
Gnejsstigen 83, SE-977 53 Luleå, Sweden Telephone: +46-(0)920-98 888 |
| 2008 | PhD Degree in Physics, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden |
| 2005 | Licentiate Degree in Engineering, Luleå University of Technology |
| 2002 | Master of Science in Particle Physics, Université de Montréal, Canada |
| 2000 | Master of Science in Engineering Physics, Luleå University of Technology, [Courses][Projects] |
| 98/99 | Exchange student, Courses in Physics, Mathematics and French, École Polytechnique de Montréal and Université de Montréal |
| 1996 | Higher school certificate, Science program, Specialization in Electronics & Computers Midskogsskolan, Luleå, Sweden |
| 1993 | Compulsory school certificate, Porsöskolan, Björksskataskolan, Luleå |
| 2011- | Associate professor in Energy Engineering at Luleå University of Technology |
| 2010-2011 | Post-doc in Energy Engineering at Luleå University of Technology |
| 2008-2010 | Acting director of the National Graduate School of Space Technology (30 % of full time) at Luleå University of Technology |
| 2008-2009 | Acting associate professor in Physics at Luleå University of Technology |
| 2002- | Teaching courses in mechanics and thermodynamics, waves and modern physics, and astrophysics and cosmology at Luleå University of Technology |
| 2002-2008 | Research on astrophysics and cosmology, specifically on the dust generated by the first generation of stars and its consequences for the Cosmic microwave background as well as heavy neutrinos and substructure of quarks and leptons at Luleå University of Technology. |
| 2001 | Particle physics research on excited and heavy leptons in the Groupe de Physique de Particules, Université de Montréal. |
| 2001 | Teaching assistant in thermal physics and statistical mechanics course at Université de Montréal. |
| 2000 | System administration and maintenance; Interactive web-page design at Luleå University of Technology, Department of Civil Engineering. |
| 1999 | Experimental setup of the control system of an ion accelerator in the ISOLDE-group at CERN. |
| 1998 | Project on measuring 3D surfaces with interferometry in the Physics and Chemistry of Solids Group in the Cavendish laboratory, University of Cambridge. |
| 1998 | Assisting in teaching mathematics at Luleå University of Technology, Department of Mathematics. Also 1999, 2000. |
| 1997 | Programming of a user interface/pre-processor in Visual Basic for a rolling-mill simulation program at Mefos, Luleå. |
| Computers |
Good knowledge of using and administrating Linux/Unix, MS-dos, Windows and MacOS Programming e.g. Matlab, C, Fortran, Visual Basic, Html, Javascript and cgi-scripts (sh, perl, PHP) Knowledge of database systems (MySQL) Experience of layout and graphics (LaTeX, PowerPoint, OpenOffice, CSS, gimp ...) |
| Languages | Fluent Swedish, English and French |
| 2011 | Speaker at the 1st International Conference on Energy Efficiency and CO2 Reduction in the Steel Industry, Düsseldorf, Germany (27 Jun-1 Jul) |
| 2011 | Co-author of a paper presented at the World Renewable Energy Congress 2011, Linköping, Sweden (8-13 May) |
| 2011 | Setting up a laboratory for the course Thermal and Hydraulic Machines at LTU |
| 2011- | Head of the Energy Engineering Laboratory at LTU |
| 2010- | Co-organizer of an International Masters Programme in Energy Engineering at LTU |
| 2010 | Speaker at the 13th Conference on Process Integration, Modelling and Optimisation for Energy Saving and Pollution Reduction, Prague, Czech Republic (28 Aug-1 Sep) |
| 2009-2010 | Organizer of workshops in the Graduate School of Space Technology: Trollhättan, Sweden (27-29 Jan, 2009), Esrange, Kiruna, Sweden (7-9 Sep, 2009) and IRF, Kiruna, Sweden (30-31 Aug, 2010) |
| 2009 | Organizer of two PhD courses, one in "Research methodology" and one in "Data analysis" |
| 2009 | "Adeliepriset" (prize to the best teacher of the year) |
| 2008 | Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, Germany (29 Jun-4 Jul) |
| 2007 | Invited speaker at the Swedish "Astronomdagarna" |
| 2006 | Conference: "Chemodynamics", poster |
| 2006 | Conference: "Dust from fundamental studies to astronomical observations", poster |
| 2005- | Webmaster for the National Graduate School of Space Technology and for the Division of Physics |
| 2003-2008 | Volunteer and treasurer for the Red Cross' Swedish youth line. |
| 2003-2008 | Chairman of the regional youth church organisation SMUÖN |
| 2003 | Spent three month in Grenoble, France doing research at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Observatoire de Grenoble. |
| 2003 | Presented a poster at the CERN Workshop on Cosmology and Particle Physics |
| 2002 | Participator of the Nordita summer school "Cosmology and the High-Redshift Universe" |
| 2002 | Speaker at the OPAL plenary in March and June. |
| 2001 | Presentation of MSc thesis at the Lake Louise Winter Institute, British Columbia, Canada, 18-24 February 2001. |
| 2001 | Participator of an interdisciplinary discussion group on philosophy and ethics. |
| 2001 | Volunteer in Suicide Action Montréal (suicide prevention). |
| 1999 | Singing, acting and reciting in the Great Evening of Performance Arts (GEPA)-event at CERN. |
| 1999 | Participant in the CERN Summer Student Program |
| 1999,2001 | Actor and singer in the amateur theatre group "Imaginart" at Université de Montréal. |
| 1997-1998 | Student Member of the Board of the Department of Mathematics at Luleå University of Technology |
| 1995-2000 | Treasurer of the regional youth church organisation SMUÖN (Annual turnover about $50 000) |
| Interests | Playing chess, Playing the guitar, Singing, Dancing, Juggling, Reading, Studying languages, Politics, Philosophy, Religion... |
