Three new Wallenberg Academy Fellows at Lund University
(WorldNews Environment)

The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation has appointed 24 young and prominent researchers as Wallenberg Academy Fellows. The appointment involves a research grant of SEK 5-14 million per researcher for a period of five years. Three of the 24 researchers are currently working at Lund University: microbiological ecologist Johannes Rousk, historian Johan Östling and biomedical engineer Hanna Isaksson. Microbes control carbon dioxide emission from the soil Johannes Rousk is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Science`s Department of Biology. As a Wallenberg Academy Fellow, he and his team will investigate how microorganisms in the soil control the global carbon cycle. The microbes are able to...