Dr. Gerald Tuskan is awarded the 2025 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for his pioneering work in sequencing and analyzing the first tree genome. His leadership in this project has revolutionized research in tree and forest genomics and biotechnology, paving the way for genome-based breeding of commercially important trees.
Dr. Tuskan led the project to sequence the genome of the black cottonwood tree (
Professors Wout Boerjan and John Ralph receive the 2024 Marcus Wallenberg Prize
Pioneering research for advanced understanding of lignin
The 2024 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professors Wout Boerjan and John Ralph for their groundbreaking research leading to a fuller understanding of lignin biosynthesis and structural diversity. King Carl XVI Gustaf presented the prize on Monday 11
The 2024 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Professors Wout Boerjan and John Ralph for their groundbreaking research leading to a fuller understanding of lignin biosynthesis and structural diversity. Both scientists developed and innovatively applied advanced analytical techniques in ways that greatly enhance our view of lignin biosynthesis and structure in trees. Their research provides a basi
The 2023 Marcus Wallenberg Prize is awarded to Drs Darius M. Adams, Joseph Buongiorno and Richard Haynes for their development of the original and groundbreaking forest economic models TAMM and PAPYRUS and its extension to the global forest products model GFPM.
Igår genomfördes en digital prisutdelning av Marcus Wallenbergpriset. De tre professorerna Joseph J. Landsberg, Australien, Richard H. Waring, USA och Nicholas C. Coops, Kanada belönades med priset för en modell, 3PG, som kompletterats med avancerad satellitbildsanalys. Resultatet är ett kraftfullt verktyg för att förutsäga skogstillväxt och bedöma vilka risker som klimatförändringarna innebär för
Mikael Hannus wants to spread the events over the whole year and identify new target groups in both society and academia. He has great respect for the traditions that have been established since the first Marcus Wallenberg Prize was awarded in 1981, but is at the same time open to changes that are able to unite science and the forest industry in completely new contexts.
The Prize event was planned for October 2020. The Marcus Wallenberg Foundation has however decided to postpone the ceremony and symposium due to the COVID-19 pandemic with its increased uncertainty regarding travelling recommendations.
Receiving the 2019 Marcus Wallenberg Prize made Gerhard Schickhofer reflect on his career. – It is a situation to think about my work and future, he says. Last October Gerhard Schickhofer received the 2019 Marcus Wallenberg Prize from King Carl XVI Gustaf. The ceremony and following banquet took place in Stockholm, Sweden, with 350 guests from forest industry and forest research worldwide.
Gerhard Schickhofer mottar Marcus Wallenbergpriset måndag 7 oktober 2019. Han belönas för sin forskning och utveckling av korslimmat massivträ, CLT. CLT består av flera lager av massivt trä som har limmats ihop korsvis. Limträskivorna blir både starka och stabila och kan användas i flervåningshus. CLT är är precis som timmer ett ekologiskt hållbart och förnybart material, som lagrar koldioxid.
Gerhard Schickhofer will Monday 7 October recieve the 2019 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for research and knowledge transfer behind cross-laminated timber, CLT. CLT consists of several layers of solid wood laminations glued together crosswise. The elements are stable and can be used in multi-storey wood buildings. CLT is also a sustainable and renewable material, that stores carbon dioxide.
Professor Gerhard Schickhofer, the Institute of Timber Engineering and Wood Technology at Graz University of Technology, Austria, has laid the scientific and technological foundation for the development of cross-laminated timber, CLT. For his discoveries he is awarded the 2019 Marcus Wallenberg Prize of SEK 2 million.
Professor Torgny Näsholm received the Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2018 for the discovery that pine, spruce, and other plants can take up different kinds of organic nitrogen from the soil. He has also developed sustainable fertilizers. Torgny Näsholm says that the success is a result of a great teamwork but we would not have succeeded without all the mistakes along the road.
Ett 30-tal unga forskare från fem länder har antagits till ett fyradagars program med seminarier och workshops i samband med firandet av Marcus Wallenbergpriset 2018. Tre av dem ingår i samma forskargrupper som årets pristagare Torgny Näsholm vid Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet i Umeå. Han tilldelas priset för att ha visat hur skogsträd kan utnyttja organiska kväveföreningar i marken.
Professor Torgny Näsholm, Umeå, Sweden, is awarded the 2018 Marcus Wallenberg Prize of SEK 2 million for having documented how organic nitrogen dominates the nutrition of trees in boreal forests. The findings have resulted in new types of fertilizers. Monday 24 September Torgny Näsholm will receive his diploma from the hands of King Carl XVI Gustaf at a ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.
Torgny Näsholm is awarded the 2018 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for having documented how trees use amino acid molecules as sources of nitrogen. He has also shown how this organic nitrogen dominates the nutrition of trees in boreal forests. The findings have resulted in new types of fertilizers.
Torgny Näsholm tilldelas Marcus Wallenbergpriset 2018 för att ha visat hur skogsträd kan utnyttja organiska kväveföreningar för sin kväveförsörjning. Han har också utvecklat nya typer av miljövänliga gödselmedel, som bygger på upptäckten.
Professor Ronald R. Sederoff received The Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2017 from the hand of His Majesty the King of Sweden at a ceremony on Thursday 26 October. Ronald R. Sederoff is awarded for his discoveries in the field of molecular genetics of forest trees. He has also exploited new breeding technologies for improved properties.
The Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2017 of SEK 2 million will be presented by HM the King of Sweden to professor Ronald R. Sederoff at a ceremony in Stockholm Thursday 26 October. Ronald R. Sederoff, North Carolina State University, USA, is awarded the prize for his breakthroughs in developing methods for gene discovery in conifer species and exploiting new breeding technologies.
The Marcus Wallenberg Prize 2017 of SEK 2 million will be presented by HM the King of Sweden to professor Ronald R. Sederoff at a ceremony in Stockholm Thursday 26 October. Ronald R. Sederoff, North Carolina State University, USA, is awarded the prize for his breakthroughs in developing methods for gene discovery in conifer species and exploiting new breeding technologies.
Better quality and higher productivity are the incentives for molecular genetics of forest trees. Ronald R. Sederoff is awarded the 2017 Marcus Wallenberg Prize for his breakthroughs in developing methods for gene discovery in conifer species and exploiting new breeding technologies for improved properties.
The purpose of the Prize is to recognize, encourage and stimulate pathbreaking scientific achievements which contribute significantly to broadening knowledge and to technical development within the fields of importance to forestry and forest industries.
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