The Nobel Committee for Physics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences is responsible for the selection of candidates for the Physics Prize from the names submitted for consideration by qualified nominators, who have been invited through formal letters.
Nobel Committee for Physics 2021
Members
David Haviland
Professor of Nanostructure Physics
Mats Larsson
Professor of Molecular Physics
Eva Olsson
Professor of Experimental Physics
Thors Hans Hansson (Chair)
Professor of Theoretical Physics
Anders Irbäck
Professor of Computational Biology and Biological Physics
Gunnar Ingelman (Secretary)
Professor of Subatomic Physics
Co-opted members
Ulf Danielsson
Professor of Theoretical Physics
John Wettlaufer
Professor in Geophysics, Mathematics and Physics
The Committee members are elected for a period of three years from among the members of the Academy. In assessing the qualifications of the candidates, the Committee is assisted by specially appointed expert advisers.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences - prize awarder for the Nobel Prize in Physics
