Short CV – Pär K Ingvarsson

Academic Degrees

Docent in Ecology, Umeå University (2003)
Ph.D. in Ecological Botany, Umeå University, Sweden, Advisor: Prof. Lars Ericson (1997)
B.Sc. in Biology and Mathematics, University of Lund, Sweden (1991)

Professional Experience

2017- Professor in Plant Genomics and Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (2017 – present)
2017- Affiliated member, Linnean Centre for Plant Biology (2017 – present)
Professor in Evolutionary Genetics, Umeå University (2009 – 2016)
Group leader at the UPSC Centre for Forest Biotechnology (Berzelii Centre) (2007 – present)
Senior Research Position, Swedish Research Council (VR) at Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Sweden (2004 – 2009)
Affiliated member, Umeå Plant Science Centre (2003 -)
Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Sweden (2002 – 2004)
2000-02 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA. Funded by an NSF grant to Dr. Douglas R. Taylor. Advisor: Dr. Douglas R. Taylor (2000 – 2001)
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Sweden. Funded by the Swedish Natural Science Research Council (NFR) (1999)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Funded by the Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT). Advisor: Dr. Michael C. Whitlock (1997 – 1999)

Scholarships and Awards

Young Researcher Award, Umeå University (2008)
”Tage Erlanders pris för naturvetenskap och teknik” awarded by the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences (2008)
”Skytteanska samfundets pris till yngre forskare vid den teknisk-naturvetetenskapliga fakulteten, Umeå universitet” (2004)
”Stiftelsen Konung Carl XVI Gustafs 50-årsfond för vetenskap, teknik och miljö” (2004)
“Young Investigators’ Prize” awarded by the American Society for Naturalists (1999)