Dr Erik Forsberg,

STINT Representative in China and ASEAN

Dr Erik Forsberg has been the STINT Representative in APAC since 2018. He has worked in China for more than 17 years, and was the Founding Vice Director of the Sino–Swedish Joint Research Center of Photonics as well as a Postdoctoral Fellow and an Associate Professor at Zhejiang University, China.

Dr Forsberg was the Founding Graduate Dean at the Higher Colleges of Technology (United Arab Emirates) and a Visiting Scientist at Hokkaido University (Japan). Currently, he is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Zhejiang University and a Visiting Research Associate at the University of Malaya (Malaysia). In parallel with his academic work, he has been active in industry and entrepreneurship in China, co-founding several startups.

Dr Forsberg received his MSc and PhD degrees in Engineering Physics and Photonics from KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) and has also studied at the Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden) and Zhejiang University. His research background is in photonics and nanoelectronics, and his current professional interests include research policy, international cooperation, and science diplomacy.

For contact with Dr Erik Forsberg:
erik.forsberg@stint.se