Bertil Andersson
| Bertil Andersson | |
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| 3rd President of Nanyang Technological University | |
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Assumed office July 25, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Su Guaning |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1948 Finspång, Östergötland, Sweden |
| Nationality |
 Sweden
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| Alma mater |
Umeå University Lund University |
| Profession | College administrator, Academic |
| Website | President's Office of Nanyang Technological University |
Bertil Andersson FAA FIC is the third President of Nanyang Technological University (NTU). He assumed the appointment on 1 July 2011 and was inaugurated on 25 July 2011.
Andersson received his BSc and MSc at Umeå University, Sweden, and his PhD and DSc at Lund University, Sweden. He started his research career at Lund University, after which he became a Professor of Biochemistry at , Sweden, in 1986. From 1996 to 1999, he served as the Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Sciences at Stockholm University. In 1999, Andersson became the Rector (President) of Linköping University, Sweden, where he served until the end of 2003.
From 2004 to 2007, he led the European Science Foundation in Strasbourg, France, as its Chief Executive.
From April 2007 to June 2011, Andersson served as Provost of NTU in Singapore. Having strengthened NTU’s reputation as one of the fastest-growing research-intensive universities in the world, he was appointed President of NTU on 1 July 2011.
Andersson is a plant biochemist and the author of over 300 papers in photosynthesis research, biological membranes, protein and membrane purification and light stress in plants. He has pioneered research on the artificial leaf, a promising area of sustainable energy research that uses sunlight to produce clean, low-cost sources of energy.Sustainability is one of NTU’s five strategic areas under its NTU 2015 plan, supported by more than S$830 million in research funding.
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