Rate My Professor Edvin Lundgren

Edvin Lundgren serves as Professor in the Division of Synchrotron Radiation Research within the Department of Physics at Lund University. His research is primarily focused on the determination of surface structures and the application of in-situ synchrotron-based techniques to study material systems under realistic working conditions. Key achievements include the discovery of a novel class of ultrathin oxide films on late transition metal surfaces, providing unprecedented atomic-scale resolution of nanostructures like quantum dots and nanowires. Furthermore, Lundgren has been at the forefront of pioneering in-situ investigations of heterogeneous catalysts and model electrodes during active operation, significantly advancing fields such as surface science, catalysis, and electrocatalysis.

With more than 310 peer-reviewed publications to his name, Professor Lundgren's scholarly output has garnered over 16,460 citations, reflecting an h-index of 70. His prolific contributions feature in prestigious journals including ACS Catalysis, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Surface Science, Angewandte Chemie, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. Notable publications encompass "A Polycrystalline Pd Surface Studied by Two-Dimensional Surface Optical Reflectance during CO Oxidation: Bridging the Materials Gap" (Pfaff et al., 2024), "Operando XANES Reveals the Chemical State of Iron-Oxide Monolayers During Low-Temperature CO Oxidation" (Gajdek et al., 2025), "Growth, structure, and morphology of ultra-thin tin oxide phases forming on Pt3Sn(111) single crystals upon exposure to oxygen" (Braud et al., 2026), "Structure of an Ultrathin Oxide on Pt3Sn(111) Solved by Machine Learning Enhanced Global Optimization" (2022), "Dynamic Behavior of Tin at Platinum Surfaces during Catalytic CO Oxidation" (2023, ACS Catalysis), and "The Oxygen Evolution Reaction Drives Passivity Breakdown for Ni–Cr–Mo Alloys" (2023, Advanced Materials). He holds membership on a journal editorial board and is actively involved in strategic research areas such as NanoLund: Centre for Nanoscience, as well as LTH profile areas in Nanoscience and Semiconductor Technology and Photon Science and Technology. Lundgren's work continues to exert considerable influence in the academic community through its innovative approaches to operando surface characterization.