Heiner Linke is professor of nanophysics at the Physics Department at Lund University, Sweden. From 2021- 2023 he served as the deputy dean of the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) at Lund University, and 2013 – 2020, he was director of NanoLund, the Center for Nanoscience at Lund University. He has a master’s degree (Dipl. Phys) in technical physics from the Technical University in Munich (1992), and a doctorate degree in engineering physics from Lund University in Sweden (1997).  Between 1998 and 2001 he was a research fellow at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, before joining the physics department at the University of Oregon in 2001, where he received indefinite tenure. In 2014 he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He serves on the Committee of Experts of Germany’s Excellence Strategy since 2021, and as the vice president of the Council of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings since 2024.