Professional Activities

Appointments

• Researcher & Head of Bone research Group at the Laboratory of Experimental Biology, Department of Anatomy, Gothenburg University, Sweden 1980 – 1986.
• Researcher and Head of Administration, Institute for Applied Biotechnology, Gothenburg, 1980-1986.
• Professor and Head of Department of Handicap Research (nowadays dept. of Biomaterials), Department of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg between1986 and 2012.
• Visiting professor at Malmö dental University since 2011.

Commissions of Trust

• Previous or present Board member of several biomaterials oriented commercial companies.
• Board member of the dept of Surgical Sciences for more than 10 years and of the dept of Clinical Sciences 2006-2012.
• Various Board positions (including several as chairman) of idealistic organisations with memberships of between 400 and 4000 individuals.

Networks in academia and industry

• Substantial network with numerous research bodies over the years. 
• Previous or present consultancies to stock market companies such as Nobel Biocare, Mediteam, Astra Zeneca and 3i. Frequently invited as external expert on international academic positions.

Entepreneurial achievements

Close co-worker of P I Brånemark in development of osseointegrated oral & craniofacial clinical treatment with international breakthrough in 1982 and 1992, senior member of team that has developed new osseointegrated hip arthroplasties for clinical usage (2010).

The Editor of 10 scientific books and the member of the Editorial Board of 8 international, scientific journals. Editor-in-Chief of Applied Osseointegration Research, a scientific monograph, since 2000. Several patents in the field of biomaterials.

The author of about 700 abstracts, reviews and scientific papers on bone grafts, vital microscopy of bone, experimental implants, oral and craniofacial reconstructions and orthopaedic implants. Paper by Brånemark, Albrektsson et al (1983)was in 2006 awarded as one of the top papers published in Biomaterials during 25 years. Paper by Wennerberg & Albrektsson (2000) awarded title of best paper in Int J Oral & Maxillofacial Implants published in the year of 2000. Ranked among the 6 most quoted scientists of the Medical faculty of Göteborg University in an investigation covering the years between 1986 and 2001. Current ( October of 2014) h-index of 67.

Awards, Honorary memberships etc.

• Awarded the gold medal of the city of Paris, France in 1989
• Academician of the year, Singapore University 1994
• Recipient of the IADR “Research in Prosthodontics and Implants Award” Seattle, USA 1994
• Honorary member of the British Facial and Audiological Implant Group since 1994
• Doctor of Odontology, honoris causa, University of Buenos Aires, Argentine 1995
• Honorary member of the Indian Society for Periodontology since 1996
• Honorary visiting professor at Eastman Dental ,University College London,UK since 1998
• Honorary member of the Slovenian Association for Osseointegration since 1999
• Honorary member of the Lebanese Dental Association since 2002.
• Recipient of the Jerome M and Dorothy Schweitzer Research Award, New York, USA 2004
• Carlos Alberto de Menezes Berenguer Award, Salvador, Brazil, 2006.
• Elected member of the Royal Society Arts and Sciences in Göteborg, Sweden in  2006
• Award “Lifetime achievement in the Science of Osseointegration” Academy of OI,
  San Antonio,Tx, USA 2007
• Honorary member of South African Academy of Prosthodontics since 2007.
• Laney visiting professor at the Mayo clinic, Rochester, Minn. USA, 2008.
• Honorary member of the Biomaterials Research Centre, Gothenburg, Sweden since 2008.
• Honorary member of AON, Association Osseointegration Nordeste (Brazil) since 2009
• Honorary member of Italian Society of Osseointegration since 2010
• Doctor of Dental Surgery, honoris causa; Honorary Fellow Dent Surg, University of Glasgow, Scotland,  2010
• Member of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow;R.C.P.S.G. since 2010
• Honorary member of British Society for Specialist Prosthodontic Disciplines,BSSPD in 2011
• American Prosthodontic Society  Gold Medallion Award, Chicago Ill,USA  February 2012
• Nobel Branemark Osseointegration Award, Seattle, USA, March 2014.