Alumni Portraits

Here we introduce some of the former students of Linköping University who have pursued international careers. They tell us about their work and how they remember their student years.

The dream job (Maha Bouzeid, alumna from Industrial Engineering and Management, guestblogs about her international career which has taken her to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and many other places)

Aiming for the top (Magnus Nervé, alumnus from Industrial Economics International, is Country Manager for Haglöfs in Japan. From LiU magazine no 2 2012)

She got her dream job (Chariya Virojanadara is a graphene researcher at LiU and an alumna from the Master's programme in Material Physics and Nanotechnology. From LiU magazine no 2 2012)

"It is a 'dream come true' with the Master degree from LiU!" (Karthik Sekaran, alumnus from the Master's programme Mechanical Engineering, guestblogs about life on an offshore oil platform)

"Linköping University is the best" (Serkan Demir is an alumnus from the Master's programme Communications Systems)

"What I liked the most was to learn!" (Sabina Ivenäs, PhD student in literature at the Scandinavian Department at UC Berkeley, USA, and alumna from the Master's programme Language and Culture in Europe)

Antarctic adventure (Carl Wernhoff was at the South Pole to work on the international neutrino telescope IceCube. He studied Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering at LiU. From LiU magazine no 2 2011.)

Ikea furnishes the world (Mikael Ohlsson, CEO of Ikea, studied Industrial Economics at LiU. From LiU magazine no 2 2011.)

LiU alumni around the globe: Lena Olofsson, Egypt (Lena Olofsson, Director of Scandinavia & The World, studied International Economy at LiU. From LiU magazine no 2 2011.)

LiU alumni around the globe: Jenny Ann Sundbro, China (Jenny Ann Sundbro, Product Director EF, studied Industrial Economics at LiU. From LiU magazine no 2 2011.)

LiU alumni around the globe: Daniel Jaredson, Netherlands (Daniel Jaredson works for the European Space Agency (ESA). He studied Mechanical Engineering at LiU. From LiU magazine no 2 2011.)

LiU alumni around the globe: Jennie Cederholm, Australia (Jennie Cederholm, postdoctoral fellow at the University of New South Wales, studied Medical Biology at LiU. From LiU magazine no 2 2011.)

“An incredible experience” - Occupational therapist in New Zealand (Ulrika Hagenfalk studied Occupational Therapy at LiU. From LiU magazine no 2 2011.)

He fell in love with Sweden (Berthold Panzner, PhD student at the University of Magdeburg, was an exchange student at LiU. From LiU magazine no 2 2011.)

She builds jigsaw puzzles with cultural history (Stina Ekelund works as a furniture conservator at the Frederiksborg Castle in Denmark. She studied Furniture Preservation at LiU. From LiU magazine no 2 2011.)

A few minutes with João Pedro Jorge (João Pedro Jorge studied Advanced Computer Graphics at LiU and works as a developer for the video effects company Framestore in London.)

An unexpected journey (Willem Frishert studied Advanced Computer Graphics at LiU and is a Video Quality Engineer for Skype.)