Carl-Göran Hedén
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Sweden
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scholar in the fields of Microbiology
Microbiology
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, Biotechnology
Biotechnology
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and microbial physiology, D.Sc., Professor of the Karolinska Institute (Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
), a Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences
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since 1959 and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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since 1975, a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science
World Academy of Art and Science
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(WAAS). He was founder of the first Chair in biotechnology in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. Heden was one of the founders (1968) and first President of the International Organisation for Biotechnology and Bioengineering (IOBB). He was the first active chairman of UNEP/UNESCO
UNESCO
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/ICRO's Panel on Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, main initiator of UNESCO/UNEP's Microbiological Resource Centers (MIRCEN), one of the organizers of the 1st Global Impact of Applied Microbiology Conference (Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
, 1963), founder (1990) and the first Director of the Biofocus Foundation (BF). Since 1976 he was the first director of MIRCEN-Stockholm. Professor Heden was also a President of the WAAS. In 1986 he was honored by the Swedish Inventors Association as "the Inventor of the Year".