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Two Lund researchers receive prestigious EU grant

Portrait of the winner.
Lund researchers Thomas Pugh and Raimund Muscheler have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant. Photo: Private/Kenneth Ruona.

Quaternary geologist Raimund Muscheler and physical geographer Thomas Pugh have been awarded the ERC Advanced Grant by the European Research Council. They will receive EUR 2.5 million each over a five-year period to study historical solar storms and the rate at which trees grow and die around the world.

The European Research Council (ERC) supports research of the highest quality in all fields. The ERC Advanced Grant is intended for established researchers with a track record of significant contributions over the past decade. 

In this year’s round, 255 researchers will receive a total of EUR 652 million.

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