Ulf Bertil Andersson is awarded the Erdmann Award within the areas of Mineralogy or Petrologi.

Ulf Bertil was born in 1960 in Årjäng, Värmland. He earned his doctoral degree at Uppsala University with the thesis Petrogenesis of some Proterozoic granitoid suites and associated basic rocks in Sweden (geochemistry and isotope geology). He has been affiliated researcher with Geoforschungzentrum Potzdam, the Natural History Museum in Stockholm and Uppsala University. He has later used his extensive knowledge in more applied geological context, first with Vattenfall and since 2012 with LKAB.

Ulf Bertil is a prolific and highly valued contributor in social media groups dedicated to geological questions.

The award ceremony will take place in Luleå on the 9th och November.

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Congratulations Ulf Bertil!