P. Ake Oberg

by | Feb 21, 2024

P. Ake Oberg
FF, Linkoping University, Sweden

Per Ake Oberg, born 1937 in Harnosand, is a Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Engineering at Linkoping University, Sweden.

Oberg received his M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1964 from Chalmers University of Technology and his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering in 1971 from Uppsala University. In 1963-1972 he worked as a Research Associate at Uppsala University, Department of Physiology and Medical Biophysics. He is since 1972 Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Linkoping University. He is also active at the Linkoping University Hospital.

Oberg’s research interests are in circulatory physiology, bio-optics, biomedical instrumentation, sensors and clinical engineering. He has published over 500 scientific papers and books in these areas.

Oberg is the founding chairman of the Clinical Engineering Division of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering in 1980. This same organization has also elected him as an honorary life member. He is a former President of the Swedish Society of Medical Physics and Medical Engineering at two 2-year periods and a former chairman of the International Academy of Medical and Biological Engineering within IFMBE.

Oberg is a Fellow of The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences as well a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He is Honorary Member of the Hungarian Academy of Engineering Sciences and a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). He received the Fernstrom prize 1982, the Walker Ames Award 1983 and the Zworykin Award of IFMBE 2003.

Oberg is a Honorary Member of the Finnish, Japanese and the Polish Societies for Biomedical Engineering