Edwin Jager

Edwin Jager is a Professor and Head of Division for Sensor and Actuator Systems at the Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM) at Linköping University. He holds a part-time visiting professor role at the University of Wollongong (2012–2020) and coordinates the MSCA-DN SOFTWEAR project. His research focuses on electroactive polymers, soft actuators, and textile-based technologies for biomedical and robotic applications.

Education: M.Sc.Eng. (Applied Physics) from University of Twente (1996), PhD in Applied Physics from Linköping University (2001), and Docent (2014). He co-founded Micromuscle AB (later acquired by Creganna Medical) to commercialize polypyrrole actuator technology.

Research interests include textile actuators, bionic systems, and soft microrobotics. Key projects involve EU-funded WEAFING (textile muscles) and collaboration with the Swedish School of Textiles. His work integrates materials science, robotics, and biomedicine to develop smart textiles and wearable exoskeletons.

Awards include the JSPS fellowship (2015/2017) and leadership roles in EuroEAP. Recent advancements include glucose-powered actuators and textile-based haptic interfaces.

Grants and collaborations span national (Erling-Persson Foundation) and EU funding (Horizon 2020/2024). His lab, Bionics and Transduction Science, pioneers innovations in responsive fabrics and biohybrid systems.