Peter Andrekson

Peter Andrekson is a Full Professor and Head of Division at the Department of Photonics, Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. from Chalmers (1988) and has worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories (1989–1992), Cenix Inc., and Lehigh University's Center for Optical Technologies. His research focuses on fiber communications, optical amplification, nonlinear optics, and high-capacity transmission systems.

Andrekson has co-founded Picosolve Inc. (now part of EXFO) and served as Director of EXFO Sweden AB. He is a Fellow of the Optical Society of America and IEEE, and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA). He has authored ~500 publications, including 100 invited papers and four OFC tutorials. Notable awards include the 2000 Telenor Nordic Research Award and a 1993 Swedish government award for young scientists.

His technical leadership roles include Board Member of the IEEE Photonics Society, ECOC Chair (2017), and expert evaluator for the Nobel Prize in Physics. His work spans optical parametric amplifiers, microcombs, and free-space optical communication systems, with applications in high-speed data transmission and analog photonics.