Mats Fahlman received his MSc in Engineering Physics (1991) and PhD in Surface Physics and Chemistry (1995) from Linkoping University (LiU), where he is currently a full professor. He is active in the research of organic and perovskite semiconductors using primarily surface science techniques to explore materials and interfaces as well as their effect on device properties. He is currently serving as the director of the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at LiU and as the vice chair of the Scientific Council for Natural and Engineering Sciences at the Swedish Research Council.