She is a new member of the Faculty Board
Martina Lahmann has been elected as a new ordinary member of the CBH Faculty Board.
She is a lecturer and teaches chemistry and mathematics at the foundation year programme in Flemingsberg.
"A by-election was called following the passing of our very experienced, knowledgeable and well-liked colleague Mats Nilsson. As I was one of the candidates when the CBH Faculty Board was first formed, I was asked if I was still interested in joining. It will be very exciting work and I hope I can contribute something useful," says Martina Lahmann.
PhD in Hamburg
Martina Lahmann received her PhD in 1997 in organic chemistry from the University of Hamburg, Germany. She then became a postdoctoral researcher at Stockholm University and then an associate professor at the University of Gothenburg. After 13 years as a senior lecturer at Bangor University in Wales she came to KTH Flemingsberg in 2021, where she is employed as a lecturer and teaches chemistry and mathematics at the technical foundation year programme.
On 9 April 2025, she was appointed as a member of the CBH Faculty Board and her first assignment will be to be part of a working group to develop an action plan for broadening recruitment and participation.
Wants to work for an integrated foundation year
Two areas where Martina Lahmann would like to get involved in, in the Faculty Board, are coordination of programmes and quality assurance. She believes that her experience from different European education systems could be of benefit here.
"One aspect that is high on my wish list is to work towards a clearer and better integration of the foundation year in KTH's programmes for both students and teachers. Along the same lines, I would like us to be even clearer that we are a KTH and a CBH school, even though we are physically located in different places. It goes without saying that our school should have a strong voice in the faculty board! At least that is my wish," she says.
What do you think about the function and work of the Faculty Board?
"The Faculty Board plays a very important role in keeping the organisation together, as a kind of spider in the web. Researchers, teachers and students are focused on their areas of activity and most of the time hope that everything around them just works, although they probably know that this is not the case. At the same time, many in various managerial positions have been pushed into administrative roles where they spend far too much of their time making ends meet. The collegial voice of the Faculty Board contributes both to maintaining the balance of the university's mission and to sustainability."
Text: Sabina Fabrizi