David Silvermyr's Ph.D. lineage

Name	Ph.D. Institution	Date	info
David Silvermyr	Lund University, Physics	2002
Evert Stenlund	Lund University, Physics	1981
Ingvar Otterlund	Lund University, Physics	1969
Sten von Friesen	Uppsala University, Physics	1935	Wiki
Manne Siegbahn	Lund University, Physics	1911	Wiki, Nobel Prize bio (1924)
J.R. Rydberg	Lund University, Mathematics	1879	Wiki, Rydberg constant

i.e. Silvermyr's primary advisor (handledare) was Stenlund, who was advised by Otterlund, who was advised by von Friesen, who was advised by Siegbahn, who was advised by Rydberg.

Silvermyr's opponent for the PhD defense (Nov 16, 2001) was Dr. Hans-Georg Ritter (LBNL), and the thesis committee (betygsnämnd) consisted of Prof. Bengt Lund-Jensen (KTH), Prof. Michael Eriksson (MAXLAB) and Prof. Torbjörn Sjöstrand (LU THEP).