Abstract I am a professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. I trained in chemistry in Sweden but went to the USA for my postdoc. I remained there for 12 years, being faculty at two American universities, before I returned to Sweden for a professorship in the northern city of Umeå. More recently, I returned to my alma mater Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, where I have taken on senior leadership roles. On paper, my career trajectory looks straightforward, but there are many detrimental aspects and lucky coincidences that are not listed on my CV. Life in academia is never easy, and one is never ‘done’. But working in academia is wonderful, as it provides so much freedom and creativity, including being very accommodating towards having kids. Here, I will describe my own personal journey, with the hope of inspiring young women to follow their own path in academia. Yes, there is still bias against women in academia, but change is happening, and the many benefits of being an academic beat such drawbacks.

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我的学术之旅：简历上没有的东西

摘要 我是瑞典查尔姆斯理工大学的教授。我在瑞典接受过化学培训，但去美国做博士后。我在那里待了 12 年，在两所美国大学任教，然后我回到瑞典北部城市于默奥担任教授。最近，我回到母校哥德堡查尔姆斯理工大学，在那里担任高级领导职务。在纸面上，我的职业轨迹看起来很简单，但我的简历中没有列出许多不利的方面和幸运的巧合。学术界的生活从来都不是一件容易的事，而且永远不会“完成”。但在学术界工作很棒，因为它提供了如此多的自由和创造力，包括对孩子的包容。在这里，我将描述我自己的个人旅程，希望能激励年轻女性在学术界走自己的路。是的，学术界仍然存在对女性的偏见，但变化正在发生，成为一名学者的许多好处克服了这些缺点。