Karin Larsson is a Professor Emerita of Inorganic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry-Angstrom Laboratory, Uppsala University, Sweden. She has been active in the field of theoretical modelling using quantum mechanical methods (mainly DFT) since 1991. Her research focuses on interpretation, understanding and prediction of CVD growth processes, and of solid/gas and solid/liquid interfacial processes for renewable energy applications and biomedical applications.