Marie Dacke
Swedish biologist and researcher
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| 2025 | Became a Wallenberg Scholar. |
| 2023 | Elected a fellow of Societas Ad Sciendum. |
| 2022 | Published research in iScience and was elected a fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. |
| 2021 | Published the book 'Taggad att leva - igelkottens liv, historiska resa och hotande framtid' through Roos & Tegnér publishing. |
| 2020 | Co-authored the book 'Trädgårdsdjur - myllret och mångfalden som växterna älskar' with Låtta Skogh, published by Roos & Tegnér. |
| 2019 | Delivered the Royal Entomological Society's Verrall Lecture at the Natural History Museum in London, presenting a talk titled 'As the crow flies, and the beetle rolls: straight-line orientation from behaviour to neurons'. |
| 2019 | Published cross-disciplinary research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on brain activity in dung beetles during orientation. |
| 2018 | Received funding from the European Research Council to study multimodal navigational systems and was elected a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London. |
| 2018 | Appointed as an honorary professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, recognizing her significant contributions to scientific research. |
| 2017 | Became a Professor in Sensory Biology and was elected a fellow of the Royal Physiographic Society of Lund. |
| 2016 | Published additional research in Current Biology related to dung beetle navigation. |
| 2015 | Published research in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) exploring dung beetle compass systems. |
| 2014 | Received an Excellent Young Researchers grant from the Swedish Research Council to continue research on dung beetle compass systems. |
| 2013 | Received the Ig Nobel Prize in astronomy and biology for demonstrating that nocturnal dung beetles can use the Milky Way as a compass, research published in Current Biology. |
| 2012 | Dacke was named the best science communicator in Sweden in the national competition Forskar Grand Prix (Science Grand Prix). |
| 2012 | Dacke appeared in a television series about research and researchers, produced by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research and TV4. |
| 2011 | Became an associate professor in Sensory Biology and was elected a fellow of the Young Academy of Sweden. |
| 2010 | Marie Dacke became a panel member on the Swedish TV show Studio Natur, which continues to stream on SVT Play. |
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