Dr. Mathias Boström obtained his PhD degree in Casimir and Casimir-Polder interactions from Linköpings Universitet (October 1996 to June 6, 2000). His significant findings revealed that previous calculations inaccurately accounted for dissipation and thermal effects in the Casimir interaction between real metal surfaces, leading to incorrect results. Following this, he was employed as a postdoctoral researcher at Australian National University, partially funded by a prestigious Swedish STINT stipend, and then worked at the University of Regensburg, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and as a visiting Professor at the University of Cagliari.

Dr. Boström collaborated with researchers from various countries and fields, including Sweden, Norway, Australia, China, India, Italy, Germany, France, the USA, and Brazil. In 2002, while at the Australian National University, he successfully obtained funding for two distinct projects from research agencies in Sweden and Australia but ultimately chose to pursue the Swedish project. Dr. Boström has published 123 scientific papers and authored numerous research applications. He notably initiated and drafted a research application that funded several researcher positions in Oslo and Trondheim, along with workshops and summer schools in Trondheim in 2017 and 2018. His international collaborations, especially with Prof. Iver Brevik, were instrumental in forming a strong team that secured funding on their first attempt for a Norwegian FRINATEK project, a feat given the low success rate compared to European Research Council fellowships. During this time, he worked extensively as a senior researcher at the University of Oslo and NTNU in Trondheim, Norway. On a personal level, Dr. Boström has developed close friendships with researchers globally, collaborating with peers from countries like Sweden, Norway, India, Germany, the USA, Australia, China, Ukraine, Spain, and Italy. He made nine separate research visits, each lasting from three weeks to three months, to Prof. Frederico Wanderley Tavares' group at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, establishing strong collaborations and friendships with Brazilian researchers. Additionally, he collaborates closely with Assoc. Prof. Fernando Luis Barroso da Silva from the University of Sao Paulo, Ribeiro Preto, Brazil. Dr. Boström's collaboration with Prof. Barry W. Ninham dates back to his postdoc days at the Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia. He remains in touch with Ninham, having visited him several times post-Australia and during Ninham's tenure as a guest professor in Florence, Italy. In 2018, Boström visited Dr. Drew Parsons at Murdoch University, near Perth, Western Australia, as part of a decade-long collaboration that began with their first joint publication in 2009. Parsons has also visited Boström's countryside home near Norrköping twice, where they both experienced the Swedish dish "surströmming". Boström, an avid hiker and reader, enjoys outdoor activities with his dog, a Swedish breed called Västgötaspets, and reading both scientific literature and novels, including works by J.R.R. Tolkien, J.K. Rowling, C.S. Lewis, and Jane Austen. He is a seasoned traveler with fond memories of Rio de Janeiro, Canberra, and Florence.

Dr. Boström has co-advised three PhD students, including Dr. Priyadarshini Thiyam, who published a manuscript in Physical Review Letters during her PhD. In 2023, he joined Ensemble3 in Warsaw, Poland, as a senior researcher. Later, in 2023, he obtained the prestigious Polonez Bis grant (co-funded by the European Commission and the Polish National Science Centre under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND grant) from the National Science Centre to develop his field in Poland. The project officially started on January 1, 2024.