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{{Short description|Chemical Ecologist (born 1977)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name = Shannon B. Olsson
| honorific_suffix =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|07|18|df=y}}
| image = Shannon Olsson - 1.png
| caption = Shannon Olsson at the INK Conference in Goa, India 2016.
| alma_mater = {{hlist|[[Nazareth College (New York)]]|[[Cornell University]]}}
| awards = {{hlist|[[Fulbright Program]]|[[INK Fellow]]|[[Ramanujan Fellowship]]}}
| field = Chemical Ecology
| thesis_title = The scent of speciation
| thesis_url = https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/5867959
| thesis_year = 2005
| doctoral_advisor = {{hlist|[[Thomas Eisner]]|[[Wendell L. Roelofs]]}}
| doctoral_students =
| website = {{URL|https://www.shannonolsson.com}}
}}

'''Shannon B. Olsson''' (born Bice,<ref name="Birth">{{cite news |last1=Parish |first1=Grace |date=27 July 1977 |title=Baby Girl Born to Joyce and Norman Bice |volume=90 |page=22 |publisher=Tribune Press |issue=48 |location=Gouvernor, NY |url=https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=trp19770727-01.1.22 |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> 18 July 1977) is a scientist working on [[chemical ecology]]<ref name="Nature">{{cite journal |last1=Lemming |first1=Jack |title=This ecologist uses fake flowers to study India's insects |journal=Nature |date=13 December 2022 |volume=612 |issue=582 |page=582 |doi=10.1038/d41586-022-04427-4 |pmid=36510016 |bibcode=2022Natur.612..582L |s2cid=254619216 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and [[sustainability]],<ref name="ET Insights">{{cite web |last1=Nair |first1=Queenie |title=The Global Director of The Echo Network discusses the future of sustainability in India and globally |url=https://etinsights.et-edge.com/a-fresh-approach-or-an-indian-model-of-sustainability-is-the-future/ |website=ET Insights |date=12 January 2023 |publisher=Economic Times |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Elizabeth |first=Shilpa |date=3 August 2023 |title='Sustainability is not just about reduction of consumption, but also about uplifting those in the bottom of the pyramid' |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/sustainability-is-not-just-about-reduction-of-consumption-but-also-about-uplifting-those-in-the-bottom-of-the-pyramid/article67150456.ece |access-date=27 August 2023}}</ref> particularly in the context of Indian ecosystems. Olsson is the founder and Global Director<ref name="EchoBioScience">{{cite web |last1=Krishnan |first1=Anusha |title=The echo network – raising voices for a better future |url=https://indiabioscience.org/columns/indian-scenario/the-echo-network-raising-voices-for-a-better-future |website=India Bioscience |access-date=24 April 2023 |date=2020-10-07}}</ref><ref name="echoPIB">{{cite press release |last1=Delhi |first1=PIB |title=EChO Network launched to catalyze cross-disciplinary leadership in India; will train educators and students in interdisciplinary manner |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1597013 |access-date=24 April 2023 |agency=Press Information Bureau |publisher=Government of India |date=2019-12-20}}</ref> of the echo network, a "science with society" network crossing 45 countries. She serves through the echo network's international hub as Special Scientific Envoy to India<ref name="ATV Report">{{cite report |title=Akademiet For De Tekniske Videnskaber Årsrapport 2021 |date=2022-04-01 |publisher=Danish Academy of Technical Sciences |url=https://atv.dk/files/media/document/17318_ATV__%C3%A5rsrapport%202021_small.pdf |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref> with the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV) in close collaboration with the [[Innovation Centre Denmark]] in
India (under the auspices of the [[MFA Denmark]] and the [[Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Denmark)]]).<ref name="NNF">{{cite web |title=ATV will be a central focal point for Danish research's contribution to India's green transition |url=https://atv.dk/nyheder/nyhed/atv-bliver-centralt-omdrejningspunkt-dansk-forsknings-bidrag-til-indiens-groenne |website=Akademiet for de Tekniske Videnskaber |date=24 January 2022 |publisher=ATV |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref> She previously served as a project leader at the [[Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology]] in Jena, Germany,<ref name="iChem">{{cite journal |last1=Olsson |first1=Shannon |display-authors=etal |title=Biosynthetic infochemical communication |journal=Bioinspiration & Biomimetics |date=2015-07-10 |volume=10 |issue=4 |article-number=043001 |doi=10.1088/1748-3190/10/4/043001 |pmid=26158233 |bibcode=2015BiBi...10d3001O |s2cid=21749064 |url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-3190/10/4/043001/meta}}</ref> and then a faculty member of the [[National Centre for Biological Sciences]], [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] in Bangalore, India.<ref name="NCBS Join">{{cite web |title=NCBS welcomes new faculty member – Shannon Olsson |url=https://news.ncbs.res.in/archivednews/story/ncbs-welcomes-new-faculty-member-shannon-olsson |website=NCBS News |publisher=National Centre for Biological Sciences |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=2014-06-09}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Olsson was born '''Shannon Bryn Bice''' to Norman Allen Bice and Joyce Elaine Parish in [[De Peyster, New York]].<ref name="Birth" /> Olsson was educated at Heuvelton Central School in [[Heuvelton, New York]].<ref name="HCS Alumni">{{cite web |last1=Herron |first1=Tessa |title=HCS Alumni Newletter |url=https://issuu.com/therron1/docs/hcs_alumni_newsletter_spring_2017_- |website=issuu.com |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=2017-08-11}}</ref> She went on to study at [[Nazareth College (New York)]] where she received her [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in chemistry with secondary science education in 1999.<ref name="Naz Fulbright">{{cite web |title=Student Fulbright Scholars |url=https://www2.naz.edu/academics/fulbright/student-fulbright-scholars/ |website=Nazareth College |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> Olsson was awarded a PhD in 2005 in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at [[Cornell University]] with a specialization in Chemical Ecology under the supervision of Professors [[Thomas Eisner]] and [[Wendell L. Roelofs]].<ref name="Thesis">{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=Cornell University|title=The scent of speciation – The chemosensory basis for behavioral divergence involved in sympatric host shifts|first=Shannon Bryn|last=Olsson|year=2005|url=https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/5867959}}</ref> Her dissertation research examined the chemosensory basis for sympatric host shifts in ''[[Rhagoletis pomonella]]''.<ref name="Thesis" /> She was awarded the "Distinguished Alumni Award" from Heuvelton Central School,<ref name="HCS Alumni" /> the "Graduate of the Last Decade" by Nazareth College,<ref name="GOLD">{{cite magazine |last1=Geib |first1=Alan |title=Shannon Bice Olsson Receives GOLD Award |date=2010-03-21 |publisher=Nazareth College |location=Rochester NY, US |page=32 |edition=Vol. 22, No. 2 |url=https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/31170976/connections-spring-2010-nazareth-college |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> and her summer research at [[Clarkson University]] with Professor Yuzhuo Li was featured at the [[United States Capitol]] for the [[Council on Undergraduate Research]] "Posters on the Hill" event.<ref name="Clarkson">{{cite web |title=Clarkson Prof And Mentor From De Peyster Present Research At U.S. Capitol Tomorrow |url=https://www.clarkson.edu/news/clarkson-prof-and-mentor-de-peyster-present-research-us-capitol-tomorrow |website=Clarkson |publisher=Clarkson University |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230428234551/https://www.clarkson.edu/news/clarkson-prof-and-mentor-de-peyster-present-research-us-capitol-tomorrow |access-date=23 April 2023|archive-date=28 April 2023 }}</ref> Following her undergraduate studies, Olsson was awarded a [[Fulbright]] Fellowship to [[Lund University]] where she conducted research in neuroethology<ref name="Pachnoda 1">{{cite journal |last1=Stensmyr |first1=Marcus C. |display-authors=etal|title=Detection of fruit- and flower-emitted volatiles by olfactory receptor neurons in the polyphagous fruit chafer Pachnoda marginata (Coleoptera: Cetoniinae) |journal=Journal of Comparative Physiology A |date=2001-09-01 |volume=187 |issue=7 |pages=509–519 |doi=10.1007/s003590100222 |pmid=11730298 |s2cid=26010823 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s003590100222 |access-date=24 April 2023|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="Pachnoda 2">{{cite journal |last1=Larsson |first1=Mattias C. |display-authors=etal |title=Attractiveness of Fruit and Flower Odorants Detected by Olfactory Receptor Neurons in the Fruit Chafer Pachnoda marginata |journal=Journal of Chemical Ecology |date=2003-05-01 |volume=29 |issue=5 |pages=1253–1268 |doi=10.1023/A:1023893926038 |pmid=12857034 |bibcode=2003JCEco..29.1253L |s2cid=10444335 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1023893926038|url-access=subscription }}</ref> under [[Bill Hansson]].<ref name="Naz Fulbright" /><ref name="GOLD" /> Afterward, she began her graduate studies at Cornell University, and in 2006–2007 conducted postdoctoral research at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]]<ref name="UCLA">{{cite web |title=Shannon Olsson |url=http://zimmerlab.biology.ucla.edu/solsson/index.html |website=Zimmer Lab |publisher=UCLA |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> on the chemical ecology of marine invertebrates in California [[Kelp forest|kelp forests]].

==Career==
In 2007, she began her professional career as a Project Leader for the EU-funded program "Biosynthetic Infochemical Communication"<ref name="iChem EU">{{cite web |title=Biosynthetic Info-chemical Communication |url=https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/032275 |website=CORDIS |publisher=European Commission |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> at the [[Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology]] in Jena, Germany.<ref name="iChem" />

In 2014, Olsson joined the faculty of the [[National Centre for Biological Sciences]] (NCBS) at the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] in Bangalore, India, promoting chemical ecology across Indian ecosystems.<ref name="NCBS Join" /><ref name="Hindu NER Grant">{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=Mohit |title=Rs. 25-cr. grant to study if flowers talk to each other |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/rs-25crore-grant-to-study-if-flowers-talk-to-each-other/article7142295.ece |access-date=23 April 2023 |work=The Hindu |date=2015-04-26}}</ref><ref name="collaborations in CE">{{cite web |last1=Bharath |first1=Harini |title=Fostering collaborations and creating a roadmap for Indian chemical ecology |url=https://indiabioscience.org/news/2016/fostering-collaborations-and-creating-a-roadmap-for-indian-chemical-ecology |website=India Bioscience |access-date=23 April 2023 |date=2016-04-26}}</ref> At NCBS, Olsson also started the Naturalist-Inspired Chemical Ecology (NICE) Group, which combines naturalist approaches with modern tools from chemistry, molecular biology, ecology, and neuroscience to examine how organisms use chemicals to interact with each other and identify relevant objects in their environment.<ref name="Naturalism">{{cite news |last1=Saldanha |first1=Dahlia |date=2016-07-18 |title=Dr Shannon Olsson: naturalism, chemistry and neuroscience |publisher=Biotechin.Asia |url=https://biotechinasia.wordpress.com/2016/07/18/dr-shannon-olsson-naturalism-chemistry-and-neuroscience/ |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref>

Olsson's research has addressed topics as including chemical communication in the Indian antelope [[blackbuck]]<ref name = "Blackbuck">{{cite journal |last1=Nair|first1=Jyothi V. |display-authors=etal |title=An optimized protocol for large-scale in situ sampling and analysis of volatile organic compounds |journal=Ecology and Evolution |date=2018-05-18 |volume=8 |issue=11 |pages=5924–5936 |doi=10.1002/ece3.4138 |s2cid=90393644 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2018EcoEv...8.5924N }}</ref>
ecological agriculture in India's coffee plantations,<ref name= "coffee">{{cite journal |last1=Rajus |first1=Santosh |display-authors=etal |title=Behavioral Ecology of the Coffee White Stem Borer: Toward Ecology-Based Pest Management of India's Coffee Plantations |journal=Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution |date=2021-02-09 |volume=9 |doi=10.3389/fevo.2021.607555 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="coffee2">{{cite news |last1=Desikan |first1=Shubashree |title=Knowing the ways of the coffee white stem borer |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/knowing-the-ways-of-the-coffee-white-stem-borer/article35247915.ece |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=The Hindu |date=2021-07-10}}</ref> the impact of air pollution on our wild animals and insects,<ref name = "air pollution">{{cite journal |last1=Thimmegowda |first1=Geetha G. |display-authors=etal |title=A field-based quantitative analysis of sublethal effects of air pollution on pollinators |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA |date=2020-08-10 |volume=117 |issue=34 |pages=20653–20661 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2009074117 |pmid=32778582 |pmc=7456092 |bibcode=2020PNAS..11720653T |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Science">{{cite journal |last1=Bharath |first1=Harini |title='Its body looked like a warzone.' Air pollution could kill off critical honey bees in India |journal=Science |date=2020-08-10 |issue=Science News |doi=10.1126/science.abe2623 |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/its-body-looked-warzone-air-pollution-could-kill-critical-honey-bees-india |access-date=23 April 2023 |publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)|s2cid=225374574 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> the effect of environmental change on our [[ecosystem services]],<ref name="Nature" /><ref name="hoverflies">{{cite journal |last1=Nordström|first1=Karin |display-authors=etal |title=In situ modeling of multimodal floral cues attracting wild pollinators across environments |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA |date=2017-11-07 |volume=114 |issue=50 |pages=13218–13223 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1714414114 |pmid=29180408 |pmc=5740637 |bibcode=2017PNAS..11413218N |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="CEN">{{cite journal |last1=Katsnelson |first1=Alla |title=Decoding how insects use visual and chemical cues to find food |journal=Chemical and Engineering News |date=2018-06-18 |volume=96 |issue=27 |pages=785–787 |doi=10.1021/acscentsci.8b00367 |doi-access=free|pmid=30062105 |pmc=6062825 |url=https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/chemical-communication/Decoding-insects-use-visual-chemical/96/i27}}</ref> a global study linking [[COVID-19]] with smell and taste impairment,<ref name = "COVID">{{cite journal |last1=Parma |first1=Valentina |display-authors=etal |title=More Than Smell—COVID-19 Is Associated With Severe Impairment of Smell, Taste, and Chemesthes |journal=Chemical Senses |date=2020-06-20 |volume=45 |issue=7 |pages=609–622 |doi=10.1093/chemse/bjaa041 |pmid=32564071 |pmc=7337664 |url=https://academic.oup.com/chemse/article/45/7/609/5860460 |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref><ref name="COVID2">{{cite news |last1=Fernandez |first1=Snehal |title=Indian researchers set to study Covid-19 link with loss of smell, taste |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/indian-researchers-set-to-study-covid-19-link-with-loss-of-smell-taste/story-UBaUT7sf8VgYuoz9t2WeJM.html |access-date=24 April 2023 |publisher=Hindustan Times |date=2020-04-23}}</ref> and a multimodal [[virtual reality]] arena for insects.<ref name="VR">{{cite journal |last1=Kaushik |first1=Pavan Kumar |display-authors=etal |date=2020-05-18 |title=Characterizing long-range search behavior in Diptera using complex 3D virtual environments |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA |volume=117 |issue=22 |pages=12201–12207 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1912124117 |pmid=32424090 |pmc=7275712 |bibcode=2020PNAS..11712201K |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="CNN">{{cite news |last1=Hunt |first1=Katie |title=Scientists create video game to unlock how flies navigate |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/05/18/world/insects-virtual-reality-study-scn/index.html |access-date=23 April 2023 |publisher=CNN |date=2020-05-18}}</ref>
=== the echo network ===
In 2019, Olsson founded the echo network,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=the echo network |url=https://www.echonetwork.in |website=the echo network |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref> a cross-sector public-private partnership to address current issues in human and environmental sustainabiliity,<ref name="EchoBioScience" /> first in India, and eventually worldwide.<ref name="ECHO_RM">{{cite web |date=2019-12-19 |title=An 'EChO Network' for cross-disciplinary leadership in India |url=https://researchmatters.in/news/echo-network-cross-disciplinary-leadership-india |access-date=24 April 2023 |website=Research Matters}}</ref> The network was initiated by the [[Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India]], [[K. VijayRaghavan]], on 19 December 2019, with [[Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation]], [[Hindustan Unilever Limited]], [[RoundGlass Foundation]], [[India Climate Collaborative]], [[Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment]] (ATREE), and the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) as founding partners.<ref name="ECHO_RM" /><ref name="echoPIB" /> As of April 2023, [[the echo network]] has over 2100 members crossing 45 countries.<ref name=":0" /> Olsson has stated "The concept of echo network is to create a mechanism for organisations and people from different sectors to work together along with academia and use science and technology to create sustainable communities."<ref name=":1" />

In 2022, Olsson was appointed as "Special Scientific Envoy to India" with the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV) in close collaboration with the [[Innovation Centre Denmark]] in India (under the auspices of the [[MFA Denmark]] and the [[Ministry of Higher Education and Science (Denmark)]]).<ref name="ATV Report" /> This is supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.<ref name="NNF" /> She is also a founding member of Ecosystem-based Adaptation for Resilient Incomes (ECOBARI),<ref name="ECOBARI">{{cite web |last1=D'Souza |first1=Marcella |title=ECOBARI – Upscaling Ecosystem Restoration Through Collective Action |url=https://wotr.org/2022/02/23/ecobari-upscaling-ecosystem-restoration-through-collective-action/ |website=WOTR |date=23 February 2022 |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref> and the Biodiversity Collaborative.<ref name="BC">{{cite news |last1=Bawa |first1=Kamal |display-authors=etal |title=India can become a biodiversity champion |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/india-can-become-a-biodiversity-champion/article66541444.ece |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=The Hindu |date=2023-02-23}}</ref><ref name="BC2">{{cite journal |last1=Bawa |first1=Kamal |display-authors=etal |title=Envisioning a biodiversity science for sustaining human well-being |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA |date=2020-09-30 |volume=117 |issue=42 |pages=25951–25955 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2018436117 |pmid=32999073 |pmc=7585009 |doi-access=free }}</ref> In 2021, she co-founded Citizen Science for Biodiversity (CitSci India),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://citsci-india.org/ |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=Citizen Science India |language=en-US}}</ref> and co-organizes their yearly conference.<ref name="CitSci">{{cite news |last1=Menon |first1=Rashmi |title=How inclusive is citizen science in India? |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/smart-living/environment/how-inclusive-is-citizen-science-in-india-111631260777683.html |access-date=24 April 2023 |agency=Mint Lounge |publisher=Live Mint |date=2021-09-10}}</ref> She is also an advisor ("Guru") for the Future Climate Leaders Programme<ref name="FCL">{{cite web |title=Our Gurus |url=https://www.futureclimateleaders.org/gurus.php |website=Future Climate Leaders |publisher=FCL |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref><ref name="FCL2">{{cite web |title=TERI and Evergreen Story launch Future Climate Leaders program to engage schoolchildren in climate action measures |url=https://www.teriin.org/press-release/teri-and-evergreen-story-launch-future-climate-leaders-program-engage-schoolchildren |website=The Energy and Research Institute |publisher=TERI |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref> and is on the advisory committee for the Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH).<ref name="RICH">{{cite web |title=Advisory Committee |url=https://rich.telangana.gov.in/advisory-committee.html |website=Research and Innovation Circle of Hyderabad (RICH) |publisher=RICH |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref>\

=== Public speaking ===
Olsson has given public speeches for TEDx.<ref name="TEDxChennai">{{cite web |title=Connecting with tiny insect brains through virtual reality |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_shannon_olsson_connecting_with_tiny_brains_through_virtual_reality_jan_2018?language=en |website=TED |publisher=TEDxChennai |access-date=24 April 2023 |date=2018-03-11}}</ref><ref name="TEDxAU">{{cite web |title=Empathic Science: How we're more connected to nature than we think |url=https://www.ted.com/talks/shannon_olsson_empathic_science_how_we_re_more_connected_to_nature_than_we_think/details |website=TED |publisher=TEDxAshokaUniversity |access-date=24 April 2023 |date=2017-09-07}}</ref><ref name="TEDxMAIS">{{cite web |title=Theme: Do you see what I see? |url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/17525 |website=TED |publisher=TEDxMAIS |access-date=24 April 2023 |date=2015-12-06}}</ref> Her work has also appeared in the [[Science Gallery Dublin]], Ireland,<ref name="Science Gallery Dublin">{{cite web |title=Insect VR |url=https://dublin.sciencegallery.com/field-test-exhibits/insect-vr |website=Science Gallery Dublin |date=8 September 2020 |publisher=Science Gallery |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref> The [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] in London, UK,<ref name="V&A">{{cite news |last1=Deepika |first1=K.C. |title=A non-flower, but just as bright for insects |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/a-non-flower-but-just-as-bright-for-insects/article27893961.ece |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=The Hindu |date=2019-06-19}}</ref> and the [[Department of Science and Technology (India)]] [[Science Express]] train.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Rao |first1=Mohit M. |title=NCBS, ATREE travel with Science Express |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/ncbs-atree-travel-with-science-express/article7953641.ece |access-date=24 April 2023 |work=The Hindu |date=2015-12-06}}</ref> In 2023, she spoke at the 59th Nobel Conference.<ref name="Nobel Conference">{{cite web |title=Shannon Olsson Nobel Conference 59 |url=https://gustavus.edu/events/nobelconference/2023/speakers/olsson.php |website=Gustavus Adolphus College |publisher=Nobel Conference}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
For her scientific work, Olsson has been awarded a United Nations Pinning for Research Excellence by Ghandian Scholars<ref name="Ghandian">{{cite news |title=IIIM organizes interaction session between Scientists, Gandhian scholars |url=https://www.dailyexcelsior.com/iiim-organizes-interaction-session-between-scientists-gandhian-scholars/ |access-date=23 April 2023 |publisher=Daily Excelsior |date=2015-03-12}}</ref> and is a Ramanujan Fellow.<ref name="Ramanujan">{{cite magazine |last1=Ayyar |first1=Savita |title=Funding Horizons |date=2016-04-01 |publisher=National Centre for Biological Sciences |location=Bengaluru, India |url=https://www.ncbs.res.in/sites/default/files/users/vineethar/Funding%20Horizons_April2016.pdf |access-date=23 April 2023}}</ref> Olsson's research has been featured by [[CNN]],<ref name="CNN" /> [[Nature (journal)]],<ref name="Nature" /> [[Science (journal)]],<ref name="Science" /><ref name="Sciencetwo">{{cite journal |last1=Vignieri |first1=Sacha |date=2020-09-04 |title=Air pollution is bad for bees |journal=Science |volume=369 |issue=6508 |pages=1204–1205 |doi=10.1126/science.2020.369.6508.twil |doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Inverse (website)]],<ref name="Inverse">{{Cite web |last=Sarah |first=Wells |date=2020-05-18 |title=These insects are annoying, but they might just save your life |url=https://www.inverse.com/innovation/vr-environment-for-flies |access-date=2023-04-23 |website=Inverse}}</ref> [[Haaretz]],<ref name="Haaretz">{{cite news |last1=Schuster |first1=Ruth |date=2020-05-21 |title=Scientists Just Figured Out Why It's So Hard to Swat a Fruit Fly |publisher=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/2020-05-21/ty-article/.premium/scientists-just-figured-out-why-its-so-hard-to-swat-a-fruit-fly/0000017f-ef01-ddba-a37f-ef6fe6590000 |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref> [[USA Today]],<ref name="USA Today">{{cite news |last1=Rice |first1=Dole |date=2020-08-14 |title=Air pollution harms honey bees too, study finds: Dirty air could kill 80% of bees in India |publisher=USA Today |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/08/14/air-pollution-asian-honey-bees-harmful-study/3374325001/ |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref> [[Chemical and Engineering News]],<ref name="CEN" /> [[The Conversation (website)]],<ref name="The Conversation">{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Barbara |last2=Borwn |first2=Mark |date=2020-08-10 |title=Air pollution could be making honey bees sick – new study |url=https://theconversation.com/air-pollution-could-be-making-honey-bees-sick-new-study-144155 |access-date=24 April 2023 |website=The Conversation}}</ref> and [[The Hindu]],<ref name="coffee2" /> among many other international news outlets.

Olsson was named an [[INK Fellow]] in 2016.<ref name="INK">{{cite web |title=INK Fellows 2016 |url=https://inktalks.com/ink-fellows-2016/ |website=INK Talks |publisher=INK |access-date=24 April 2023}}</ref> For her efforts in sustainability, Olsson was recognized as one of "75 Women in STEAM in India".<ref name="75women">{{cite web |last1=PSA |first1=Content Desk |date=2022-03-08 |title=She Is: 75 Indian Women in STEAM |url=https://www.psa.gov.in/article/she-75-indian-women-steam/3628 |access-date=24 April 2023 |website=Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India |publisher=Government of India}}</ref>

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