Curriculum vitae Name: , PhD, Asscociate Professor Social security no: 670118-2922
Higher education degree: 1988 BSc in Microbiology and Chemistry, University of Stockholm, Sweden.
Doctoral degree: 2002 Ph.D in Cell and molecular biology at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.Thesis title: Notch processing and CNS disease (supervisor Professor Urban Lendahl).
Postdoctoral positions: 2004-2005 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Neurobiology, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia (head Professor Peter Schofield). 2005-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Section for KI-Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden (head Professor Bengt Winblad). Docent level: 2011, May 17, Associate professor in Neurobiology, NVS, KI
Present position: September 2009-present, Senior Researcher, group leader and main supervisor, permanent position, 80% research, Section for KI-Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Karolinska Institutet. April 2010 – present, 20% Course leader for Karolinska Institutet’s supervisor courses.
Previous positions and periods of appointments: September 2007-2009, Researcher, Group leader and main supervisor, temporary position, 100% research, Section for KI-Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Karolinska Institutet. 2005-2007 Postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Neurobiology, Care Science and Society, Section for KI-Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge January 2004-August 2005, Postdoctoral Fellow, Neurobiology Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia. September 1996 –September 2002, Ph.D student, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet. July 1988 – August 1996, Research Associate, Department of Bioscience, R&D, Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc., Stockholm, Sweden.
Supervision: Main supervisor for two Ph.D students: Johanna Wanngren, 2006 - 2012 Annelie Pamrén, 2007 - 2012 Main supervisor for three postdoctoral fellows: November 8, 2010 – May 1, 2011, Dr. Anindita Bose May 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011, Dr. Silvia Maioli
1 Oct 15, 2012 – present Dr. Tobias Weber Co-supervisor for one Ph.D student who has received a Phd degree: Jenny Frånberg, 781014-7806, registered 050307. Half time 071004, PhD 100319. Co-supervisor for one Ph.D student Zhi Tang, Registered 110518, Half-time 130521. Main supervisor for seven Master/Erasmus/BMA students, 2009-2013
Research grants awarded in competition: Each year during the last 5-year period I have obtained in total around 1000 000 SEK per year from competitive national funding agencies as PI. The principal funding agencies are: Swedish Brain Power, Alzheimerfonden, Åke Wibergs stiftelse, Demensfonden, Stohnes stiftelse, Gamla Tjänarinnor, KI-stiftelser och fonder, Svenska Läkarsällskapet
National and international academic distinctions: 2004-2005 Recipient of two years postdoctoral fellowship from WennerGren Foundation. 2005 Recipient of Soroptimist International Prize for Women in Career. 2006-2007 Recipient of one year postdoctoral fellowship from Loo and Hans Ostermans stiftelse. 2009 – 2012 Recipient of a three year fellowship from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond ”Erik Rönnbergs stipendium för vetenskapliga studier av åldrande och åldersrelaterade sjukdomar”.
Deductible time: 2002-12-15 – 2003-12-31 – maternity leave, 100%, 12 months
Other information: Commissions of trust 2006– present Member of half-time committee for eight Ph.D students within the department. 2006– present Member of dissertation/licentiate committee for two Ph.D students at KI and one at Uppsala University. 2007 Member of a working group for developing a new central supervisor course at Karolinska Institutet. 2006- Ad hoc reviewer for international scientific journals: Biochemistry (2), Experimental Cell Research (3), Journal of Neurochemistry (3), BBRC (2). 2006- present Member of the Swedish Brain Power Institute, Core 9; Preclinical Research and Transgenic models 2007- present Member of the registration committee at the department of Neurobiology, Care science and Society, NVS.
Leadership and pedagogic courses 2006 Supervisor course at Department of NVS, Karolinska Institutet “Konsten att handleda doktorander”, 3 days. 2007 Pedagogik för universitetslärare 1 (PUL1H0702, VT 2007), Karolinska Institutet, 3 weeks 2007 Course in Management and leadership “ The Fundamentals of Structural Thinking” by Robert Fritz, Inc., Germany, 3 days.
2 2008 Supervisor course at Karolinska Institutet, 7 days. 2009 Course in academic leadership “Nyfiken på ledarskap” by Södertörns Högskola and Stockholms University, 4 days. 2010-2011 Course to become Result Orientated Management, ROM, specialist. Organized by Strategic Organisational Development and Leadership Management Group, AstraZeneca, Södertälje and Leadership Design Group, Inc. Solna Business Centre (total 16 days; 8 days/year).
Other Merits 2006 Organized the supervisor course for the NVS department at Karolinska Institutet, two occasions with 3 days each. 2006 - 2011 Organizer of KI-ADRC seminars for internal PhD students and senior researchers and external invited speakers. 2006 – present Invited speaker to Alzheimer Association International Conference, two times. 20 oral presentations on both national and international conferences. Around 40 poster presentations on national and international meetings. 2010 –present 20% employed by the Board of Doctoral Education (Forskarutbildningsstyrelsen, FUS) as a course leader for Karolinska Institutet’s supervisor course 2013 – Course leader for 1 week in Frontiers in Neuroscience master block: “Neurodegenerative disorders – from molecule to treatment”
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