The Board of SCSB
Cecilia persson
President

Professor in Biomaterials, Div. Applied Materials Science, Dept. Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
cecilia.persson@angstrom.uu.se
cecilia.persson@angstrom.uu.se
Mats hulander
Treasurer

Researcher at Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,
Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
mats.hulander@chalmers.se
Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
mats.hulander@chalmers.se
Jānis Ločs
Board member

Associate Professor at Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovations &
Development Centre, Riga Technical University, Latvia
janis.locs@rtu.lv
Development Centre, Riga Technical University, Latvia
janis.locs@rtu.lv
Berit Løkensgard Strand
board member

Professor at Department of Biotechnology & Food Science, NTNU
(Norwegian University of Science & Technology), Trondheim, Norway
berit.l.strand@ntnu.no
(Norwegian University of Science & Technology), Trondheim, Norway
berit.l.strand@ntnu.no
My hedhammar
Board member

My Hedhammar, Associate Professor at Dept. Protein Science,
Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
myh@kth.se
Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
myh@kth.se
Gissur Örlygsson
board member

Project manager and scientist at IceTec, Reykjavík, Iceland
gissur@taeknisetur.is
gissur@taeknisetur.is
Peter UPPstu
board member

aSLI AYBIKE DOGAN
Student Representative & SECRETARY (2021 - present)

Ph.D. Candidate at DTU Health Tech (Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark), Copenhagen, Denmark
aado@dtu.dk
aado@dtu.dk

The board
The ScSB welcomes nominations to the board at any time. Nominations may be made personally or on behalf of another. Please feel free to email the President with nominations, or for further information:
cecilia.persson@angstrom.uu.se
cecilia.persson@angstrom.uu.se
former board members
Ólafur Eysteinn Sigurjónsson
PRESIDENT

Professor at Biomedical Engineering Department, Reykjavik University & Director of Research & Development at Blood Bank, Landspitali University Hospital, Iceland
oes@landspitali.is
oes@landspitali.is
Kārlis Agris Gross
VICE-PRESIDENT

Professor at the Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Latvia
kgross@rtu.lv
kgross@rtu.lv
David Bassett

Researcher at Department of Physics, NTNU (Norwegian
University of Science & Technology), Trondheim, Norway
david.bassett@ntnu.no
University of Science & Technology), Trondheim, Norway
david.bassett@ntnu.no
nick j. walters
Outreach officer

Host of ScSB 2019 Conference
Principal Specialist, Grant Writer
Natural Resources Institute Finland
nickwalters@icloud.com
Principal Specialist, Grant Writer
Natural Resources Institute Finland
nickwalters@icloud.com
Håvard J. Haugen
PRESidENT

Professor at Department of Biomaterials, University of Oslo, Norway h.j.haugen@odont.uio.no
Håkan Engqvist

Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Materials Science
hakan.engqvist@angstrom.uu.se
hakan.engqvist@angstrom.uu.se
ANNa FINNE WITSTrand

Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Fibre and Polymer Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
annaf@kth.se
annaf@kth.se
martin andersson
TREASURER

Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
martin.andersson@chalmers.se
martin.andersson@chalmers.se
Hanna Tiainen

Associate Professor at University of Oslo, Norway
hanna.tiainen@odont.uio.no
hanna.tiainen@odont.uio.no
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Magnus Ågren

Professor at Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
magnus.agren@mail.dk
magnus.agren@mail.dk
Helena Brisby

Professor at Department of Orthopaedics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
helena.brisby.2@gu.se
helena.brisby.2@gu.se
ALMA AKHMETOVA
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE (2019-2020)

Lecturer in Wound Care and Management at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Former Ph.D. Candidate at Department of Pharmacy, KU (University of Copenhagen), Copenhagen, Denmark
Former Ph.D. Candidate at Department of Pharmacy, KU (University of Copenhagen), Copenhagen, Denmark
JOACHIM S. KJESBU
Student Representative (2018-2019)

PhD Candidate at Department of Biotechnology & Food Science, NTNU
(Norwegian University of Science & Technology), Trondheim, Norway
joachim.s.kjesbu@ntnu.no
(Norwegian University of Science & Technology), Trondheim, Norway
joachim.s.kjesbu@ntnu.no
ALEXANDRA LØVDAL
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE (2014-2015)

R&D Senior Scientist at Coloplast, Copenhagen, Denmark
Former PhD Candidate at Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark
Former PhD Candidate at Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark
necati harmankaya

Senior Project Manager, Decentralised Clinical Trials, ICON, Copenhagen, Denmark Former PhD Candidate at University of Gothenburg, Sweden