Meet the Board
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President (2023-present)
Vice President (2022-2023)
Vice President (2022-2023)
Associate Professor at University of Oslo, Norway
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Board member
(2022-present)
(2022-present)
Associate Professor at Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark
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Treasurer
(2023-present)
(2023-present)
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Board member
(2023-present)
(2023-present)
Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark
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Vice President, Board member
(2018-present)
(2018-present)
Project Manager and Scientist at IceTec, Reykjavík, Iceland
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Board member
(2022-present)
(2022-present)
Associate Professor at University of South-Eastern Norway, Notodden, Norway
Board member
(2023-present)
(2023-present)
Postdoctoral Researcher at Tampere University, Finland
Student representative
(2024-present)
(2024-present)
PhD student at University of Oslo, Norway
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How to become a board member:
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 us by clicking the envelope icon with nominations, or for further information.
Former Board Members
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Cecilia Persson
President
Professor in Biomaterials, Div. Applied Materials Science, Dept. Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
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My Hedhammar
Board Member
Associate Professor at Dept. Protein Science, Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
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Nick J. Walters
Outreach officer
Host of ScSB 2019 Conference Principal Specialist, Grant Writer, Natural Resources Institute Finland
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Anna Finne Witstrand
Board Member
Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Fibre and Polymer Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Helena Brisby
Board Member
Professor at Department of Orthopaedics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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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
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Necati Harmankaya
Student Representative
Senior Project Manager, Decentralised Clinical Trials, ICON, Copenhagen, Denmark
Former PhD Candidate at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Former PhD Candidate at University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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Peter Uppstu
Board Member
Deputy Lecturer at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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Berit Løkensgard Strand
Board Member
Professor at Department of Biotechnology & Food Science, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science & Technology), Trondheim, Norway
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Kārlis Agris Gross
Vice-president
Professor at the Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Latvia
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Håvard J. Haugen
President
Professor at Department of Biomaterials, University of Oslo, Norway
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Martin Andersson
Treasurer
Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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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
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Jānis Ločs
Board Member
Associate Professor at Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovations & Development Centre, Riga Technical University, Latvia
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Ólafur Eysteinn Sigurjónsson
President
Professor at Biomedical Engineering Department, Reykjavik University & Director of Research & Development at Blood Bank, Landspitali University Hospital, Iceland
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David Bassett
Board Member
Researcher at Department of Physics, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science & Technology), Trondheim, Norway
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Håkan Engqvist
Board Member
Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Materials Science
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Magnus Ågren
Board Member
Professor at Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Joachim S. Kjesbu
Student Representative (2018-2019)
PhD Candidate at Department of Biotechnology & Food Science, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science & Technology), Trondheim, Norway