Pernilla Wittung Stafshede

Head of Division of Chemical Biology
Division of Chemical Biology
Chalmers University of Technology
Sweden

Biography

Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede is since 2015 professor and head of the Chemical Biology division in the Biology and Biological Engineering department. She leads a research group that focuses on metalloprotein mechanisms and protein misfolding. Pernilla has spent 12 years as a professor in the United States (at Tulane and Rice universities) followed by 7 years at Umeå University before she joined Chalmers faculty. She has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers (June, 2017).

Research Intrest

Chemical Biology; Biological Engineering