Meet the Board

President (2023-present)
Vice President (2022-2023)
Associate Professor at University of Oslo, Norway
Board member
(2022-present)
Associate Professor at Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark
Treasurer
(2023-present)
Associate Professor at Uppsala University, Sweden
Board member
(2023-present)
Associate Professor at Aalborg University, Denmark
Vice President, Board member
(2018-present)
Project Manager and Scientist at IceTec, Reykjavík, Iceland
Board member
(2022-present)
Associate Professor at University of South-Eastern Norway, Notodden, Norway
Board member
(2023-present)
Postdoctoral Researcher at Tampere University, Finland
Student representative
(2024-present)
PhD student at University of Oslo, Norway

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

Cecilia Persson

President
Professor in Biomaterials, Div. Applied Materials Science, Dept. Engineering Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden

My Hedhammar

Board Member
Associate Professor at Dept. Protein Science, Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

Nick J. Walters

Outreach officer
Host of ScSB 2019 Conference Principal Specialist, Grant Writer, Natural Resources Institute Finland

Anna Finne Witstrand

Board Member
Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Fibre and Polymer Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Helena Brisby

Board Member
Professor at Department of Orthopaedics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

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

Necati Harmankaya

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

Peter Uppstu

Board Member
Deputy Lecturer at Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

Berit Løkensgard Strand

Board Member
Professor at Department of Biotechnology & Food Science, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science & Technology), Trondheim, Norway

Kārlis Agris Gross

Vice-president
Professor at the Faculty of Materials Science and Applied Chemistry, Riga Technical University, Latvia

Håvard J. Haugen

President
Professor at Department of Biomaterials, University of Oslo, Norway 

Martin Andersson

Treasurer
Professor at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

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

Jānis Ločs

Board Member
Associate Professor at Rudolfs Cimdins Riga Biomaterials Innovations & Development Centre, Riga Technical University, Latvia

Ólafur Eysteinn Sigurjónsson

President
Professor at Biomedical Engineering Department, Reykjavik University & Director of Research & Development at Blood Bank, Landspitali University Hospital, Iceland

David Bassett

Board Member
Researcher at Department of Physics, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science & Technology), Trondheim, Norway

Håkan Engqvist

Board Member
Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Applied Materials Science

Magnus Ågren

Board Member
Professor at Department of Clinical Medicine, University of 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