Department of Chemistry

My research focuses on polymeric PFAS as potential risk chemicals, investigating their fate and persistence in the environment using experimental and computational methods.

Manager, Vibrational Spectroscopy Core Facility (ViSp)

(https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/visp/)

Focus on mapping protein function in human gut microbiome species using proteomics and systems biology.

My research focuses on the behaviour of metal oxide materials, such as polyoxometalates, at the interface with water and other small molecules. See http://moleculargeo.chem.umu.se/ohlin/

I am a PhD student within the Industrial Doctoral School at Umeå University.

My research field is chemistry and physics of surface and interfaces, especially in aqueous media, studied by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. I am manager of the XPS Platform.

My research focuses on the development of mass spectrometry-based non-target screening methods for the devarious environmental matrices.

Communications

Scientist at the Department of Chemistry

Bolor is a biochemist working in André Mateus´s group. She got a in Kempe Postdoc Fellowship to investigate interaction between human gut microbes species.

I am a professor of organic chemistry.

My research focuses on plant proteases as well as the possibility to use Nordic microalgae for wastewater reclamation and biomass generation.

Application of gas isotope ratio mass spectrometry in photosynthesis and geochemistry research areas. For more information, visit our webpage: http://irms.chem.umu.se/

I'm a PhD student in biochemistry in Madeleine Ramsted’s group studying multispecies bacterial biofilm metabolites of clinical bacteria from catheters and marine bacteria producing antibiotics

PhD student in computational sciences with a background in Engineering Physics

Research focus: developing tools that combine chemometrics and machine learning to improve drug discovery

Biogeochemical processes of trace metals, isotopic geochemistry

I am a PhD in Andre Mateus lab since June 2022. My project focuses on using biophysical proteomics approaches to study carbohydrate metabolism in gut microbiome species.

Biological macromolecular crystallography

We study how the chemical structure of metal compounds control mechanisms and kinetics for reactions which are central for the cycling of metals in the environment.

I work as associate professor at the Department of Chemistry, which includes research, teaching and infrastructure responsibility linked to Life Science and chemical biology.

I am a professor of organic chemistry and my research group looks for new solutions for infectious and neurodegenerative diseases. I am director of the Umeå Center for Microbial Research, UCMR.

Professor of biophysical chemistry and responsible for the national NMR infrastructure. Researches biological membranes with a focus on proteins involved in cell death. Leads Biological Chemistry.

I am head of the Department of Chemistry. I am a professor in bioinformatics and my research areas are chemometrics and metabolomics.

Molecular Geochemistry. Experimental and theoretical studies of Earth's crust and atmosphere, and outer space.  My webpage: http://moleculargeo.chem.umu.se/boily/

Research focus on advanced data analytics and chemometrics where large-scale ('omics) datasets are used to understand, prevent and treat human diseases to achieve improved global health.

I am a postdoc in Yaowen Wu’s group. My research focus on development of chemo-optogenetic system with photoswitchable CIDs enabling control of cellular processes by light.

Prof. Jyri-Pekka Mikkola is a professor in Technical chemistry at both Umeå University, Sweden and Åbo Akademi University, Finland since 2008

Researches how bacteria bind to other bacteria and how some secrete toxins during infection and the reactions this leads to. I am affiliated with Integrated Structural Biology and UCMR.

Research Coordinator at the Department of Chemistry and Platform Manager at the Computational Analytics Support Platform (CASP).

My research is primarily about antibiotics - both synthesizing antimicrobial compounds against Gram-positive bacteria and investigating their mechanism of action.

Project: Cell biology - Structure, assembly and cellular organization of the cytoskeleton

MIMS Team Leader

Director of Umeå Centre for Electron Microscopy

Lisa Lundin is an associate professor in Environmental Chemistry and program manager for the graduate engineering program in Technical Chemistry and the University program for process operator.

PhD student in Andre Mateus' lab since October 2024. Focused on characterizing the structure and biosynthesis of O-glycans in Bacteroidota species.

I am a postdoc fellow in Linda Sandblad’s research group. I am investigating viral replication in cells infected with negative-strand RNA viruses using electron tomography.

My research deals with bacterial interactions with surfaces

In my lab, we use both experimental (time-resolved X-ray scattering) and computational (MD simulations) techniques to understand membrane protein functionality.

 Professor in biophysical chemistry.

My research interests focus on identifying chemicals of concern relevant to human and environmental health, by employing current and developing new computational methodologies. 

Education coordinator for the Department of Chemistry

Post-doc at the Department of Chemistry, Umeå University, and long-term visitor at Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France. Studies membrane proteins using small-angle scattering and simulations.

Staff scientist working at the NMR spectroscopy platform

https://www.umu.se/forskning/infrastruktur/nmr/

Vibrational Spectroscopy, Mineral-Martian analogue soils-water/ice interfacial reactions, NASA's Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM) Remote Sensing data analyses 

Dean Faculty of Science and Technology

We are striving to develop new generation of materials that will redefine the future of separation science, setting the stage for the next era of innovation.

https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/umea-centre-for-electron-microscopy-ucem/

I am a postdoctoral fellow in Yaowen Wu’s group. My research focus on the study of the autophagy process underlying the STING pathway activation.

My research aims at developing methods for identifying chemicals of environmental and human health concern and to explore their mode of action by combining computational and experimental tools.

I assist with chemical expertise and support as an administrator for the program for Chemical Management at the University, and I work at the Trace Analysis Platform with chemical analysis by GC/MS.

I am a postdoc in Fredrik Almqvists group focusing on developing drugs that are inhibiting gram-positive bacterial infections.

I am a science communicator for SciLifeLab Site Umeå and the Chemical Biological Centre (KBC).

PhD student in Max Renner's group at the Department of Chemistry, studying the replication machinery of pneumo- and henipaviruses using cryo-EM.

I am a post-doc working in Mikael Elofsson's group in the Department of Chemistry. My research focuses on the synthesis of antiviral small molecules and glycoconjugates.

I’m a postdoctoral fellow in Yaowen Wu’s group. My research interest is on study the function of ESCRT complex by using chemical genetic approaches.

I am analytical chemist with background in spectrometry and am currently focusing on electrochemistry and development of electroanalytical methods.

My research is mainly focused on thermal treatment of biomass and other organic materials and waste fractions, from an environmental chemistry perspective.

I am a postdoc in Linda Sandblads lab. I use Cryo-EM techniques to explore the architecture of the extracellular matrix surrounding mammalian egg cells.

Currently, he is interested in the structure and dynamics of proteins using NMR spectroscopy and computational tools.

I study the deliquescence of Martian analogs of clays and salts by using Dynamic Vapour Sorption and Cryo-FTIR/Raman. My goal is to find potential water resources for future human missions to Mars.

My group is interested in chemical glycobiology.

I m head of the Protein Expertise Platform (PEP).

I am a PhD student working on developing novel antibiotics towards gram-positive bacteria.

Our lab is interested in understanding the molecular mechanism of autophagy and membrane trafficking regulated by small GTPases by developing novel chemical and chemo-optogenetic approaches.

I am a PhD student in Ulrika Westerlind’s research group. I work on the synthesis and biological exploration of glycopeptides.