Research Experience

 

2021-11 and onwards

Associate Professor, Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Fellow, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Sweden

2018-12 to 2021-10-31

Assistant Professor, Wallenberg Molecular Medicine Fellow, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Sweden

2015-05 to 2018-11

Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Sweden

2011-08 to 2015-04

Postdoc, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Sweden

2010-02 to 2011-07

Postdoc, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands

2006-02 to 2010-01

PhD student, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, the Netherlands

Education

2001-08 to 2005-12

Master of Science in Biotechnology, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Honors, Awards & Boards

  • Chair of the Swedish Society for Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular biology (SFBBM) since 2021.
  • Member of the Research Strategic board at the Medical Faculty 2021-25
  • Elected a Member of the Swedish Young Academy 2019 – Chair of the academy 2023-24
  • EMBO Long Term Fellowship awarded in 2012, for postdoctoral studies on botulinum neurotoxins at Stockholm University, Sweden.
  • Marie Curie Early Stage Training fellowship awarded in 2006, for doctoral studies on ABC-transporters at Groningen University, the Netherlands.

Contact details

Ronnie Berntsson, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics
Umeå University
90187 Umeå
Sweden

e-mail: ronnie.berntsson@umu.se

We are located with the KBC building at the main Umeå University campus: