Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede | |
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| Born | August 31, 1968 |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Citizenship | Swedish and American |
| Alma mater | Chalmers University of Technology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry |
| Thesis | Intelligent nucleic acid interactions with peptide nucleic acids and in recombination proteins (1996) |
| Doctoral advisor | Bengt Nordén |
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede (maiden name Wittung) is a Swedish biophysical chemist, born in 1968, who is a professor of chemical biology at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. In 2019 she was named by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry as a Distinguished Woman in Chemistry.
Education
[edit]She received her Master of Science Degree in Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and a doctorate at the same institution in 1996 in biophysical chemistry under Bengt Nordén,[1] with a thesis entitled Intelligent nucleic acid interactions with peptide nucleic acids and in recombination proteins.[2]
Employment
[edit]After her Ph.D., she worked for twelve years in the United States at the California Institute of Technology, Beckman Institute in Pasadena, California (1997–98), Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana[3] (1999-2003) and Rice University in Houston, Texas[4] (2004-2008).[5]
In 2008, she returned to Sweden to a professor position at Umeå University. Since September 2015, she has been a professor at Chalmers University of Technology and was the head of the Chemical Biology division. She leads a research group that focuses on the biophysical properties of proteins; both metal-transporting proteins and proteins that fold incorrectly and clump together. The research is basic science, but has links to diseases such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cancer.[6]
In 2010, Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede was one of ten researchers in Sweden, appointed as a Wallenberg Scholar, receiving a grant awarded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation that she has renewed several times (most recently in 2024).[7]
In 2017 she was elected a member of the council of Biophysical Society (BPS).[8] It was the second time ever for a Swedish scientist; the first one was Arne Engström 1960–1963.[9]
In 2020, she became a member of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Committee, and since 2021 she is a council member for The Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.[10]
In 2019 she started Genie at Chalmers, a 300 MSEK gender equality initiative funded by the Chalmers Foundation and led it for four years.[11]
Awards and honors
[edit]Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede has received a number of awards and prizes. These include:
- National Fresenius Award in 2003, awarded by the American Chemical Society Phi Lambda Upsilon to young eminent chemistry researchers.[12]
- Göran Gustafsson Prize in Chemistry in 2009, awarded by the Göran Gustafsson Foundation and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[13]
- Wallmark Prize in 2009, awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[14]
- STIAS fellow in 2013, awarded by the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies, South Africa.[15]
- Svante Arrhenius plaque in 2016, awarded by the Swedish Chemical Society in collaboration with the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[16]
- Elected member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2016.[17]
- Elected member of the Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg, 2016.[18][19]
- 2016 International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry Distinguished Woman in Chemistry[20]
- Elected as a member, Academia Europaea, 2017 [21]
- Gustav Dalén Medal, 2019[22]
- Elected member Royal Swedish Academy Engineering Sciences, 2020[23]
- Selected as Biophysical Society Fellow, 2022[24]
- Selected as Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (HonFRSC), 2024[25]
Bibliography
[edit]Pernilla has published over 260 scientific peer-reviewed articles since her first in 1994 (h index Google scholar 58, April 2024) and over 50 popular articles. Full list on her Orcid[26] or Scopus[27]
Personal life
[edit]Wittung-Stafshede is married to Patric Stafshede and they have two daughters, Selma and Hilda Stafshede.
References
[edit]- ^ "Chalmers University of Technology | Chalmers". www.chalmers.se. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ^ Wittung, Pernilla (1996). "Intelligent Nucleic Acid Interactions with Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) and Recombination Enzyme RecA". publications.lib.chalmers.se. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Tulane University - Protein Folding Unraveled". www2.tulane.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ "Home Page". www.bioc.rice.edu. Archived from the original on 2005-12-18. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ "Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede new Head of Division of Chemical Biology". www.chalmers.se. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ "Pernilla Wittung Stafshede". www.chalmers.se. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ "Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation". Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "Biophysical Society Council 2017 Election Results" (PDF). Biophysical Society. Retrieved 15 August 2017.[dead link]
- ^ Society, Biophysical. "Past Council". www.biophysics.org. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- ^ Royen, Ulrika (2018-08-14). "The Nobel Committee for Chemistry". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ Karlsson, Robert (2020-03-09). ""Many people at Chalmers want to engage in gender equality"". Chalmers tekniska högskola. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "National Fresenius Award". chemgroups.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Prizes and medals acknowledged during the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' 187:th annual meeting". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Prizes and medals acknowledged during the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences' 187:th annual meeting". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Fellows". Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "List of recipients". Swedish Chemical Society. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Pernilla Wittung Stafshede". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Wittung-Stafshede new member of KVVS". Chalmers University of Technology. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Fellows". Royal Society of Arts and Sciences in Gothenburg. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "IUPAC Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering" (PDF).
- ^ Hasani, Ilire; Hoffmann, Robert. "Academy of Europe: Wittung Stafshede Pernilla". Academy of Europe. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "Gustaf Dalén". Chalmersska Ingenjörsföreningen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "Ledamot". IVA (in Swedish). 2023-05-03. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "Biophysical Society Award to Chalmers Professor". Chalmers tekniska högskola. 2021-11-09. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ Lindh, Susanne Nilsson (2024-04-23). "Chalmers Professor new Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry". Chalmers tekniska högskola. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
- ^ "ORCID". ORCID. 2024-07-08. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
- ^ ID, Author(s). "Wittung-Stafshede, Pernilla". Scopus. Retrieved 2024-07-18.
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External links
[edit]- Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede’s personal page on Chalmers website
- Publications registered for Pernilla Wittung in Chalmers Publication Database, CPL (1994-1997)
- Publications registered for Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede in the Chalmers Publication Database, CPL (1998-now)
- Chemical Biology, division in the Biology and Biological Engineering department at Chalmers University of Technology
- Wittung-Stafshede’s Protein Biophysics Lab, Chalmers University of Technology
- Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede publications indexed by Google Scholar
