Recently appointed professors
On this page we present Professors, Adjunct Professors, Visiting Professors and Foreign Adjunct Professors who have been appointed at Karolinska Institutet since August 2023. The list is updated continously during the year, with a breaking point in October every year in connection to the inauguration ceremoni in Aula Medica.
Professors
Stefano Romeo has been appointed Professor of Clinical Diabetology at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge from 1 September 2024.
Michelle Chew has been appointed Professor of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology from 15 August 2024.
Weng-Onn Lui has been appointed Professor of Experimental Oncology at the Department of Oncology-Pathology from 1 July 2024.
Jan Ellenberg has been appointed Professor of Cell Biology and Biophysics at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics from 1 July 2024.
Anna Nilsson has been appointed Professor of Paediatric Oncology at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health from 1 July 2024.
Jette Möller has been appointed Professor of Public Health Epidemiology at the Department of Global Public Health from 14 June 2024.
Liv Eidsmo has been appointed Professor of Dermatology and Venereology at the Department of Medicine, Solna from 1 May 2024.
Anna Smed Sörensen has been appointed Professor of Translational Immunology at the Department of Medicine, Solna from 1 April 2024.
Peder Olofsson has been appointed Professor of Bioelectronic Medicine at the Department of Medicine, Solna from 1 February 2024.
Magnus Boman has been appointed Professor of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Health at the Department of Medicine, Solna from 1 January 2024.
Lisa Westerberg has been appointed Professor of Experimental Immunology at the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology from 1 January 2024.
Weili Xu has been appointed Professor of Geriatric Epidemiology at the Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society.
Francois Lallemend has been appointed Professor of Neurobiology of Sensory Systems at the Department of Neuroscience from 1 December 2023.
Anna Wredenberg has been appointed Professor of Mitochondrial Biology at the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics from 1 November 2023.
Olof Akre has been appointed Professor of Oncological Surgery at the Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery from 1 November 2023.
Kirsty Spalding has been appointed Professor of Adipocyte Biology at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology from 9 October 2023.
Annika Bergquist has been appointed Professor of Gastroenterology with a focus on Hepatology at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge from 1 October 2023.
Andrea Varrone has been appointed Professor of Molecular Positron Emission Tomography at the Department of Clinical Neuroscience from 4 September 2023.
Ola Nilsson has been appointed Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology at the Department of Women’s and Children’s Health from 1 September 2023.
Arvid Sjölander has been appointed Professor of Biostatistics at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 1 August 2023.
Adjunct Professors
Rickard Ljung has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Pharmacoepidemiology at the Institute of Environmental Medicine from 1 June 2024.
Jana de Boniface has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 1 May 2024.
Hannes Hagström has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Gastroenterology at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge from 9 January 2024.
Artur Fedorowski has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Cardiology at the Department of Medicine, Solna from 24 October 2023.
Mats Lindblad has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Surgery at the Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology from 1 September 2023.
Visiting Professors
Katsuhiko Shirahige has been appointed Visiting Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology, Quantitative Analysis of Chromosome Function at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology from 1 March 2024.
Stefan Agewall has been appointed Visiting Professor of Cardiovascular Research, with a focus on the impact of climate, at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital from 1 November 2023.
Carl Henrik Ek has been appointed Visiting Professor of Machine Learning at the Department of Clinical Research and Education, Södersjukhuset from 1 November 2023.
Rino Bellocco has been appointed Visiting Professor of Biostatistics at the Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 1 September 2023.
Foreign Adjunct Professors
Ralph Maddison, Professor at Deakin University, Australia, has been appointed Foreign Adjunct Professor of Physical Activity and Disease Prevention at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge during the period 2024 – 2027.
Dongan Wang, Professor at City University of Hong Kong, has been appointed Foreign Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the Department of Neuroscience during the period 2024 – 2027.
Inauguration Ceremony in Aula Medica
In autumn every year, Karolinska Institutet arranges an Inauguration Ceremony where new professors at KI are presented and academic prizes are delivered. Next Inauguration Ceremony will be held in October 2024.