Lund, Skåne County, Sweden
I have a strong interest in molecular biotechnology, which is reflected in my studies in the Master of Science in Engineering, Biotechnology program at LTH. My passion for this field is also evident in my participation in Lund’s iGEM team of 2025, my work experience as a teaching assistant and lab supervisor at LTH, as well as my summer internship at Magle Chemoswed. Through my educational and study-related experiences, I have significant laboratory skills. An example of these experiences is as a member of iGEM Lund 2025, which has also provided me with a deep understanding of synthetic biology. In addition to these skills, I have considerable programming experience, having worked with Python, MATLAB, Bash, and R. Moreover, I enjoy sports, especially tennis, which is reflected in my role as a tennis instructor, in addition to my academic pursuits. Furthermore, I assisted as an usher at the 2022 Davis Cup during Sweden's round against Japan in Helsingborg.
I am a Tennis instructor for middle-aged adults two hours per week, but have been an instructor for people of different ages. Due to exchange studies, I am not coaching for most of this semester.
I trained becoming teaching assistants (SI leaders), and led supervisory meetings with current ones. Moreover, I read and gave feedback on reflective reports about their exercises for students, and gave them extra support when needed.
I was a laboratory supervisor in "Molecular Driving Forces 2: Interactions and Dynamics" (7.5 ECTS). I helped the students in the lab, as well as marked their work as approved when they were finished. The purpose of the lab was to investigate the effects four different molecular parameters had on the thermodynamic properties of a molecule. The lab was divided into four stations, where one of these molecular parameters was analyzed in each.
I was a teaching assistant, more specifically an SI leader (SI stands for Supplemental Instruction), in "Calculus in One Variable" (15 ECTS) during the autumn semesters, and in "General, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry" (12 ECTS) during the spring semesters. The students and I discussed and analyzed material they found difficult or wanted to rehearse in the courses. The focus was on creating a relaxed environment where the students could learn by discussing and helping each other out, and get help from me when they needed.
I observed learning sessions for students held by teaching assistants, more specifically SI leaders (SI stands for Supplemental Instruction), and gave the teaching assistants feedback afterwards. In the feedback session, we discussed what went well and ways that the SI leader could improve. About four weeks later, I sent a follow-up email to check with the teaching assistant how the sessions had been going since I gave feedback.
I took part in the production of pharmaceuticals and active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Furthermore, I got training and worked according to Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP): a regulatory system whose purpose is to ensure that the manufacturing is consistently performed properly and safely. The pharmaceuticals I manufactured all contain degradable starch microspheres (DSMs), carrying the APIs. A lot of time was spent in a cleanroom manufacturing a drug called EmboCept S, which, together with cytotoxic agents, is used to treat liver and lung cancer.