Protein Biophysics at DTU Bioengineering

Prof. Alexander Kai Buell (Ph.D.)

Principal Investigator

Prof. Alexander K. Buell, PhD studied Biochemistry and general Chemistry in Tübingen (2002-2004) and general Chemistry as well as Physical and Theoretical Chemistry in Paris (2004-2007). He performed his PhD research in Biophysics in the Nanoscience Centre of the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Prof. Sir Mark E. Welland (2008-2011). He then obtained several competitive personal fellowships to perform postdoctoral work in the Chemistry department of the University of Cambridge (2011-2015). From October 2015 to March 2019, he was Assistant Professor for the Aggregation of Amyloid Proteins at the University of Düsseldorf. Since April 2019, Alexander is Full Professor of Protein Biophysics at the department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine at the Technical University of Denmark.

Selected fellowships and awards:

– The 2016 Young Investigator Award of the German Society for Biophysics

– The Biochemical Society 2017 Early Career Research Award for Biotechnology

– Young leaders in science program of the Schering Foundation (2016/2017)

– FEBS travel fellowship to visit LMU Munich (03-05/2014)

– Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship (2013-2015)

– Thomas Nevile research fellowship at Magdalene College, Cambridge (2011-2014)

– Daniel Turnberg travel fellowship to visit the University of Tel Aviv (09/2011)

– EMBO short term fellowship to visit the University of Aarhus (07-08/2011)

Soumik Ray (Ph.D.)

Assistant Professor (2025-present)

Academic History:

PostDoc: Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (2021-2025).

Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India (2015-2021).

Master’s degree: Biochemistry, University of Hyderabad, India (2013-2015).

Bachelor’s degree: Microbiology (Hons.), St. Xavier´s University, Calcutta, India (2010-2013).

Hossein Mohammad-Beigi (Ph.D.)

Research Manager (2024-present)

Academic History:

Postdoc: Århus University (2016-2020) and Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (2020-2024).

PhD: Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (2011-2015).

Master’s degree: Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran (2008-2010).

Bachelor’s degree: Chemical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (2004-2008).

Sophie Hertel (Ph.D.)

Postdoc (2023-present)

Academic History:

PostDoc: EMBL Node, UNSW Sydney, Australia.

Ph.D.: EMBL Node, UNSW Sydney, Australia.

Master’s degree: Biochemistry, University of Potsdam, Germany.

Bachelor’s degree: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Potsdam, Germany.

Jacob Aunstrup Larsen (Ph.D.)

Postdoc (2024-Present)

Academic History:

Ph.D.: Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (2021-2024).

Research Assistant: Protein Biophysics Group, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (October 2020 – December 2020).

Master’s degree: Nanobiotechnology, Aalborg University, Denmark (2017-2019).

Bachelor’s degree: Nanotechnology, Aalborg University, Denmark (2014-2017).

Rasmus Krogh Norrild (Ph.D.)

Postdoc (2023-present)

Academic History:

Ph.D.: Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (2020-2023).

Master’s degree: Biochemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2017-2019).

Bachelor’s degree: Biochemistry, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2014-2017).

Antonin Kunka (Ph.D.)

Postdoctoral fellow (2022-present)

Academic History:

PhD: Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.

Master’s degree: Biochemistry, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic (2014-2016).

Bachelor’s degree: Biochemistry, Masaryk University Brno, Czech Republic (2011-2014).

Thomas Oliver Mason (Ph.D.)

Research Specialist (2025-present)

Academic History:

Postdoc: Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.

Postdoc: Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

Ph.D.: University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (2012-2016).

Master’s degree: Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (2011-2012).

Seyedazad Farzadfard (Ph.D.)

Postdoctoral fellow (2024-present)

Academic History:

Ph.D.: Århus University, Denmark.

Master’s degree: Cell and molecular biology, University of Tehran, Iran (2011-2014).

Bachelor’s degree: Biological Sciences, Damghan University, Iran (2007-2011).

Georgia Nasi (Ph.D.)

Postdoctoral fellow (2024-present)

Academic History:

Ph.D.: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece.

Research Assistant: Biophysics lab, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (2022-2023).

Master’s degree: Bioinformatics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (2016-2019).

Bachelor’s degree: Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (2012-2016).

Justin Evan Miller (Ph.D.)

Postdoctoral fellow (2025-present)

Academic History:

PostDoc.: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, USA (2024-2025).

Ph.D.: Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, USA (2017-2023).

Bachelor’s degree: Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, USA (2013-2017).

Jez Vibeizonuo Rupreo (Ph.D.)

Postdoctoral fellow (2026-present)

Academic History:

Ph.D.: National Institute of Technology Nagaland, India (2020-2025).

Bachelor’s degree: Chemistry, Kohima Science College, India.

Lars Boyens-Thiele (Ph.D.)

Postdoctoral fellow (2026-present)

Academic History:

Ph.D.: Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (2022-2025).

Master’s degree: Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemistry, Denmark (2020-2022).

Bachelor’s degree: Technical University of Denmark, Department of Chemical Engineering, Denmark (2016-2020).

Maša Bicanin

Ph.D. Scholar (2024-present)

Academic History:

Master’s degree: Biochemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia (2022-2024).

Bachelor’s degree: Biochemistry, University of Belgrade, Serbia (2018-2022).

Celia Fricke

Ph.D. Scholar (2023-present)

Academic History:

Master’s degree: Biochemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany, and Lund Univerisity, Sweden (2020-2023).

Bachelor’s degree: Biochemistry, Technical University of Munich, Germany (2017-2020).

Federica Saraceno

Ph.D. Scholar (2024-present)

Academic History:

Research Assistant: Protein Biophysics Group, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (May 2024 – August 2024).

Master’s degree: Protein Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (2021-2024).

Bachelor’s degree: Bioengineering, Polytechnical School of Brussels, Belgium (2018-2021).

Baptiste Alexandre Zanchet

Ph.D. Scholar (2024-present)

Academic History:

M2: Systems and Synthetic Biology, Paris Saclay University, France (2023-2024).

Master’s degree: Molecular Biology and Genetics, Strasbourg University, France (2020-2022).

Bachelor’s degree: Molecular and Cellular Biology, Strasbourg University, France (2017-2020).

Cecilia Chiodaroli

Ph.D. Scholar (2025-present)

Academic History:

Master’s degree: Molecular and Applied Biology, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy (2023-2025).

Bachelor’s degree: Biology, Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy (2019-2022).

Rene Rebollo Gonzalez

Industrial Ph.D. Scholar (2024-present)

Novo Nordisk & Technical University of Denmark.

Academic History:

Master’s degree: Nanomedicine for Drug Delivery, Paris Cité University, France (2019-2021).

Bachelor’s degree: Pharmaceutical and Chemical Biology, Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico (2009-2014).

Louise Kjær Klausen (Ph.D.)

Laboratory technician

Academic History:

Technician (Laborant AK): Copenhagen University College (2019-2022)

Ph.D. in Molecular Biology: University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2007-2013).

Master’s in Biology: University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2005-2007).

Bachelor’s in Biology: University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2001-2005).