About US

Lynn Kamerlin received her Master of Natural Sciences from the University of Birmingham (UK), in 2002, where she remained to complete a PhD in Theoretical Organic Chemistry under the supervision of Dr. John Wilkie (awarded 2005). Subsequently, she was a postdoctoral researcher in the labs of Stefan Boresch at the University of Vienna (2005-2007), Arieh Warshel at the University of Southern California (2007-2009, Research Associate at the University of Southern California in 2010) and Researcher with Fahmi Himo (2010). She is currently a Full Professor of Structural Biology at Uppsala University, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and a Wallenberg Academy Fellow. She was also the recipient of an ERC Starting Independent Researcher Grant (2012-2017) and the Chair of the Young Academy of Europe (YAE) in 2014-2015. Her non-scientific interests include languages (fluent in 5), amateur photography and playing the piano.

Peter Kasson received his MD and PhD from Stanford University, completing his doctoral thesis with Axel Brunger.  He then did a postdoc with Vijay Pande prior to starting his independent career at the University of Virginia in 2010.  He was awarded a Wallenberg Academy Fellowship in 2015, which catalyzed the founding of his group at Uppsala University.  His non-scientific interests include running and yoga.