Academic interests
Bio-nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Implantology, Osseointegration, Biomineralization, Bone regeneration and remodelling, Craniofacial molecular and developmental biology, Bone functional genomics and proteomics, Matrix biology
Positions held
Chair, Biomaterials Deartment. From 2005-2013. Vice-Dean of Research, Faculty of Dentistry, 2013- present
Other appointments
Boards; Tigran Technology AB, Scandinavian Society for Biomaterials
Founder: BioTi AS
Advisory Boards: Biora AB and Tigran Technologies AB (Sweden), Strauman AG (Switzerland)
Higher education and employment history
BE. in Bioengineering, DDS and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology.
Previously Section Manager at Section of Serology (Ahus University Hospital), Research fellow (Oslo Biotechnology Centre), PostDoc/Asc. Prof. (Dept of Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo), Research director (Biora AB), Professor in Dentistry (Clinical Research Laboratory, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Oslo).
PostDoc/Visiting scientist (Helsinki BioCentre and Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California).
Patents
Holds more than 25 US and PCT patents in biomaterials design and applications.
Supervising
Supervised more than 20 PhD students at the Universty of Oslo, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, The University of Leeds, UK, The University of Southern California, US, The University of Lund, Sweden, and at The University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Society memberships
Norwegian Biochem. Society; European Society for Biomaterials, American Association for the Advancement of Science; International Association for Dental Research; American Society for Bone and Mineral Research; European Calcified Tissue Society. Scandinavian Association for Biomaterials, International Association for Dental Research.