Hans Söderlund

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Education:

B.Sc (Biochemistry) University of Helsinki, 1971

Ph.D (Biochemistry) University of Helsinki, 1974

 

Present affiliation: Vice President - Strategic Research , Professor

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Area of responsibility:  Biotechnology, Chemistry, Process technology.

 

Previous affiliations:

1970-1978. Various positions at the Universities of Helsinki and Uppsala. Research in molecular virology

1978-1979. Acting associate professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of Helsinki. (Teaching and administrative duties, research in viral protein and nucleic acid synthesis)

1980-1982. Senior scientist, the finnish independence fund SITRA (research in genetic engineering and gene structure)

1983-1991. Senior scientific adviser, later general manager, biotechnology. Orion Corporation, Orion Pharmaceutica (a major Finnish company active in the health care field) (duties in research and research management, later also business development in the fields of diagnostics and drug development)

1992 -  Research professor  (Genetic Engineering), VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Biotechnology

2002-2005 Research Director,  VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Biotechnology

 

Scientific Publications, about 150

 

Patents and Pending Applications, 26 independent inventions

 

Centre of excellence

Programme manager of the "VTT Industrial Biotechnology programme", A centre of excellence nominated by the Academy of Finland 2000 - 2005

Deputy manager of the "White biotechnology - Green chemistry" , A centre of excellence nominated by the Academy of Finland 2008 - 2013