Academic background and career
Berit Olofsson was born in Sundsvall, Sweden, in 1972. She studied Chemical Engineering at LuTH (Luleå) and LTH (Lund), and got her M Sc in 1998 after a diploma work at Akzo Nobel Central Research in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
She performed her Ph.D. studies at Stockholm University and later at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm in the years 1998-2002.The PhD work dealt with asymmetric, divergent synthesis of vicinal amino alcohols and was done under the guidance of Prof. Peter Somfai.
She subsequently went to Bristol University, UK for a post doc with Prof. Varinder K. Aggarwal in the field of natural product synthesis. The project started out as a total synthesis of (-)--Epibatidine, and was later widened to methodology studies on alfa-arylation of ketones.
In 2004 she returned to Stockholm University for a position as assistant supervisor to Prof. Jan-E. Bäckvall, and got a position as Assistant Professor in 2006. She became "Docent" in March 2008, and currently holds a temporary position as Associate Professor (lektor).
Selcted Awards and Grants
2006 Bürgenstock Conference, Junior Scientists Participation Grant.
2003 Swedish Research Council (VR) postdoctoral scholarship.
2003 The Blanceflor Foundation postdoctoral scholarship.
2001 The Royal Swedish Academy of Science (KVA) research scholarship.
1997 Lund University scholarship.
Complete CV in PDF
Hobbies etc
Dedicated to inlines- & ice skating, proud member of Stockholm Speedskaters.
Also fond of music, travelling & spending time with my GSD Emmy.
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