PI
Katja Petzold, Professor
M.Sc. in Biochemistry @ Martin-Luther University, Germany (2005)
PhD @ Umeå University (2009)
Postdoctoral Research/Visiting Researcher @ University of Kwa-Zulu/Natal, South Africa (2009 – 2010)
Postdoctoral Research @ University of Michigan, USA (2010 – 2013)
Principal Investigator @ Karolinska Institutet (2014 -)
Office room: B0977, Email: katja.petzold@ki.se
Professor @ Uppsala Universitet (2023 -)
BMC D9:310b, Email: katja.petzold@imbim.uu.se
Administration
Saskia Rughöft, Ph.D.
B.Sc. in Biology @ Free University Berlin, Germanny (2012)
M.Sc. in Biogeosciences @ Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany (2015)
PhD in Environmental Sciences @ Eberhard-Karls University Tübingen, Germany (2021)
Postdoctoral researcher @ Uppsala University (2021-2024)
Research coordinator @ Uppsala University & Centre for Chemical Mechanisms of Life (2024-)
Email: saskia.rughoft@kemi.uu.se
Staff Scientists
Christian Steinmetzger, Ph.D
B.Sc. in Chemistry @ University of Göttingen, Germany (2013)
M.Sc. in Chemistry @ University of Göttingen, Germany (2015)
PhD in Chemistry @ University of Würzburg, Germany (2020)
Postdoctoral fellow @ Karolinska Institutet (2020-2021) Postdoc EMBO fellow @ Karolinska Institutet (2021-2023)
Senior research engineer @ Uppsala Universitet (2023-), email: christian.steinmetzger@imbim.uu.se
Postdocs
Rubin Dasgupta, Ph.D
B.Sc. in Biotechnology @ HNB Garhwal University, India (2012)
M.Sc. in Biophysical Chemistry @ Bose Institute, India (2016)
PhD in Biophysical Chemistry @ Leiden University, Netherlands (2021)
Postdoc fellow @ Karolinska Institutet (2021-2023)
Postdoc Marie Curie fellow @ Uppsala Universitet (2023-)
Postdoc Moderna Global fellow @ Uppsala Universitet (2023-), email: rubin.dasgupta@imbim.uu.se
Balasubramanian Harish, Ph.D.
M.Sc. in Chemistry @ Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2008)
PhD in Chemistry @ Princeton University, USA (2015)
Postdoc fellow @ Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA (2016-2020)
Postdoc fellow @ Technical University Dortmund, Germany (2021-2022)
Scientist, Structural Biology team @ ZoBio, Netherlands (2022-2025)
Postdoc fellow @ Uppsala Universitet (2025- ), email: harish.balasubramanian@imbim.uu.se
Jayanti Vaishnav, Ph.D.
B.Tech. Biotechnology @ IMS Engineering College, Ghaziabad, India (2013)
M.Tech. Biotechnology @ Anna University, Chennai, India (2016)
PhD in Chemistry @ JNU, New Delhi, India (2024)
Postdoc fellow @ Uppsala Universitet (2025- ), email: jayanti.vaishnav@imbim.uu.se
Luca Sperotto, Ph.D.
B.Sc. in Chemistry @ University of Padua, Italy (2017)
M.Sc. in Biochemistry @ University of Florence, Italy (2019)
PhD in Structural Biology @ Technical University of Munich, Germany (2025)
Postdoc fellow @ Uppsala University (2026-), email: luca.sperotto@imbim.uu.se
PhD Students
Henry Annecke, M.Sc.
B.Sc. Physics @ Freie Universität, Germany (2014-2017)
Master student in Biochemistry @ Stockholm University (2018-2021)
PhD student @ Karolinska Institutet (2021-), email: henry.annecke@ki.se, email: henry.annecke@imbim.uu.se
Katja Bekcic, M.Sc.
B.I.A.S. Biochemistry with history minor @ University of Windsor, Canada (2017-2021)
Master student in Biomedicine @ Karolinska Institutet (2021-2023)
PhD student @ Uppsala University (2023- ), email: katja.bekcic@imbim.uu.se
Rosalie Koros, M.Sc.
B.Sc. in Biochemistry @ Technical University of Munich (2020)
M.Sc. in Neurochemistry with molecular Neurobiology @ Stockholm University (2022)
PhD student @ Uppsala University (2026- ), email: rosalie.koros@imbim.uu.se
Students
Ripal Kasumbiwal, M.Tech.
B.E. in Biotechnology @ University of Mumbai, India (2015)
M.Tech. in Bioinformatics @ International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, India (2017)
email: ripal.kasumbiwal@imbim.uu.se
Gökalp Eroğul
B.Sc. in Molecular Biology and Genetics @ Izmir Institute of Technology (2023-2027)
email: gokalperogul@std.iyte.edu.tr