Organisation

MBW unites approximately 30 independent research groups and currently has a staff of around 180, of which 50 are PhD students. Read more about how MBW is organized on this page.

Decision making at MBW

The highest decision-making body at the Department of Molecular Biosciences is the Department Board, in which researchers, PhD students and the techincal/administrative staff are represented. The Head of Department is responisble for all activities at the department, with support of the Vice Department Head and the Head of Administration.

Read more about MBW's organization and the process of decision-making at our department: Decision-making at MBW pdf, 320.8 kB. (320 Kb)

Department Management

Head of Department: Eva Sverremark Ekström

Vice Head of Department: Claes Andreasson
Head of Administration: Camilla Eldeby
Director of PhD studies: Kristina Jonas
Director of Undergraduate studies: Stefan Åström

Department Board

The Department Board is elected every three years, and is chaired by the Head of Department. Below you will find the elected representatives for the Department Board 2024-2026, as well as meeting dates and protocols from the previous year.

Chairman:

Eva Sverremark Ekström, Head of Department

Co-opted member:

Camilla Eldeby, Head of Administration

Secretary:

Alexander Malmstedt, Administrator

Members:

Claes Andreasson, Vice Department head
Antonio Barragan, Professor
Anna Lena Spetz, Professor
Kristina Jonas, Professor
Christian Riedel, Associate Professor
Qi Dai, Associate Professor
Martin Jastroch, Professor
Maria Ekoff, Lab Manager
Elena Afanaseva, PhD Student
Miren Urrutia Iturritza, PhD Student
Symeon Kourmoulakis, PhD Student

Alternates:

Ann-Beth Jonsson, Professor
Per Ljungdahl, Professor (Deniz Ozata from 2026-06-01)
Mattias Mannervik, Professor
Van Le Sabrie, Human Resources
Thomas Mazza, PhD Student
Lova Granqvist, PhD Student

Meeting dates for the departmentboard 2026	Time	Place
February 19	13:00-15:00	E503
March 25	13:00-15:00	E503
April 22	13:00-15:00	E503
May 20	13:00-15:00	E503
June 10	13:00-15:00	E503
TBD	13:00-15:00	E503
TBD	13:00-15:00	E503
TBD	13:00-15:00	E503
TBD	13:00-15:00	E503

Protocols Department Board

PhD Council and PhD Council Board

The PhD Council at the department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute (MBW) represents about 60 graduate students covering three different profile areas: Infection and Immunobiology, Integrative Biology and Molecular Cell Biology. The PhD Council’s primary function is to ensure quality of education and to promote good working and social environment for our graduate students.

The PhD Council Board is responsible for the overall operations of the PhD Council. The board meets regularly and consists out of six graduate students:

Emma Block (Chair)
Ylva Veith (Vice Chair)
Thomas Mazza (Secretary/Treasurer)
Terence Wilson Infant Lawrence (Board member)
Symeon Kourmoulakis (Board member)
Akshit Jain (Board member)
Miren Urrutia Iturritza (Board member)
Lova Granqvist

If you want to get in contact with the PhD Board, please send an e-mail to phdboard.mbw@su.se.

Protocols PhD Council and PhD Council Board

MBW PhD Council Bylaws pdf, 142.2 kB. (1020 Kb)

MBW’s representation in the Board of Science and the Biology Section

Representatives in the Board of Science 2024-2026

Mattias Mannervik, Professor (Vice Dean of the Biology Section)
Ann-Beth Jonsson, Professor (Group alternate)

MBW’s representatives in the Biology section

Eva Sverremark Head of Department
Antonio Barragan, Professor
Kristina Jonas, Associate Professor
Susanne Keipert, Associate professor (representing the BioResearch School)
Mattias Mannervik and Ann-Beth Jonsson (as members of the Board of Science)
Lovisa Lundholm, Researcher
Vasilios Tsarouhas, Researcher

Last updated: 2025-12-30

Source: The Department of Molecular Biosciences