SUCCeSS community members

Varvara Apostolopoulou Kalkavoura, SUCCeSS Postdoc

SUCCeSS Co-ordinator 2024

Materials chemistry, cellulose based foams, upcycling of textile waste into functional materials.
varvara.apostolopoulou@su.se
+46 (0)76 715 8835

Research areas: Materials chemistry, circular and Sustainable processing, biomass

Lennart Bergström, Professor of Materials Chemistry

SUCCeSS Board member (2020-2024)

Materials science for sustainability, thermally insulating foams based on waste and biobased components, upcycling of textile fibres, x-ray and neutron scattering 
lennart.bergstrom@su.se
+46 (0) 8162368

Research areas: Materials chemistry,circular and sustainable processing, biomass

Magnus Breitholtz, Professor of Environmental Science 

SUCCeSS Chair and Advisor to the University President on environment and sustainability

Environmental risk assessment, image-based toxicity screening, water pollution
magnus.breitholtz@su.se

Research areas: Environmental sciences, toxicology

Linnea Cederholm, SUCCeSS Postdoc

Materials chemistry, chemical and environmental regulation and sustainability science, sustainable circular economy of forest materials in Sweden.
linnea.cederholm@su.se

Research areas: Materials chemistry, circular and sustainable processing, circular and safe food and water systems, biomass, circular economy

Hongrun Chen, SUCCeSS PhD student

Materials chemistry, extraction of cellulose fibers from different sources and develop sustainable biocomposites 
hongrun.chen@su.se
+46 (0)760 465176

Research areas: Materials chemistry, circular and sustainable processing, biomass

Benoit Dessirier, Researcher, Baltic Sea Centre

SUCCeSS  PI

Magnitude and dynamics of nutrient legacies in agricultural landscapes in the Baltic region, numerical modelling, modeling groundwater flow and transport processes
benoit.dessirier@su.se
+46(0)8-553 785 81

Research areas: Circular and safe food and water systems, environmental sciences

Sayad Doobary-Vobora, SUCCeSS postdoc

Organic chemistry, enabling technologies, synthetic chemistry
sayad.doobary@su.se 
+46 (0)8-162923 

Research area: Organic Chemistry

Andreas Duit, Professor of Political Science

SUCCeSS  Board member 2021-2023

Comparative environmental politics and policy to address environmental problems
andreas.duit@statsvet.su.se
+4608-16 28 69

Research areas: Environmental sciences, circular economy

Line Gordon, Professor of Sustainability Science

Director Stockholm Resilience Centre and SUCCeSS Co-Chair
Sustainable, healthy and just food systems, biosphere resilience, scenario planning, gastronomic landscapes, moisture recycling, local to global interactions
line.gordon@su.se

Research areas: Circular and safe food and water systems, Circular economy

Tiina Häyha, Researcher in Planetary Boundaries Research Lab

SUCCeSS PI
Global sustainability, planetary boundaries, sustainable development goals, environmental assessment, energy and environment, ecosystem services, science-policy interface
tiina.hayha@su.se
+46(0)8 6747400

Research areas: Circular and sustainable processing, circular and safe food and water systems, circular economy

Henrik Hupatz, SUCCeSS Postdoc

Analytical and organic chemistry combined with machine learning for the sustainable design of new reagents
henrik.hupatz@su.se
+46 (0)79 350 1431

Research areas: Data-driven circular and sustainable chemistry, environmental science

Oskar Karlsson, Professor of Toxicology

SUCCeSS Board Member and previous SUCCeSS Deputy Director (2023-2024)
Computational toxicology OMICs, epidemiological, New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) for performing chemical risk assessment.
oskar.karlsson@aces.su.se
+46(0) 8-674 72 72

Research areas: Data-driven circular and sustainable chemistry, environmental sciences, toxicology

Anneli Kruve, Professor of Analytical chemistry

SUCCeSS PI
Computational mass spectrometry for discovery of hazardous chemicals in the environment
anneli.kruve@su.se
+46-(0) 8-674 7333

Research areas: Data-driven circular and sustainable chemistry, environmental sciences

Regina Lindborg, Professor of Geography

SUCCeSS Board member (2020-2023)
Biodiversity conservation, sustainable food production and agriculture, transdisciplinary landscape ecology
regina.lindborg@natgeo.su.se
+46 08-16 47 68

Research areas: Circular and safe food and water systems, environmental sciences

Jon Martin, Professor of Environmental Analytical Chemistry

SUCCeSS  Board member 2020-2023
Nontarget mass spectrometry for studies of the exposome, informatics to understand the complex mixture of contaminants in our bodies or in the environment
jonathan.martin@aces.su.se
+46 08-16 20 29

Research areas: Data-driven circular and sustainable chemistry, environmental sciences

Aji Mathew, Professor of Materials Chemistry

SUCCeSS Director
Biopolymer based functional materials, biomass valorization, nanocellulose, water treatment, textile recycling/ upcycling, data-driven materials design
aji.mathew@su.se
+46 (0)8-16 12 56

Research areas: Materials chemistry, circular and sustainable processing, data-driven circular and sustainable chemistry, circular and safe food and water systems, biomass

Rana Mostaghel, Associate Professor 

Stockholm Business School
Circular Business Models, Digitalisation, Marketing strategy, sustainable business
rana.mostaghel@sbs.su.se
+46-(0)8-164235

Research areas: Circular economy, circular business models, digitalisation, marketing strategy, sustainable business

Ioannis Mylonas Margaritis, WISE Postdoctoral Researcher

Developing coordination compounds such as metal-complexes, polymers and metal-organic frameworks and investigating their catalytic applications. 
ioannis.mylonasmargaritis@su.se
+46 (0) 729 686 619

Research areas: Materials chemistry, circular and sustainable processing

Francisco Nascimento, Associate Professor of Marine Ecotoxicology

Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences
SUCCeSS PI
Ecosystems response to anthropogenic and environmental disturbances, biodiversity in the Baltic sea, toxicity of mixtures of contaminants on ecosystem function
francisco.nascimento@su.se

Research area: Environmental sciences

Fredrik Norden, Professor in Business Administration 

SUCCeSS Board member
Marketing in innovative and high-tech firms, business relationships/networks, digitalization, emerging technologies, servitization, solutions offerings, purchasing/outsourcing, innovation, and managerial decision-making in marketing
fredrik.nordin@sbs.su.se
+46 08-16 33 09

Research area: Circular economy

Berit Olofsson, Professor of Organic Chemistry

Deputy Director of SUCCeSS, Previous SUCCeSS Chair
Metal-free organic synthesis, hypervalent iodine chemistry, mechanochemistry
berit.olofsson@su.se
+46-(0)8-674 7264

Research area: Organic chemistry, Circular and sustainable processing

Edouard Pesquet, Professor of Biology

SUCCeSS Board member

Cell differentiation and coordination in tissues, advanced methods for imaging biomolecules

edouard.pesquet@su.se

Research areas: Biomass, environmental sciences

Yasmini Portes, SUCCeSS PhD Student

SUCCeSS board member
Materials chemistry, sustainable materials development from industrial side-streams, especially agrifood and marine processing by-products.
yasmini.portes@su.se 

Research areas: Materials chemistry, circular and safe food and water systems, biomass

Målte Posset, Assistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry 

SUCCeSS  PI
Environmental analytical chemistry, microbiology, biogeochemistry, hydrology and scientific modelling
malte.posselt@aces.su.se
+46(0)8-674 77 19

Research areas: Circular and safe food and water systems, environmental sciences

Roja Rahmani, SUCCeSS Ph.D Student

Physical chemistry, computational chemistry, using machine learning to design sustainable solid-binding peptides
roja.rahmani@su.se

Research areas: Materials chemistry, data-driven circular and sustainable chemistry

Miguel Rivero-Crespo, Assistant Professor in Organic Chemistry 

SUCCeSS PI

Heterogeneous catalysis, porous materials, sustainable organic chemistry
miguel.crespo@su.se 
+46-(0)8-16 24 78

Research area: Organic chemistry

Joseph Samec, Professor of Organic Chemistry 

SUCCeSS Board member
Sustainable chemistry, upcycling of biobased residues to resource, LCA (life cycle assessment), textiles, conversions of biobased molecules
joseph.samec@su.se
+468163114

Research areas: Circular and sustainable processing, organic chemistry, circular economy

Joeselle Serrana, SUCCeSS Postdoc

Molecular ecology, biodiversity and microbiome research to promote the sustainability of aquatic systems.
joeselle.serrana@aces.su.se
+46 (0) 70 867 7563

Research areas: Circular and safe food and water systems, environmental sciences

Mika Sipponen, Assoc. Professor of Materials Chemistry

SUCCeSS PI
Sustainable materials development from industrial side-streams, especially lignin and other organic matter.
mika.sipponen@su.se
+46 (0) 8 16 12 58

Research areas: Materials chemistry, circular and sustainable processing, biomass, circular economy

Anna Sobek, Professor of Environmental Chemistry

Previous SUCCeSS Deputy Director (2021-2023)

Environmental chemistry, ecotoxicology and biogeochemistry
anna.sobek@aces.su.se
+46 (0)8-674 72 30

Research areas: Environmental sciences, toxicology

Siri Talme, SUCCeSS PhD Student

SUCCeSS board member

Materials chemistry, development of lignin-based carbon materials
siri.talme@su.se

Research areas: Materials chemistry, circular and sustainable processing, biomass

Erica Zeglio, Asst Professor of Materials Chemistry 

Member of the SUCCeSS Core group
Sustainable Organic electonics, organic electronic materials, organic bioelectronics, and materials chemistry
erica.zeglio@su.se
+46 (0) 8-16 12 61

Research areas: Materials chemistry, circular and sustainable processing

Erik Zhivkoplias, Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) PhD candidate

The role of data-driven interdisciplinary research in ocean biodiversity governance

erik.zhivkoplias@su.se
+46 (0) 720141310

Research areas: Data-driven circular and sustainable chemistry, environmental science

Marlene Ågerstrand, Associate Professor

SUCCeSS PI in FORCES

Risk assessment and regulation of chemicals
marlene.agerstrand@aces.su.se
+46 (0) 8-16 40 21
 
Research areas: Environmental sciences, toxicology