SUCCeSS community members
Our members
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
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
Anna Sobek, Professor of Environmental Chemistry
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
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
Anuja Nawadkar, PhD Student
SUCCeSS Travel grantee
Biomass-derived biochar and zero-valent iron composites for water remediation, pollutant dechlorination, and controlled nutrient release.
Research areas: Materials chemistry, biomass, circular and safe food and water systems, environmental sciences
Audrey Moores, Professor of Chemistry, McGill University, Canada
SUCCeSS international network
Green and sustainable chemistry focused on biomass valorization, circular materials, mechanochemistry, biopolymers, nanomaterials, and environmentally responsible chemical manufacturing.
Research areas: Circular and sustainable processing, Biomass, Circular economy, Environmental sciences, Materials chemistry, Organic chemistry, Toxicology
BELÈN MARTíN-Matute, Professor in Catalysis
Organic chemist, with a focus on new catalytic methods for sustainable organic synthesis. Homogeneous and Heterogeneous catalysis, CO2 conversion.
+46(0) 8-162438
Research areas: Circular and sustainable processing, data driven and sustainable chemistry, organic chemistry
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
Berit Olofsson, Professor of Organic Chemistry
Deputy Director of SUCCeSS, Previous SUCCeSS Chair (2021-2023)
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.
Research areas: Biomass, environmental sciences
Elin bergman, COO CRADLENET
SUCCeSS senior advisor
Elin Bergman is known for being the Circular Economy Queen of Sweden. She the COO and spokesperson of the Swedish circular economy network Cradlenet, and is also one of the co-founders of the Nordic Circular Hotspot a collaboration platform for accelerating circular economy in the region.
ELSJE ALESSANDRA QUADRELLI , RESEARCH DIRECTOR IN CHEMISTRY AT IRCELYON AT CNRS AND UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON 1
SUCCeSS International network
Alessandra develops advanced materials and catalysts for CO2 conversion while pioneering the "Situated Green Chemistries" framework to diversify chemical research within planetary boundaries through feminist epistemologies.
Erica Zeglio, AssISTANT Professor of Materials Chemistry
SUCCeSS Board member, Member of the SUCCeSS Core group 2025
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 STUDENT
SUCCeSS Travel grantee
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
Francisco Nascimento, Associate Professor of Marine Ecotoxicology
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
Hanna boström, Assistant Professor
Crystal engineering and structure-property relationships in inorganic materials.
hanna.bostrom@su.se
Research area: Materials chemistry
Henrik Hupatz, CIRCULAB
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, toxicology
Honghong Li, Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC) and JSPS fellow, Researcher
SUCCeSS Travel grantee
Data-driven and AI-assisted interdisciplinary research on biodiversity and human health across scales.
honghong.li@su.se
+46 (0) 765890615
Research areas: Environmental Health, One Health, Planetary Health, Evidence Synthesis and Sustainability Science
Hongrun Chen, PhD student
SUCCeSS Travel grantee
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
Ioannis Mylonas Margaritis, WISE Postdoctoral Researcher
SUCCeSS Travel grantee
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
JAVIER GARCIA-MARTINEZ, PROFESSOR OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY AT UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE, SPAIN
SUCCeSS International network
Advancing Sustainable Chemistry through Next-Generation Nanostructured Catalysts.
Research areas: Circular and sustainable processing, Biomass, Materials chemistry
Jiayin Yuan, Professor of Materials Chemistry
Development and application of polymeric and carbonaceous materials in a chemical approach to address sustainability challenges in the energy and environmental areas, in particular in carbon capture and utilization, and clean water management.
jiayin.yuan@su.se
Phone:+ 46 (0) 816 23 91
Research areas: Materials chemistry
Joeselle Serrana, Postdoc
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
John warner, CTO and CEO, Technology Greenhouse, USA
SUCCeSS Senior Advisor
Distinguished Professor of Green Chemistry, Monash University, Australia.
John@TheTGH.com
Research areas: Circular and sustainable processing, Data-driven circular and sustainable chemistry, Circular and safe food and water systems, Biomass, Circular economy, Materials chemistry, Organic chemistry
JonATHAN 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
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
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
Line Gordon, Professor of Sustainability Science
SUCCeSS Vice Chair
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
Linnea Cederholm, RESEARCHER
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
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
MAlte 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
Margeret Kerr, Director of Education, Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, Yale University, USA
SUCCeSS International network
Environmental analytical chemistry, microbiology, biogeochemistry, hydrology and scientific modelling.
+1-508-410-9812
Research areas: Green and Sustainable Chemistry Curriculum Development and Online Education Programming
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
Matthew Robb, Postdoc
SUCCeSS Travel grantee
Exploration of coordination compounds for solid-state cooling devices.
Research areas: Barocaloric materials and spin crossover
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
Mika Sipponen, AssocIATE 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
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
Paul Anastas, Director, Moore Foundation USA
SUCCeSS Senior Advisor
Professor, Yale University, Green Chemistry
Research areas: Circular and sustainable processing, Data-driven circular and sustainable chemistry, Circular and safe food and water systems, Biomass, Circular economy, Materials chemistry, Organic chemistry
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
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
Roja Rahmani, PhD Student
SUCCeSS Travel grantee
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
Sayad Doobary-Vobora, POSTDOC
SUCCeSS Co-ordinator and SUCCeSS Travel grantee
Organic chemistry, enabling technologies, synthetic chemistry.
sayad.doobary@su.se
+46 (0)8-162923
Research area: Organic Chemistry
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
Tanja Zimmermann, Director Empa, Switzerland
SUCCeSS International network and member of advisory board
Professor at the Department of Material Sciences ETH Zurich and School of Engineering EPFL Lausanne.
Tanja.zimmermann@empa.ch
Research areas: Biomass, Circular economy, Materials chemistry
Tiina HäyhÄ, 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
Varvara Apostolopoulou Kalkavoura, CEO, CELLUCIRCLE
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
Yasmini Portes, 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
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Last updated: 2026-09-02
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