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Kristina Jonas
Assistant Professor at Stockholm University & SciLifeLab Fellow
Academic positions and education
Since 07/2016 Assistant Professor (tenure-track), Department of Molecular Biosciences,
the Wenner-Gren Institute (MBW), Stockholm University, Sweden
Since 07/2016 SciLifeLab Fellow, Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab), Stockholm,
Sweden
2013–2016
Independent Research Group Leader, LOEWE Center for Synthetic
Microbiology (SYNMIKRO), University of Marburg, Germany
2009–2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, USA
04/2009
PhD in Infection Biology, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell
Biology, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
07/2004
Diploma in Biology, University of Tübingen, Germany
07/2004
Magisterexamen in Biology (MSc), Uppsala University, Sweden
Other professional activities
2004–2005
Science journalist at DIE WELT and National Geographic Deutschland
Research funding
2017–2021
Grant for Future Research Leaders from the Swedish Foundation for
Strategic Research (SSF)
2017–2020
Starting grant from the Swedish Research Council (VR)
2016–2020
Start-up funding from the SciLifeLab and Stockholm University
2015
DFG individual grant, JO 925/2-1 (declined)
2013–2017
Start-up funding from the excellence program LOEWE of the state Hessen
and the University of Marburg
2010
DFG postdoctoral fellowship, JO 925/1-1
2010
DAAD postdoctoral fellowship (declined)
Since 2006
Travel grants from: Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds, ASM, EMBO, ESF, EMBL,
Karolinska Institute, Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control
2005
Marie Curie Early Stage Training Fellowship from the EU
2003
DAAD student fellowship for completion of the degree project
2001
DAAD one-year student fellowship
Honors and awards
2014
Invited participant, 19th German-American Frontiers of Science Symposium,
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2011
Selected into Fast Track, an excellence and leadership training program for
outstanding women in science, Robert Bosch Foundation
2008
Poster award, Scandinavian SPM Meeting, Stockholm
2007
Poster award, MTC Annual Talks, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm