Principal Investigator

2024 – Current

2024 – Current

2019 – 2024

2015 – 2019

2013 – 2015

2014 – 2015

2013

2008

2005

Associate professor, University of Copenhagen

Professor, University of Iceland

Associate Professor, University of Iceland

Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Zürich

Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Copenhagen

Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Cambridge

Ph.D. Biophysics, University of Copenhagen

M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Iceland

B.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Iceland

Pétur Heidarsson received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Biochemistry at the University of Iceland, where he studied the link between enzyme kinetics and flexibility. In 2008 he joined Prof. Birthe Kragelund at the Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory for Ph.D studies where he used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and single-molecule optical tweezers to study the protein folding problem. Pétur then studied misfolding and chaperone action in a collaborative project between the University of Cambridge (Prof. Jane Clarke) and the University of Copenhagen. Subsequently, he worked on understanding intrinsically disordered protein complexes with single-molecule spectroscopy, at the lab of Prof. Ben Schuler, University of Zurich. In 2019, Pétur joined the Department of Biochemistry, University of Iceland, as Associate Professor of Biochemistry and was promoted to full Professor in 2024. In 2024, Pétur joined the Section for Biomolecular Sciences at the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), as Associate professor of Biochemistry.  At UCPH, Pétur is affiliated with the Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory (SBiNLab) and the NNF Challenge Centre REPIN, which is dedicated to rethinking protein interactions in the framework of molecular disorder.

Selected awards, fellowships, distinctions, and grants

2024

2023

2021

2021

2019

2016

2015

2015

2014

2014

2013

2009

Annual Innovation and Leadership award, University of Iceland

Icelandic Research Fund Board member

Biomedical Center Board member

ERC Starting Grant

Sten and Ingrid Ahrlands Prize

Novo Nordisk Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Abroad

Carlsberg Foundation Internationalisation Fellowship

Lundbeck Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

EMBO Short-term Fellowship

Carlsberg Foundation Danish Young NMR Researcher Prize

Lundbeck Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

PhD Fellowship, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen