Principal Investigator
2019 – Current
2015 – 2019
2013 – 2015
2013
2008
2005
Associate Professor, University of Iceland
Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Zürich
Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Cambridge/Univerisity of Copenhagen
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 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. Pétur is also affiliated with the REPIN Centre at the University of Copenhagen, which is dedicated to rethinking protein interactions in the framework of molecular disorder, and is an executive board member of the Biomedical Center, University of Iceland.
Selected awards, fellowships, distinctions, and grants
2023
2021
2021
2019
2016
2015
2015
2014
2014
2013
2009
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