Group
Principal investigator
Pétur Orri Heiðarsson, PhD
Associate professor
PhD Biophysics, University of Copenhagen; BSc/MSc Biochemistry, University of Iceland.
Postdoctoral researchers
Kateryna Nitsenko, PhD
Postdoctoral researcher
PhD Biophysics, University of Paris; MSc Nanophysics, University of Strasbourg; BSc Physics, National University of Kiev.
Kristinn Ragnar Óskarsson, PhD
Postdoc/specialist
BSc/MSc/PhD Biochemistry, University of Iceland.
PhD students
Andrea Guala
BSc Biotechnology/MSc Molecular biotechnology, University of Turin.
Mahtab Hafizi Yazdabadi, MSc
BSc Cellular and Molecular Biology/MSc Biochemistry, Shiraz University.
Sigríður Stefanía Hlynsdóttir, MSc
BSc Biochemistry/MSc Medical Life Sciences, University of Iceland.
Sveinn Bjarnason, MSc
BSc/MSc Biochemistry, University of Iceland.
MSc students
Kjartan Skarphéðinsson, BSc
BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iceland.
Kinga Sofia Demény, BSc
BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iceland.
Matthías Már Valdimarsson, BSc
BSc Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Iceland.
BSc students
Elísa Sól Oddgeirsdóttir
Bachelor’s student at the University of Iceland
Ester Borgarsdóttir
Bachelor’s student at the University of Iceland
Magnús Arnar Rúnarsson
Bachelor’s student at the University of Iceland
Mariya Petrova Monova
Bachelor’s student at the University of Iceland
Research assistants
Former lab members
Hanna Bjerring Kastrup – BSc project student at the University of Copenhagen, Autumn 2022
Laura Hamann – BSc project student at the University of Copenhagen, Autumn 2022
Dagur Þórarinsson – Bsc project and summer student 2021-2022
Atli Freyr Marteinsson – Research assistant, 2021-2022
Sarah Frederiksen Ruidiaz – Research assistant, 2020-2021
Hrafnhildur Una Þórðardóttir– BSc project student, Autumn 2020
Einar Halldórsson– BSc project student, spring 2020
Dagur Fróði Kristjánsson– BSc project and summer student, 2020