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2019 – 2024<\/p>

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Ph.D. Biophysics, University of Copenhagen<\/p>

M.Sc. Biochemistry, University of Iceland<\/p>

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P\u00e9tur Hei\u00f0arsson 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 University of Copenhagen for PhD studies, where he used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and single-molecule optical tweezers to study the protein folding problem. P\u00e9tur 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. His work in Zurich led to paradigm-shifting discoveries on how proteins interact and revealed new mechanisms by which disordered proteins regulate access to genetic material. In 2019, P\u00e9tur joined the Department of Biochemistry, University of Iceland, as Associate Professor of Biochemistry and was promoted to full Professor in 2024. In 2024, P\u00e9tur joined the Section for Biomolecular Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, as Associate professor of Biochemistry.  In Copenhagen, P\u00e9tur is affiliated with the Structural Biology and NMR Laboratory, and the NNF Challenge Centre REPIN, which is dedicated to rethinking protein interactions in the framework of molecular disorder. His research group investigates the key proteins and crucial molecular events that lead to reprogramming of cell identity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lundbeck Foundation Ascending Investigator<\/p>

Annual Innovation and Leadership award, University of Iceland<\/span><\/p>

Icelandic Research Fund Board member<\/span><\/p>

Biomedical Center Board member<\/p>

ERC Starting Grant<\/p>

Sten and Ingrid Ahrlands Prize<\/p>

Novo Nordisk Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Abroad<\/p>

Carlsberg Foundation Internationalisation Fellowship<\/p>

Lundbeck Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship<\/p>

EMBO Short-term Fellowship<\/p>

Carlsberg Foundation Danish Young NMR Researcher Prize<\/p>

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