AMR-researchers at SLU

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Bacteria and antibiotic resistance

Salim Bourras, Associate Senior Lecturer at the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology.

• Area of expertise: bacteria and antibiotic resistance, antimicrobial proteins, AMR, pathobiomes, immunity.
• Contact: salim.bourras@slu.se, CV Salim Bourras. 
  

Ulf Emanuelson, Professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences.

• Area of expertise: epidemiology - risk factors, antimicrobial use, sociology/attitudes/behaviour.
• Contact: ulf.emanuelson@slu.se, CV Ulf Emanuleson. 

Ingrid Hansson, Researcher at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

• Area of expertise: resistance, global health.
• Contact: ingrid.hansson@slu.se.
  

Pilar López-Hernández, PhD-student at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment.

• Area of expertise: bacteria, HGT (Horizontal Gene Transfer), microbial ecology, genomics, evolution.
• Contact: pilar.lopez.hernandez@slu.se.
  

Ulf Magnusson, Professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences.

• Area of expertise: One Health, zoonoses, antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance in food producing animals, globally with a focus on Africa and Asia. Interventions and strategies.
• Contact: ulf.magnusson@slu.se, CV Ulf Magnusson.

Kristina Osbjer, Researcher at the Department of Clinical Sciences.

• Area of expertise: bacteria and antibiotic resistance, one health, antimicrobial use, animals, low and middle income countries, interventions.
• Contact: kristina.osbjer@slu.se, CV Kristina Osbjer.

Elisabeth Rajala, Researcher Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

• Area of expertise: bacteria and antibiotic resistance, public health, AMR in livestock farming, food security.
• Contact: elisabeth.rajala@slu.se.

Infectious diseases and infectious disease modelling

Johanna Lindahl, Researcher at the Department of Clinical Sciences.

• Area of expertise: One Health, global health, EcoHealth, planetary health, vector-borne diseases, zoonoses, neglected tropical diseases, transboundary diseases, antimicrobial resistance, sustainable livestock systems, food security, food safety.
• Contact:johanna.lindahl@slu.se

Susanna Sternberg Lewerin, Professor at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

• Area of expertise: infectious animal diseases and AMR; epidemiology, surveillance, biosecurity, disease modelling, modelling the spread of infectious agents, evaluation of control measures, public health, prevention, zoonotic, behaviour.
• Contact: susanna.sternberg-lewerin@slu.se, CV Susanna Sternberg-Lewerin.

Krista Tuominen, PhD studentat the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

• Area of expertise: LA-MRSA, disease modelling, disease control.
• Contact: krista.tuominen@slu.se, CV Krista Tuominen.

Food security

Assem Abu Hatab, Researcher at the Department of Economics.

• Area of expertise: food security, food systems, food supply chains, food safety and quality standards.
• Contact: assem.abouhatab@slu.se, CV Assem Abouhatab. 

Sofia Boqvist, Associate Professor at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

• Area of expertise: food safety, veterinary public health, zoonoses, epidemiology.
• Contact: sofia.boqvist@slu.se, CV Sofia Boqvist.

Environment

Foon Yin Lai, Associate Senior Lecturer and Docent at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment.

• Area of expertise: wastewater-based epidemiology, chemical and microbial contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), water resources and water quality, recipient aquatic environment, (waste)water reuse, advanced analytical instrumentation (LC-MS/MS, LC-QTOF-MS, LC-Orbitrap-MS).
  Contact: foonyin.lai@slu.se, CV Foon Yin Lai.

Stefan Bertilsson, Professor at the Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment.

• Area of expertise: environmental genomics, microbial ecology, single cell methods, aquatic sciences.
• Contact: stefan.bertilsson@slu.se, CV Stefan Bertilsson. 

Stefan Örn, Researcher at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health. 

• Area of expertise: sewage, surface water, aquatic organisms, pharmaceuticals.
• Contact:stefan.orn@slu.se, CV Stefan Örn. 

New drugs and drug delivery systems

Anders Broberg, Professor at the Department of Molecular Sciences.

• Area of expertise: natural products chemistry, microbial secondary metabolism, new antibiotics.
  Contact: anders.broberg@slu.se, CV-sida Anders Broberg.

Bengt Guss, Professor at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

• Area of expertise: new drugs, antibiotics and vaccines, infectious diseases, bacterial infections, animal health.
• Contact:Bengt.Guss@slu.se, CV Bengt Guss.

Vadim Kessler, Professor at the Department of Molecular Sciences.

• Area of expertise: nanotechnology, skin repair, blood interactions, mineral nanoparticles.
• Contact:vadim.kessler@slu.se, CV Vadim Kessler.

Parasites and anthelmintic resistance

Johan Höglund, Professor at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

• Area of expertise: parasites and anthelmintic resistance, nematodes, livestock, anthelmintics, diagnosis, ddPCR.
• Contact: johan.hoglund@slu.se, CV Johan Höglund.

Eva Tydén, Researcher and Docent at the Department of Biomedical Science and Veterinary Public Health.

• Area of expertise: parasites and anthelmintic resistance, anthelmintic resistance, equine parasites, mechanism of resistance, sustainable parasite monitoring programme.
• Contact: eva.tyden@slu.se, CV Eva Tydén. 

Reproductive biotechnologies

Jane Morrell, Professor at the Department of Clinical Sciences.

• Area of expertise: use of antibiotics in reproductive biotechnologies, novel antibiotics, alternatives to antibiotics, bacteria in semen, effect of antibotics in semen extenders on environment.
• Contact: jane.morrell@slu.se

Social Science

Gabriela Olmos Antillón, Researcher at the Department of Clinical Sciences.

• Area of expertise: mixed methodology, social sciences, qualitative research, animal health professionals, companion animals, food production animals.
• Contact: gabriela.olmos.antillon@slu.se, CV Gabriela Olmos.