Pia Lindberg

Pia Lindberg received her PhD from Uppsala University in 2003, and was a postdoctoral researcher at CEA Saclay and UC Berkeley. In 2009, she returned to Uppsala where she is now an associate professor at the Department of Chemistry - Ångström. Her research interests are in developing photosynthetic microorganisms into green cell factories for sustainable production of chemicals and fuels. Work in her group is focused on engineering cyanobacteria, redirecting the metabolism of the cells towards production of desired compounds, to generate new strains capable of converting CO₂ into useful products.