Nanomaterials, cutaneous drug delivery, amphiphilic peptide therapeutics

PRESENT  EMPLOYMENTS

2016- University of Copenhagen (Professor in Biopharmaceuticals, Biophysics and Drug Delivery), Director, LEO Foundation Center for Cutaneous Drug Delivery

2019-  University of Lund (Guest Professor in Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry)

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENTS

2003-2016 Uppsala University (Professor in Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry), Chairman, Department of Pharmacy 2005-2008, 2011-2016

1998-2003 YKI, Institute for Surface Chemistry AB (Managing Director/CEO)

2000-2003 Royal Institute of Technology (Adjunct Professor in Surface Chemistry)

1993-1998 Institute for Surface Chemistry, Pharmaceuticals and Food Section (Section Manager, Deputy Section Manager, Senior Scientist)

1992-93 Astra Arcus AB (Research Scientist)           

ASSIGNMENTS    

2016-2018  Member of the Board of Canthera AB

2009-2014  Member of the Board of XImmune AB

2006-2012 Member of the Board of YKI, Institute for Surface Chemistry AB

2004-2010  Member of the Board of DermaGen AB

2013-2017 Member of the Advisory Board of BIO-X

2010-2011  Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Pergamum AB

2002-2004 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of LipoCore Holding AB

2007-2011 Chairman, Biofilms-Research Centre for Biointerfaces, Malmö University 

2001-2003 Member of the Board of IRIS-Industrial Research Institutes in Sweden

1998-2003 Member of the Board of the Centre for Surfactants Based on Natural Products 

2014-  Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (IF=9.9;>15,000 ms/yr)

2003-2014  Editor for the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

2008-  Section Editor for Current Opinion in Colloid and Interface Chemistry (IF=8.9)

2019- Member of the Editorial Board of Colloids and Surfaces A

2014- Member of the Editorial Board of Colloids and Interface Science Communications

1998- Member of the Editorial Board of the Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science

2005-2020  Guest Professor, Institute of Physiology, Charité University, Berlin.

COMPANIES FOUNDED

2016     Canthera AB

2009     XImmune AB

2004     DermaGen AB

PATENTS        16 families 

PUBLICATIONS

Papers:   >310 scientific publications, review articles and book chapters (>20,000 citations; h=76).

Books:  Three books authored/edited.

HONOURS AND AWARDS

2023 Member of the European Academy of Sciences (EurASc)

2022 Member of the Royal Physiographic Society

2021 Member of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV)

2020 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA; Nobel Prize-awarding Academy)

2010  Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) Chairman, Chemical Engineering 2018-

1999 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Cchem FRSC)

2018  D.O. Shah Lecture

2012  Nordblad-Ekstrand Medal

2002  ACS Langmuir Lecture Award

1993   Nordic Surface Chemistry Prize 

ACADEMIC  DEGREES    

1995  Docent (Associate Professor), Physical Chemistry, University of Lund

1992 PhD, Physical Chemistry, University of Lund

1987 BSc, University of Lund 

Martin Malmsten is professor at the University of Copenhagen and founding Director of the LEO Foundation Center for Cutaneous Drug Delivery. Previously, he was professor and Head of Department at Uppsala University, and before that CEO of YKI, Institute for Surface Chemistry AB. His current research interests include antimicrobial nanomaterials and nanomaterials for drug delivery, amphiphilic peptide therapeutics, and cutaneous drug delivery. In addition to his academic work, Malmsten is active within research translation, being co-inventor on 16 patent and patent application families, as well as co-founder for three start-ups. Malmsten has received numerous research awards, including the ACS Langmuir Lecture Award and the Nordblad-Ekstrand Medal. He is elected Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Nobel Prize-awarding academy), the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (Chairman of Chemical Engineering 2018-20), the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences, and the European Academy of Sciences. In addition, Malmsten is Fellow of the Royal Physiographic Society, Fellow of the Royal Chemical Society, and guest professor at Lund University. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, one of the leading journals within colloid and interface science, with an impact factor of 9.9 and over 15,000 manuscript submissions per year.