Short presentation

Morten Meldal was rewarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022. 

• Morten Meldal is a professor at the University of Copenhagen and head of the Center of Evolutionary Chemical Biology.
• He has served as the Deputy Head of Department for Education (VILU) at UCPH's Department of Chemistry.
• He has a unique influence on methods used in peptide and combinatorial chemistry. His specialties span combinatorial chemistry, click chemistry, polymer chemistry, organic synthesis, automation in synthesis, artificial receptors and enzymes, nano assays, biomolecular recognition, enzyme activity, cellular assays, molecular immunology, nano scale MS and NMR, encoding.
• He founded the Society of Combinatorial Sciences, of which he is also president.
• He has published more than 300 publications and holds 21 patents.
• He is also the company founder and CSO of Betamab, a company that conducts biotechnology and pharmacological research, diagnostics and pharmaceutical development.
  
  

CV

University Education:

Positions/Affiliations:

• 2019 - 2020    Vice-Institute Director of Teaching, Department of Chemistry University of Copenhagen (UCPH)
• 2013 - 2018    Center Director, Center of Evolutionary Chemical Biology, UCPH
• 2011 -             Professor in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, UCPH
• 1988 - 2011    Professor & Director, SPOCC Centre, Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 1996 - 2007    Ajunct Professor at DTU and at University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Copenhagen.
• 1986 - 1988    Postdoc H. C. Ørsted Institute, UCPH
• 1985 - 1986    Postdoc, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England (Robert C. Sheppard)
• 1983 - 1985    Postdoc Technical University of Denmark

Selected recognitions and Awards:

• 2022    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022
• 2019    Top 3 candidate for the Nobel prize 2019
• 2011    Vincent du Vigneaud Award, American Peptide Society
• 2009    Ralph F. Hirschmann Award, American Chemical Society
• 1997    Bjerrum-Brønsted-Lang lecture in Danish Royal Society of Science and Letters
• 1996    Niels Bjerrum Gold Medal in Chemistry, Denmark
• 1996    The Leonidas Zervas Award, European Peptide Society
• 1996    NKT-Award, Danish Society of Chemistry
• 1995    Mitzutani Foundation Award, Japan
• 1990    Danish Chemistry Award, Danish Society of Chemistry
• 1988    Kirstine Meyers Award, Kirstine Meyers Foundation, Denmark

Large research awards:

• 2013    Research Award from Applied Biomimetic / HT
• 2013    Research Award from University of Copenhagen
• 2012    Research Award from Lundbeck Foundation
• 2012    Research Award from Novonordisk/HT
• 2007    Research Award from the EU-CAMP Research Program
• 1997    Research Award from the Danish National Research Foundation (renewed 2002 and 4)
• 1997    Research Award from the Danish Cancer Society
• 1995    Research Award from the EU-INCO-DC program
• 1992    Research Award from the EU-Science Program

Start-up companies:

• 2000    Cofounder of Combio A/S
• 2002    Cofounder of Versamatrix A/S
• 2019    Cofounder of Betamab APS

Commission of trust:

• 2010               Chairman and Organizer of the 31'st European Peptide Symposium
• 2003               Chairman and Organizer of 2’nd Symposium of Combinatorial Sciences
• 2000 -             Elected member of The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters
• 1999 -             Chairman and Co-founder of the Society of Combinatorial Sciences
• 1992 - 2004    Board member of the European Peptide Society

Primary fields of research

• Computational chemistry
• Chemical biology
• Organic chemistry
• Polymer science
• Combinatorial chemistry
• Enzymology
• Protein chemistry
• GPCR’s
• Structural chemistry
• Immunology
• Molecular recognition
• Catalysis
• Nanomaterials.