Meet our teachers
Interviews with the researchers who teach on our courses.
Hanna Johannesson
![Hanna Johannesson kneeling down with a small dog in her arms.](/polopoly_fs/1.750268!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_690/image.jpg)
Hanna Johannesson is Professor Bergianus, the tenth in order since 1791. Hanna specializes in fungi and researches their reproduction and evolution. She is particularly interested in how variation is created and inherited in natural populations and therefore studies witch rings of carnation. She has also developed BIG's first course on fungi, the orientation course Biology of Fungi 7.5 credits. Hanna is employed at DEEP.
Claes Andréasson
![Claes kneeling infront of a workbench with full laboratory set up.](/polopoly_fs/1.749267!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_690/image.jpg)
Jag gillar att strukturera komplicerat material och hjälpa andra att förstå det, säger Claes Andréasson, som är lektor på MBW.
Gitte Petersen
![Gitte Petersen sitter med kamera och tittar ut över fjälllandskap.](/polopoly_fs/1.749258!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_690/image.jpg)
Gitte Petersen is a senior lecturer at DEEP. The following interview with Gitte was conducted in February 2019 and updated in February 2024.
Mikael Carlsson
![Mikael Carlsson standing infront of the sea.](/polopoly_fs/1.749255!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_690/image.jpg)
Mikael Carlsson is a researcher at the Department of Zoology. The following interview with Mikael was conducted in May 2017 and updated in January 2024.
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Niclas Kolm
![A man in a t-shirt and shorts stands on a rock on top of a hill, with a green view.](/polopoly_fs/1.713335!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_690/image.jpg)
Niclas Kolm is a professor at the Department of Zoology. The following interview with Niclas was conducted in January 2021 and updated in January 2024.
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Emily Baird
![Emily looking at bumblebees at a glass feeder.](/polopoly_fs/1.749263!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/box_690/image.jpg)
Emily Baird är universitetslektor på Zoologiska institutionen. Följande intervju med Emily gjordes i september 2018 och uppdaterades i januari 2024.
Niklas Janz
![Man in blue jacket in front of green trees.](/polopoly_fs/1.709232!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_690/image.jpg)
Niklas Janz is a zooecologist and professor at the Department of Zoology. He is also director of studies at Zootis, program manager for the Master's program Ecology and Biodiversity and a valued teacher.
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Sabrina Büttner
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Sabrina Büttner has been employed at the Department of Molecular Biosciences (MBW) since 2015. Sabrina teaches molecular cell biology and researches cell aging.
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John Fitzpatrick
![Portait of smiling man in blue sweater in front of a lake](/polopoly_fs/1.618525!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_690/image.jpg)
John Fitzpatrick is an associate professor of ethology at the Department of Zoology. In June 2022, he was awarded Stockholm University's pedagogical prize Teacher of the Year. The following interview was done in January 2016 when he was relatively new at Stockholm University.
Sara Rydberg
![Portrait image of woman with updo hair and white blouse with vegetation in the background.](/polopoly_fs/1.652062!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_690/image.jpg)
Sara Rydberg is director of studies at the Institute for Ecology, Environment and Botany. Sara teaches plant physiology and researches algal toxins.
Last updated: July 16, 2024
Source: Department of biology education