User:Caledonia athome/Lena Gustafsson

Lena Gustafsson (born 1949) is a Swedish researcher in biotechnology. From 2010–2016, she was Vice-Chancellor and President (rector) of Umeå University.

Gustafsson recieved her BS (1972) and PhD in Microbiology (1979) from the University of Gothenburg. Her doctoral research focused on glycerol metabolism in yeast. In 1999 she became a Professor of biotechnology at Chalmers Technical University. In 2006, Gustafsson became vice general director of Vinnova and in 2010, president of Umeå University.


 * Styrelseledamot i SIS Swedish Standards Institute
 * 2007– Member av Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), division X (Biotechnology) and later president of the society (2011)
 * 2007– Styrelseledamot i Swedish National Space Agency
 * Styrelseledamot i Nordiskt Innovationscenter (NICe)
 * 2010– Styrelseledamot i European Spallation Source (ESS)