Who we are

Josefina Nilsson

Dr. Josefina Nilsson holds a Ph.D. in biophysics and structural biology from the Karolinska Institute. With over 20 years of experience in the field of TEM, she founded QuTEM and has served as its CEO since the company's creation.

Rickard Nordström

Rickard Nordström, cofounder and COO of QuTEM, holds an M.Sc. in Molecular Cell Biology and did his Ph.D. studies at the Karolinska Institute. He is an experienced respondent to Good Manufacturing Practice audits and authority inspections. For 12 years, he has successfully been building the organization and leading development for Vironova and QuTEM.

Jingyi Zhang

Jingyi Zhang is the Chief Financial Officer at QuTEM, leading financial strategies and growth plans. She brings extensive expertise in FP&A (financial planning and analysis), fundraising, M&A, risk management, investor relations, and business development. Jingyi holds a Master’s degree in Economics and the CFA Certificate in ESG Investing.

Annika Borg Krantz

Annika Borg Krantz is the HR Manager at QuTEM making fundamental contributions to the organization's culture, strategic and operational work in the personnel area based on the company's business goals. She is responsible for coordinating all administrative activities related to QuTEM´s personnel. She has long and deep experience in the Human Resources area within different sectors.

Beata Hadavand

Beata Hadavand, Head of Business Development at QuTEM, has a decade of experience driving sales growth in advanced electron microscopy services and nanoparticle characterization solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. With an M.Sc. in Molecular Cell Biology and success at Vironova in sales and business development, she bridges scientific innovation with market needs. At QuTEM, she formulates strategies to expand market presence, identify opportunities, and deliver customer-centric solutions, positioning QuTEM as a leader in electron microscopy biotechnology.

Johan Härmark

Johan Härmark, Quality Control Manager at QuTEM, ensures testing activities adhere to GMP standards, guaranteeing reliable and traceable documentation and data. Johan brings expertise and precision to his role, delivering trustworthy results to customers. PhD in Structural Biotechnology from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Lin Zhu

Lin Zhu, Quality Control Manager at QuTEM, oversees testing activities in the QC laboratory and ensures them adhere to GMP standards. He brings expertise and precision to his role and ensures consistent delivery of trustworthy results to customers. He earned his PhD in Structural Biotechnology from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

Qiong Wu

Qiong Wu is Head of Marketing at QuTEM. She is focusing on coordinating marketing activities as well as engaging with customers through support of the sales process. She formerly worked as a senior scientist in electron microscopy and has a background in material sciences and obtained her PhD from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

Frida Taxén

Frida Taxén is a Business Coordinator at QuTEM. She collaborates effectively with cross-functional teams at QuTEM to ensure projects are executed with precision and excellence. With extensive experience in administration and project management within the Med Tech and Life Sciences sectors, she brings knowledge and a keen eye for detail.

Josefin Yngve

Josefin Yngve is Quality Director at QuTEM and head of the Quality Assurance team. Her job is to ensure GMP compliance and assess that operations are performed according to relevant regulatory requirements, together with the rest of the team. She has a long experience from different positions within quality in pharmaceutical companies. She has a Masters degree in molecular biology from Stockholm University.

Pelin Loraux

Pelin Loraux is a QA manager. Her work is to ensure GMP compliance of the operations according to regulatory requirements. She has a background in materials science with an expertise in characterization of materials including electron microscopy. She earned her PhD from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland.

Carin Borgvall

Carin Borgvall is a Senior QA Manager responsible for ensuring GMP compliance of the operations according to regulatory requirements. Carin holds a M.Sc. in Biochemistry and has over 20 years of experience from the pharmaceutical industry, from positions in multiple areas of biopharmaceutical R&D, production, quality control and quality assurance.

Mathieu Colomb-Delsuc

Mathieu Colomb-Delsuc works as a Senior Scientist in electron microscopy, focusing in imaging, image analysis and method development. He has a background in organic chemistry, and performed a PhD in systems chemistry at the University of Groningen, Netherlands under the supervision of Prof. Sijbren Otto.

Mehedi Reza

Mehedi works as a Senior Scientist in electron microscopy. He is the responsible person of the Method Validation functional unit at QuTEM. Mehedi has been active in the field of Transmission Electron Microscopy of soft and liquid materails since 2012. Mehedi has performed a PhD in Engineering Physics at Aalto University, Finland.

Kara Poon

Kara Poon is a Senior Scientist in electron microscopy and helps our clients to find suitable characterization analysis solutions. She has a background in materials science and biomedical engineering, with expertise in materials characterization including electron microscopy. She earned her PhD from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Taeyang Jung

Taeyang Jung is a Senior Scientist specializing in electron microscopy, with a focus on imaging, image analysis, and the development of new methods at QuTEM. He earned his PhD in structural biology, using X-ray crystallography, from KAIST in South Korea. Since 2014, he has expanded his expertise to include TEM at KTH in Sweden.

Thomas Bausewein

Thomas Bausewein is a Senior Scientist for electron microscopy. He is expert in imaging, image analysis and method development at QuTEM. He has a background in biophysics and biochemistry and previously did his PhD at the Max-Planck-Institute of biophysics in Germany in 2020.

Xinchen Ye

Xinchen Ye is a Senior Scientist specializing in electron microscopy. She is responsible for imaging, analysis and communication between QuTEM and clients. Xinchen has a background in material science and previously performed her PhD at KTH Ryal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

Van Nguyen Dinh

Van Nguyen-Dinh works as a Senior Scientist in electron microscopy. He has extensive hands-on experience in light microscopy and electron microscopy. He is the responsible person of the Risk Assessment for Biological and Chemical sample unit at QuTEM. He’s a veterinarian and has a background in infectious diseases. He finished PhD study in virology at Hannover Medical School, Germany in 2014.

Tingting Liao

Tingting Liao is a Senior Scientist in electron microscopy at QuTEM. She is specialized GMP compliant QC analysis of nanoparticles using transmission electron microscope and contributing to the quality management system. Her background is within microbiology and immunology. She has a PhD degree in microbiology from the University of Western Australia.

Dominique-Maurice Kehlenbeck

Dominique-Maurice Kehlenbeck is a Scientist at QuTEM. He specializes in EM imaging and analysis of therapeutic nanoparticles. Dominique-Maurice previously worked at a biotech company focusing on drug target stabilization. He completed his PhD at the University of Hamburg, Germany in collaboration with the Institute Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France.

Narges Mortezaei

Narges Mortezaei is a test lead at QuTEM, with the responsibility of coordinating overall testing activities for the release of our in-house developed software and coordinates validation and implementation activities of the released software for electron microscopy services. She earned her Ph.D. in the field of Biological Physics from Umeå University.

Jael Sürer

Jael Surer is a Laboratory technician at QuTEM in Stockholm. She performs maintenance of the QuTEM laboratory and laboratory equipment. Likewise, working with Environment, Health, and Safety (EHS) issues related to the EM laboratory.

Jan Fulin

Jan Fulin is a Senior Software Developer, developing image analysis software and algorithms/networks for particle segmentation. Previously, he co-founded a company focused on software for interactive 3D, and another company working on image forgery detection. Jan holds a bachelor’s degree in physics and has additionally studied computer science.

Mats Uppström

Mats Uppström, Head of Software Development and Senior Developer, leads the development of computerized systems and solutions supporting QuTEMs analysis services. He is experienced in image analysis, hardware integration and systems design. Mats holds a Master's degree in Computer Science (Robotics and Autonomous Systems) from KTH, Sweden.

Emil Jansson

Emil Jansson is a system administrator at QuTEM in Stockholm. He maintains and executes changes to IT infrastructure within QuTEM. This includes regularly checking IT systems for potential problems, solving problems that occur, performing investigations for changes of the IT infrastructure and executing the changes.

Daniel Guber

Daniel Guber is a Business Development Manager at QuTEM in Stockholm. He has background spanning biotech entrepreneurship, venture capital, and healthcare investment banking. Previously, Daniel contributed to the formulation of liposomal and LNP-based therapeutics. He holds an MMedSc in Bioentrepreneurship from Karolinska Institutet and a BSc in Engineering from IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems.

Sandra Kazemi

Sandra Kazemi is Business Development Manager at QuTEM. She focuses on supporting clients with tailored analytical solutions and expanding strategic partnerships across the life science sector. With over 12 years of experience in clinical diagnostics, research, and production, she brings deep technical expertise and a strong commercial mindset. Sandra holds a Master’s degree in Biotechnology and has a background in both sales and technical support, particularly within NGS technologies.

Burak Korucu

Burak Korucu is a Test Automation Engineer at QuTEM. He is an ISTQB-certified tester with solid hands-on experience in creating test automation frameworks, strategies, and plans. He is responsible for ensuring software quality at QuTEM. Burak Korucu previously worked at a biotech company focusing on 3D bioprinters and technologies in Sweden.