After working in Europe for 35 years, Mikael Oliveberg, a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) and a judge of the Nobel Prize for chemistry, has taken a full-time position at the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University in China.
Oliveberg has left Stockholm University after nearly two decades as a tenured professor with its Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics.
He was welcomed to his new post by Li Lang, Guangxi Medical University’s vice-president, at a signing ceremony on December 16.
The university described him as a “high-end talent” who would be working with the university’s team researching thalassemia, a type of blood disorder.
Addressing the ceremony, Oliveberg expressed his dedication to academic research and confidence in the collaboration with Guangxi Medical University, according to an article on its official website.
Oliveberg has been a visiting professor at the university since 2023 but has now been appointed to a full-time position, according to the university.
