My passion for science began as a young boy. My father was completing his PhD in Catalysis and I grew up with white coats on the back of dining chairs and bottles of inert chemicals and polymer catalysts on the table. I was taught to question where things came from and how things happened. I looked for answers everywhere, particularly about how the human body works. Through my formal education and postdoctoral training, I focused on the complex nature of sensory systems and how they could be fixed. My aim is to develop neuroprotective strategies for neurodegenerative diseases by studying the neurobiology of complex diseases and developing clinically translatable therapeutic strategies.

My lab uses the eye as a model of the central nervous system to elucidate early mechanisms of neurodegeneration. We utilize modern transcriptomic and molecular tools to delicately dissect pathways pertaining to early aging and neurodegenerative disease mechanisms and to identify potential therapeutic targets which we then test and verify in animal and cell models of neurodegeneration. We collaborate with basic scientists and research clinicians to develop discoveries into targeted therapeutics in the clinic. This includes active participation and leadership in Phase II and III clinical trials as well as commercial ventures based on our discoveries.

Primary appointment:
2026 - Present: Research Lead - Neuroprotection and Repair Unit, Centre for Eye Research Australia, Melbourne, Australia

Other appointments:
2025 - Present: Ulla and Ingemar Dahlberg Professor in Vision Science, Dept. of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
2025 - Present: Honorary Professorial Fellow in Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Department of Surgery (Ophthalmology), The University of Melbourne, Australia
2021 - Present: Founder/CEO, Mim Neurosciences AB
2021 - Present: Honorary Professor, School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales, UK

Education:
BSc. (Hons) Biomedical Sciences - Neuroscience, School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Wales, UK (2009)
PhD Vision Sciences (Visual Neuroscience and Molecular Biology), School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales, UK (2012)
Docent (Neuroscience), Karolinska Institutet (2021)

Awards:
- Melbourne Research Excellence Award for Excellence in Interdisciplinary Research (Parkinson’s B-eye-omarker Team) (2025)
- ARVO Foundation/Pfizer Ophthalmics Carl Camras Translational Research Award (2023)
- Alcon Research Institute Young Investigator Award (2021)
- Axel Hirsch Prize (2021)
- 2021 Shaffer Prize for Innovation (2021)
- Swedish Ophthalmologic Society Most Promising Researcher 2020
- Excellence in Neuroscience Research award (Karolinska Institutet) (2019)
- The Barbara and Joseph Cohen Young Investigator Award (2013)