Experience

CESAER

• Belgium
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Secretary General

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Announcement: https://www.cesaer.org/news/mattias-bjornmalm-appointed-secretary-general-of-cesaer-1292/

• Deputy Secretary General

  • Dec 2021 - Dec 2022

  Announcement: https://www.cesaer.org/news/mattias-bjornmalm-appointed-deputy-secretary-general-1046/

• Senior Advisor for Research & Innovation

  • Mar 2021 - Dec 2021

• Advisor for Research & Innovation

  • Aug 2019 - Mar 2021

  (Salaried full-time position) CESAER is the strong and united voice of universities of science and technology in Europe. https://www.cesaer.org/



World Economic Forum

• Switzerland
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Invited Member, Science/Technology & Policy, WEF Expert Network

  • 2018 - Present

  (Invited unpaid position) Member of the World Economic Forum Expert Network. Details: https://www.weforum.org/communities/expert-network (Invited unpaid position) Member of the World Economic Forum Expert Network. Details: https://www.weforum.org/communities/expert-network



Bionics Institute

• Australia
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Honorary Research Fellow

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  (Invited unpaid position) Honorary Research Fellow, Bionics Institute. http://www.bionicsinstitute.org/ (Invited unpaid position) Honorary Research Fellow, Bionics Institute. http://www.bionicsinstitute.org/



Marie Curie Alumni Association

• Belgium
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice-Chair, Policy

  • Dec 2017 - Jul 2020

  Vice-Chair of the Policy Working Group of the EU-supported Marie Curie Alumni Association (16,500+ members). https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/groups/policy Vice-Chair of the Policy Working Group of the EU-supported Marie Curie Alumni Association (16,500+ members). https://www.mariecuriealumni.eu/groups/policy



Angle Journal

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Editor, Science & Policy

  • Aug 2017 - Apr 2020

  Editor at the science and policy journal Angle. https://anglejournal.com Editor at the science and policy journal Angle. https://anglejournal.com



Imperial College London

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Fellow

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

  Research Fellow (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship) in the Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London. Mentor: Prof. Molly M. Stevens. http://www.stevensgroup.org/ Research Fellow (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship) in the Department of Materials, Department of Bioengineering and the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London. Mentor: Prof. Molly M. Stevens. http://www.stevensgroup.org/



University of Melbourne

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Honorary Fellow

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

  Honorary Fellow, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Melbourne. http://www.eng.unimelb.edu.au/

• Postdoctoral Researcher

  • May 2016 - Jul 2017

  Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Research supervisor: Prof. Frank Caruso. http://chemeng.unimelb.edu.au/nano/

• PhD Student

  • Jan 2013 - May 2016

  PhD student at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Supervisor: Prof. Frank Caruso. http://chemeng.unimelb.edu.au/nano/



CBNS: ARC Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology

• Australia
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2019

  Member, Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology. https://www.cbns.org.au/ Member, Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Convergent Bio-Nano Science and Technology. https://www.cbns.org.au/



School of Biotechnology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology

• Lab Engineer

  • Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

  Design, development and evaluation of antibody-like molecules and associated strategies and methods including combinatorial protein engineering, cell display and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS).

• Master's Thesis

  • Jan 2012 - Jun 2012

  "Affinity maturation of cancer-targeting albumin-binding domains through bacterial display" Supervisors: Dr Mikael Åstrand, Dr Johan Nilvebrant and Prof Sophia Hober, Department of Proteomics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.



Department of Immunotechnology, Lund University

• Research Project in Immunotechnology

  • Oct 2011 - Jan 2012

  "Hypoallergenicity of recombinant allergens and activation of human basophils from allergic and rIgE-sensitized non-allergic donors" Supervisors: Dr Frida Rydnert and Prof Malin Lindstedt, Department of Immunotechnology, Lund University, Sweden. "Hypoallergenicity of recombinant allergens and activation of human basophils from allergic and rIgE-sensitized non-allergic donors" Supervisors: Dr Frida Rydnert and Prof Malin Lindstedt, Department of Immunotechnology, Lund University, Sweden.



Department of Physics, Lund University

• Research Project in Microfluidics

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Scholarship awarded by the Department of Physics for research on "Synthesis of cell analogs through stop-flow lithography". Supervisor: Prof Jonas Tegenfeldt, Department of Physics, Lund University, Sweden.

• Research Project in Experimental Biophysics

  • Apr 2011 - Jun 2011

  "Separation of Escherichia coli from blood through deterministic lateral displacement" Supervisor: Dr Jason Beech, Department of Physics, Lund University, Sweden.



Neuronano Research Center (NRC), Lund University

• Research Project at the Neuronano Research Center

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Scholarship awarded by the Faculty of Medicine for a project at the NRC developing and evaluating neural probes and associated methods. Info: http://www.med.lu.se/nrc Supervisor: Prof Lars Wallman, Department of Measurement Technology and Industrial Electrical Engineering, Lund University, Sweden.

• Research Project in Aerosol Technology

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2010

  "Evaluation of a novel deposition technique of aerosol particles on liquid surfaces and their fate upon deposition in water and lung serum" Undergraduate level. Supervisor: Dr Joakim Pagels, Department of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology, Lund University, Sweden.