Peter has published more than 50 peer-reviewed articles in the areas of polymer chemistry, organic chemistry, and biopolymer chemistry. He is the recipient of the WWSC Strategic Recruitment Package (2024), Olle-Engkvist Foundation (2024), Åforsk Foundation (2022), Carl Tryggers Foundation (2021), and FORMAS starting grant (2020). Peter is a PI within the Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC).
Peter Olsén received his master’s in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden in 2010. Later the same year, he started his Ph.D. in Prof. Ann-Christine Albertson's group at KTH, focusing on synthetic aspects of polymer science, namely, polymerization catalysis, functional monomer synthesis, click-chemistry, controlled polymerization, new polymer synthetic concepts for multi-block copolymers, and thermoplastic elastomers. In June 2015, Peter received his Ph.D. in polymer chemistry and continued to work in the same group for nine months.
In 2016, Peter joined Prof. Björn Åkermark’s group in the Department of Organic Chemistry at Stockholms University (SU) as a postdoctoral researcher. During this period, he worked in two distinctly different areas: water oxidation catalysis and total synthesis of proteins. A specific problem he worked on was the synthesis of orthogonal cleavage linkers for protein ligation. To solve this, he developed a new pathway for the selective synthesis of functional carbamates in water, using green and functional five-membered carbonates as a novel “alloc-like” protection group.
2018, Peter returned to KTH and joined Prof. Lars A. Berglund in biocomposites research. Peters's research focused on the chemical modification of biopolymers, both under homogenous and heterogeneous conditions. He developed several concepts relating to the chemical modification of biopolymers. Examples include the controlled synthesis of functional star-copolymers from lignin and the importance of reaction system design during the chemical modification of fibers. 2020 Peter established his research group at KTH and later earned his docenture in 2022 in polymer chemistry.
In 2024, Peter's group moved to the Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE) at Linköping University (LiU), and Peter started a position as an assistant professor—his research group focuses on Green Synthetic Chemistry Methodology Development for Functional and Sustainable Biobased Polymeric Materials.
Peter Olsén received his master’s in chemical engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden in 2010. Later the same year, he started his Ph.D. in Prof. Ann-Christine Albertson's group at KTH, focusing on synthetic aspects of polymer science, namely, polymerization catalysis, functional monomer synthesis, click-chemistry, controlled polymerization, new polymer synthetic concepts for multi-block copolymers, and thermoplastic elastomers. In June 2015, Peter received his Ph.D. in polymer chemistry and continued to work in the same group for nine months.
In 2016, Peter joined Prof. Björn Åkermark’s group in the Department of Organic Chemistry at Stockholms University (SU) as a postdoctoral researcher. During this period, he worked in two distinctly different areas: water oxidation catalysis and total synthesis of proteins. A specific problem he worked on was the synthesis of orthogonal cleavage linkers for protein ligation. To solve this, he developed a new pathway for the selective synthesis of functional carbamates in water, using green and functional five-membered carbonates as a novel “alloc-like” protection group.
2018, Peter returned to KTH and joined Prof. Lars A. Berglund in biocomposites research. Peters's research focused on the chemical modification of biopolymers, both under homogenous and heterogeneous conditions. He developed several concepts relating to the chemical modification of biopolymers. Examples include the controlled synthesis of functional star-copolymers from lignin and the importance of reaction system design during the chemical modification of fibers. 2020 Peter established his research group at KTH and later earned his docenture in 2022 in polymer chemistry.
In 2024, Peter's group moved to the Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE) at Linköping University (LiU), and Peter started a position as an assistant professor—his research group focuses on Green Synthetic Chemistry Methodology Development for Functional and Sustainable Biobased Polymeric Materials.
