Teresa Petersen

Teresa Neves Petersen holds a Diploma (1994) in Biochemical Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, a master degree from the University of St Andrews, Scotland, and a PhD (2000) in Biophysics from Aalborg University, Denmark. During her PhD she has carried out protein electrostatic and structure/function relationship studies, analyzed large protein structure data sets to derive sequence/structure/function insights (protein data mining), NMR studies and carried out research on the interaction between UV light and proteins. Fluorescence spectroscopy has been a key technology during her studies. During her PhD she worked at the Technical University of Lisbon (IST), University of Trondheim (Magnetic Resonance Center) in Norway, Aalborg University in Denmark, and University of Maryland (Center for Fluorescence Spectroscopy) in USA. As a postdoctoral researcher for 3 years she spent time at Aalborg University and atthe Lund Laser Center, Lund University, Sweden where she worked on ultrafast spectroscopy studies on proteins and on the effects of UV light on proteins. In September 2003 Teresa Petersen became an Associate Professor at Aalborg University. In 2004 she established the Ultrafast Biospectroscopy Laser Lab facilities at Aalborg University, a key laser facility in Europe and an associate member of LaserLab Europe. She was the co-founder and Chief Science Advisor of BioNanoPhotonics A/S from 2003-2009, a university owned company thathas developed a competitive method for the production of micro-arrays, biofunctionalized nanoparticles and surfaces coated with biomolecules. In 2011, Teresa Petersen became a Principal Investigator at INL, the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, leading the BioPhotonics group, where her work is focused on the interaction between light and biomolecules, in particular proteins, and its applications in nanomedicine. A main application is the use of light in order to develop a new photonic cancer therapy. Teresa Petersen has a keeninterest on the effect of UV light on key pharmaceutical proteins. The BioPhotonics group is part of the Nanomedicine Department.

bachelor's at Biochemical Engineering from Technical University of Lisbon (1994), master's at Biochemistry from University of St Andrews (1994) and doctorate at Biofísica from Aalborg University (2000). Has experience in Byophysics, focusing on Byophysics