Speakers

Peep Palumaa
(Professor, Tallinn University of Technology)

Address: Department of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 15, 12618 Tallinn, ESTONIA
Tel: (+372) 620 4410; GSM (+372) 5025559; E-mail: peep.palumaa@ttu.ee

Education, Academic Degrees: 1986 Ph.D. Institute of Chemistry, Estonian Academy of Sciences; 1982 Diploma Cum laude (Bioorganic Chemistry), University of Tartu

Employment: 2002 - present Professor of genomics and proteomics, Institute of Gene Technology, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
2001 - 2002 Senior Research Scientist, Center of Gene Technology, Tallinn Technical University, Estonia
1999 - 2001 Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Basic and Applied Chemistry, Tallinn Technical University, Estonia
1993 - 1999 Professor of Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu, Estonia
1992 - 1993 Senior Research Scientist, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Tartu, Estonia
1989 - 1992 Postdoctoral Fellow / Assistant / Senior Assistant, Institute of Biochemistry, Univesity of Zurich, Switzerland (Group of Prof. Jeremias Kagi and Prof. Milan Vasak)
1986 - 1989 Research Scientist, Laboratory of Bioorganic Chemistry, University of Tartu

Research Training: Visiting scientist at University of Kuopio (1989), University of Munster (1995), University of Zurich (1996), Karolinska Institute (2002, 2003, 2004)

Research Interests: Structural and functional metalloproteomics, redox signaling, amyloidogenesis and neurodegenerative diseases, biomedical applications of metalloproteins.

Affiliations/Memberships: Member of Estonian Biochemical Society; Member of EMBO

Honours and Awards: 2011 - Estonian Science Award in chemistry and molecular biology.

Publications: 60 published scientific articles