Staffan Kjelleberg#
| Membership Number: | 6360 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SINGAPORE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.scelse.sg/Page/director-message |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - present Distinguished University Professor Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- 2019 - present Director Singapore National Biofilm Consortium, Singapore
- 2012 - present Professor School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University (SBS, NTU), Singapore
- 2011 - present Director Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Singapore
- 2018 - present Honorary Professor School of Biological, Earth Environmental Sciences, UNSW, Australia
- 2003 - 2014 Scientia Professor University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia
- 1999 - 2006 Research Director BioSignal Pty Ltd
- 1994 - 2015 Co-Director Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, UNSW, Australia
- 1994 - 2018 Professor School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW, Australia
- 1987 - 1993 Professor/Chairman Department of General Marine Microbiology, University of Göteborg, Sweden
Fields of Scholarship
- Antibiofilm-based drug development
- Microbial biofilms and microbiomes - biofilm differentiation and dispersal
- Chemically mediated microbial and inter-kingdom interactions
- Bacterial adaptive responses
- Host-microbe (holobiont) interactions
- Understanding microbial biofilms for environmental, industrial, medical and public health solutions
- Environmental microbiology and biotechnology, including biofilm control , utilisation, and green engineering
Honours and Awards
- 2019 - present Distinguished University Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- 2018 - present Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher
- 2011 - present Elected Fellow of Australian Academy of Science
- 2004 - 2008 International Society for Microbial Ecology (ISME) Vice President, President and Past President
- 2003 - 2014 Scientia Professor at University of New South Wales, Australia
- 1994 – present Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
- 2010 – present Honorary Fellow of the Australian Society of Microbiology
- 1999 Division lecturer of the American Society of Microbiology
- 1996 Visiting Research Fellow of The Japan Society for the promotion of Science
- 1989 - present Editor/member of editorial board of 15 international peer reviewed journals for microbiology/microbial ecology
- 1987 - 1993 Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Science Committees of Biology and Oceanography
- 1987 - 1992 President of the Swedish Society of Microbiology
