• MD 1973 Uppsala University,
  • PhD 1973 Uppsala University,

1973 – 1977: Physician, Akademiska sjukhuset, Uppsala

1977 – 1985: Senior lecturer in bacteriology, Uppsala University

1979 – 1980: Postdoctoral fellow/NIH Fogarty fellow; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1985 – 1989: Clinical senior lecturer/consultant, Karolinska institutet Stockholm

1989 – 1990: Visiting associate professor; The Rockefeller University, New York

1990 Рpresent: Professor of Clinical Microbiology/consultant; Link̦ping University

2004 – 2005: Visiting Professor University of Wisconsin, Madison

  • National Editor APMIS 1999 – 2010
  • Chairman, Swedish Society of Medical Microbiology 1997 – 2000.
  • 1998 Member, Commission on nomenclature, properties and units C-NPU, IFCC-IUPAC
  • Chairman Commission on nomenclature, properties and units C-NPU, IFCC-IUPAC 2000 – 2005
  • Titular member Division of Chemistry and Human Health, IUPAC, 2001 – 2005
  • Member 2005 – present, Subcommittee on nomenclature, properties and units C-NPU, IUPAC