Rate My Professor Per O. Ljungdahl

Ljungdahl's distinguished career includes leadership as Chair of the Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute from 2013 to 2019, and Director of the Wenner-Gren Institute for Experimental Biology from 2010 to 2013, both at Stockholm University. Earlier positions encompass research at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research from 1996 to 2007 and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1990 to 1993. His seminal contributions to yeast nutrient sensing and transport include identifying SHR3 as a novel secretory pathway component required for amino acid permease localization (1992) and co-authoring a comprehensive review on regulation of amino acid, nucleotide, and phosphate metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (2012). Other notable publications are Mitochondrial proline catabolism activates Ras1/cAMP/PKA-induced filamentation in Candida albicans (2019), Proline catabolism is a key factor facilitating Candida albicans kidney infections (2023), and The histone chaperone HIR maintains chromatin states to control nitrogen assimilation and fungal virulence (2021). With over 7,800 citations, his research has profoundly impacted cell biology and fungal pathogenesis studies. Ljungdahl has secured funding from the Swedish Research Council, including a Medicine grant in 2022.