Professor Rikard Landberg is the Head of Division of Food and Nutrition Science, Department of Life Sciences at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

He has a background in food science from Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, in molecular nutrition from Karolinska Institutet and did a postdoc visit at Harvard School of Public Health in 2009.

His research is focused on the health effects of foods, food components and whole diets with emphasis on their role in cardiometabolic diseases, appetite regulation and weight management.

The overall aim of the research is to better understand underlying mechanisms, find new targets for prevention and develop the basis for more precise dietary advice using data-driven methods and OMICs. Metabolomics is a key technique used for discovery and validation of exposure- and prediction biomarkers, and for molecular phenotyping as the basis for tailored dietary strategies for personalized nutrition.

Professor Landberg has authored ~210 papers, ~10 book chapters, delivered ~40 invited/keynote lectures and is the editor of one book. He has an H-index of 42 according to Scopus. Professor Landberg is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and of the National Committee for Nutrition and Food Science at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

Research topics

Precision nutrition of health
Metabolomics
Whole grains
RCTs
Dietary biomarkers

Supervision of PhD-students and postdocs

Professor Landberg has supervised/currently supervises in total 20 PhD-students, 7 postdoctoral ressearchers and > 40 MSc-students since 2012.

PhD-student Agnetha Rostgaard-Hansen (2018-2023), Diet and gut microbiota in cardiometabolic health, main supervisor
PhD-student Viktor Skantze (2020-2024), mathematical modelling in personalized nutrition, main supervisor
PhD-student Thérése Hjort (2020-2023), metabolic effects of oats and rye, main supervisor
PhD-student Sebastian Åberg (2020-2023), cereal foods, appetite and weight management
PhD-student Marina Armeni (2022-2025), bioanalysis of dietary biomarkers
PhD-student Bernadette Chimera (2022-2024), metabolomics and dietary biomarkers of food diversity, co-supervisor
PhD-student Patrick Royer (2022-2010), The proteome of coronary atherosclerosis, co-supervisor
Postdoc Stefania Noerman, (2022-2024), Nutritional metabolomics, main tutor
Postdoc Gaël Toubon, (2023-2025), Gut microbiota and cardiometabolic health

Professor Landberg regularly hosts guest PhD-students, postdocs and master students. He also mentors senior researchers and laboratory technicians associated with the group.

Main collaborators

Professor Karl Michaëlsson, Uppsala University, Denmark
Associate Professor Mats Jirstrand, Fraunhofer-Chalmers Center for Industrial Mathematics, Denmark
Professor Anne Tjönneland, Danish Cancer Institute, Denmark
Dr Jytte Halkjär, Danish Cancer Institute, Denmark
Professor Tommy Olsson, Umeå University, Sweden
Professor Göran Bergström, Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden
Professor Fredrik Bäckhed, Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden
Professor Maud Langton, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Professor Cristina Andres-Lacueva, University of Barcelona, Spain
Professor Frank Hu and Associate Professor Qi Sun, Harvard University, USA
Professor Clary Clish, Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT, USA
Professor Gabriele Riccardi, Federico II:nd University, Napels, Italy
Professor Kati Hanhineva, University of Turku, Finalnd
Professor Stine Ulven, University of Oslo, Norway
Lantmännen
Barilla
Oatly

Teaching

Professor Landberg is the examinator and main teacher on the BBT020, Advanced bioanalytical chemistry: metabolomics and proteomics. He also teaches lectures on KLI011, Food Chemistry, and KLI042 Nutrition and Sustainable diets.

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