Anna Strom MSc, PhD

Dr. Anna Strom, MSc, Ph.D., is a Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry at the Chalmers University of Technology. Anna Ström holds a Ph.D. in Food and Nutritional Sciences from University College Cork, Ireland. Her Ph.D. work focused on the fine structure of polysaccharides, specifically pectin, and its impact on functionality. After the Ph.D., she moved to the Netherlands and Unilever R&D where she worked as a research manager and later research project leader. After seven years in industrial research, she took up a position at the Chalmers University of Technology, where she worked within SuMo Biomaterials, a Vinn Excellence center focusing on molecular transport in soft materials. She is a “docent” in Biopolymer Technology since 2018.

Her research interest is polysaccharides and specifically linking their fine structure and polymer conformation to their gel and material properties. Such knowledge is important for their utilization in a circular bioeconomy context, as well as in the sectors of food and pharmaceutics.

During 2017 and 2019 she was Director of Food Science Sweden, a network consisting of LTH, SLU, RISE, OrU, and Chalmers, aiming at visualizing and strengthening food science within Sweden.