Clementson Group

Sebastian Clementson

Assistant Professor

Sebastian Clementson is an Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry at Lund University. He received his undergraduate training at Lund University and completed most of his MSc studies at the University of California, Irvine, where he conducted research with James Nowick. He obtained his PhD from the University of Copenhagen under the supervision of Jesper L. Kristensen, working on the total synthesis of erythrina alkaloids.

During his doctoral studies, he also carried out an extended research stay at the University of California, Berkeley, in the laboratory of Thomas Maimone, where he worked on polyketide synthesis and complexity-generating reactions. Following his PhD, Sebastian gained industrial experience as a Scientist at LEO Pharma, focusing on the design and synthesis of proteolysis-targeting chimeras (PROTACs). In parallel, he pursued academic research in collaboration with the laboratory of Phil Baran at Scripps Research, where he worked on electrochemical method development and target-oriented synthesis.

He subsequently completed a postdoctoral appointment at Lund University with Professor Daniel Strand, where his research focused on carbon–sulfur bond formation and the synthesis of oxazole-based natural products.

Sebastian has also contributed to medicinal chemistry programs targeting neurodegenerative diseases at Lundbeck in Copenhagen and to early-stage drug discovery efforts at RG Discovery in Lund.

Sebastian’s research program integrates synthetic organic chemistry, radical and photochemical reactivity, and targeted protein degradation. His group develops new chemical strategies for skeletal editing and molecular complexity generation, with the long-term goal of enabling applications at the interface of total synthesis of natural products, chemical biology, and medicine.

Andrea Öhlander

2nd year PhD student

Andrea got her Master of Engineering in Biotechnology from Lund University in 2022. She did her master thesis project in peptide chemistry at RG Discovery. After the master thesis, Andrea got a position at RG Discovery as a research scientist and worked for about 3 years with developing pharmaceuticals. Andrea is currently working on developing bacterial PROTACs, and to validate them as an antimicrobial treatment.

Jacop Rydén

Scholarship student

Jacop earned his MSc in chemistry from Lund University in 2025. He is currently working on method development for photoredox-catalysed reactions. Outside the lab, he enjoys watching football, especially his favourite team Newcastle.

Frederik Simonsen Bro

Post Doc

Frederik earned his BSc (2019) and MSc (2021) in Chemistry from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), working with Prof. Robert Madsen on iron-catalysed dehydrogenation of alcohols and Prof. Luca Laraia on alkaloid-inspired library synthesis. He completed his PhD (2024) in the Laraia Lab, focusing on sterol-inspired inhibitors of sterol transport proteins, including a research stay with Prof. Hans Renata at Rice University exploring chemoenzymatic synthesis. In October 2025, he joined the Clementson Group to work on the total synthesis of terpenoid natural products. Outside the lab, he enjoys football and follows Esbjerg fB and FC Barcelona.

Eilidh Young

Post Doc

Eilidh Young obtained her BSc (Honours) in Medicinal Chemistry from The University of Auckland in 2021, where her research focused on iminium-catalysed [4 + 2] cycloadditions. In 2025, she completed her PhD studies under the supervision of Dist. Prof. Dame Margaret Brimble at the University of Auckland, where she focused on the total synthesis of N-heterocyclic spiroketal alkaloids. As part of this, she also conducted research in photoredox catalysis as a visiting graduate scholar in the lab of Prof. Simon Blakey at Emory University. In December 2025, Eilidh joined the Clementson group at Lund University to work on photocatalysis and total synthesis. 

Anton Bolid

Master’s Student

Anton Bolid is a chemical engineering student at LTH with a strong interest in organic chemistry, currently conducting his master’s thesis research in the Clementson group. Outside the lab, he enjoys traveling, working out, and following his favorite NHL team – the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Wilma Olsson

2nd year PhD student

Luca Heimerdinger

Master’s student

Bachelor studies: binational bilingual chemistry Bachelor in Mulhouse (Université de Haute Alsace, France) and Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany) “Regio Chimica”. Bachelor thesis in group of Henning Jessen on functionalised anthracene endoperoxides. Hobbies: cycling, hiking, foraging and cooking/baking. Currently working on: part of a terpenoid total synthesis project

Zoe Byrne

Post Doc

Zoe obtained her BSc in Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology from University College Dublin (UCD) in 2021. In February 2026, she obtained her PhD in chemistry from UCD under the supervision of Prof. Pat Guiry, where she focused both on the asymmetric synthesis of dibenzylbutyrolactone lignans, and the synthesis and application of planar chiral ferrocenyl ligands. During this time, she also carried out a research stay in the lab of Prof. Dr. Franziska Schoenebeck (RWTH Aachen University), working on Ni(I) metalloradical catalysis. She subsequently completed a postdoctoral research position in the Guiry lab, working in collaboration with Prof. Catherine Godson on the asymmetric total synthesis of Resolvin-Lipoxin hybrid analogues, before joining the Clementson group at Lund University in September 2026, to work on terpenoid total synthesis.

Jasper Heien

Master’s Student

Jasper completed his Bachelors in 2025 in the group of Prof. Stefan Sieber at the Chair of Bioorganic Chemistry, Technical University of Munich (TUM). Since, he gained research experience as an intern in the group of Prof. R. A. Fischer (Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry), working towards platinum complexes in low valent states, as well as in the group of Prof. Thorsten Bach (Chair of Organic Chemistry), working towards the enantioselective synthesis of bicyclo[2.1.0]pentane. As part of his Erasmus+ studies, he joined the Clementson Group, where he supports work on natural product synthesis. Outside the lab, he enjoys fencing, and hiking.

Paula Zabite

Master’s Student

Paula obtained her BSc in Chemical Engineering from Riga Technical University (RTU) in 2025. She did her bachelor’s thesis at the National Institute of Research and Innovation, where she focused on cobalt-catalyzed C-H functionalizations under the supervision of Dr. Grigorjeva. In September 2026, Paula joined the Clementson group to work on the synthesis of terpenoid natural products. In her free time, she enjoys running or hiking, baking and making ceramics.

Hampus Leander

Bachelor’s Student

Hampus Leandersson is an undergraduate student doing his bachelor thesis in the Clementson Group. He is part of the BacPROTAC project. In the freetime, he enjoys tinkering with software, browsing thrift stores, running and hanging out with friends.