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

1st 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

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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. 

Wilma Olsson

1st 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

Eskil Flodén

Bachelor’s student

 I am a third-year undergraduate student with a passion for organic chemistry, developing a model system for the synthesis of a pyrrolidine-containing natural product. Outside the lab, I enjoy running, exploring the outdoors, and tinkering with computers.