Dissertations Doctoral thesis defence: Pengjun Xi

Welcome to Pengjun Xi doctoral thesis defence on Monday 7th December 2026 at 09.00 to be held in CMM Lecture Hall, Visionsgatan 18, Solna.

Doctoral student

Pengjun Xi
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Solna, Division of Infectious Diseases.

Principal supervisor

Associate Professor Christopher Sundling
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Solna, Division of Infectious Diseases.

Opponent

Professor Lars Hviid
University of Copenhagen, Department of Immunology and Microbiology Centre for Translational Medicine and Parasitology.

Co-supervisor(s)

Professor Anna Färnert
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Solna, Division of Infectious Diseases.

Assistant Professor Quirin Hammer
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Center for Infectious Medicine
& UKSH, Institute for Medical Immunology, Kiel.

Examination Board

Associate Professor Charlotta Nilsson
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Microbiology.

Professor Ann-Kristin Iréne Östlund Farrants
Stockholm University, Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute.

Professor Akira Kaneko
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Division of Parasitology and Core Facilities.