Mats Wahlgren is Professor of Infectious Disease Control at Karolinska Institutet. He is a co-inventor of sevuparin and pioneered human studies in micro-vascular diseases. He has also explored the uses of heparinoids in diseases that do not rely on the anti-coagulant features of these compounds. Professor Wahlgren was a member of The Nobel Assembly and The Nobel Committee. He is a world-leading researcher in the malaria field having devoted more than 40 years to this area.

Mats Wahlgren is Professor of Infectious Disease Control at Karolinska Institutet. He is a co-inventor of sevuparin and pioneered human studies in micro-vascular diseases. He has also explored the uses of heparinoids in diseases that do not rely on the anti-coagulant features of these compounds. Professor Wahlgren was a member of The Nobel Assembly and The Nobel Committee. He is a world-leading researcher in the malaria field having devoted more than 40 years to this area.