Piret Villo

Piret Villo is a Senior Researcher at KTH | Kungliga Tekniska högskolan since 2019, with prior experience as a Researcher at the University of Tartu from January 2014 to December 2018, focusing on alternative derivatization strategies for biomass-based platform molecules and the hydroformylation of cellulose-derived isosorbide and isomannide. Additionally, Piret served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stockholms universitet from May 2015 to June 2018, specializing in the synthesis and application of diaryliodonium salts in Prof. Berit Olofsson's group. Academic qualifications include a Doctor of Philosophy in Organic Chemistry from the University of Tartu and Lund University (2008-2013) and an exchange PhD student position at KTH Royal Institute of Technology (2010-2011).