Dr Mattias Björnmalm is a policy specialist with current roles including Policy Advisor for Research & Innovation at CESAER, Vice-Chair of Policy for the Marie Curie Alumni Association, and editor for the science & policy journal Angle.

Mattias has an extensive scientific background in engineering, nanoscience & biomedicine, with dozens of publications in peer-reviewed journals.

In 2017, he was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship from the European Commission; during this process he was selected as one of Europe's thirty most "highly promising researchers” out of the 8,916 funding proposals submitted.

In 2019, he was awarded an Imperial College President's Award: “recognized for outstanding achievements in policy engagement“.

Mattias is based in Brussels and London, and he is interested in research & innovation policy, and related strategy and engagement.