Pål Nyrén
# Pål Nyrén

Pål Nyrén (born 1955) is a biochemistry professor at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm. He is most famous for developing the pyrosequencing method for DNA sequencing.

## Career

* 1999 Professor in Biochemistry, KTH, Stockholm
* 1997 Founder of the company Biotage AB (former Pyrosequencing AB)
* 1988 Associate professor (Docent) Biochemistry, University of Stockholm
* 1985-86 Postdoc at LMB, MRC, Cambridge, G.B. with prof John Walker
* 1985 PhD (Tekn. Doktor) Biochemistry, University of Stockholm (Thesis title: "The proton pumping pyrophosphatase from Rhodospirillum rubrum")
* 1981 MSc (Civ. ing.) Chemical Engineering, KTH, Stockholm

## Recognition

* 2013 winner of the European Inventor Award in the SMEs category awarded by the European Patent Office
