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Two DTU researchers have received the Lundbeck Foundation fellowship grants

Soumik Ray and Lisa Riedmayr receive DKK 10 million to pursue their scientific visions and develop into international research leaders during the next five years.

Tuesday 12 August 2025

Freja E. Klippmann

Seven researchers have been awarded the Lundbeck Foundation Fellowship grants, which aim to support talented young researchers with ambitions to become research leaders.

Soumik Ray, assistant professor at DTU Bioengineering, receives the grant for the project ’Periodic entanglement of protein assembly states shaping neurodegenerative fate’. With the grant, he and his team will investigate how protein clusters begin to form in neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's.

Lisa Riedmayr, assistant professor at DTU Bioengineering, receives the grant for the project ‘Engineering highly specific promoters to create precision genetic medicines’. With the Lundbeck Foundation Fellowship grant, she and her group aim to develop novel tools for precision genetic medicine.

Read more about the grants at the Lundbeck Foundation.

Lundbeck Foundation Fellows

Is awarded to talented young researchers who have completed their PhD within the last 8 years. DKK 10 million is granted over five years to establish an independent profile and research group.

Contact

Soumik Ray Assistant Professor Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine Mobile: +917045800190 souray@dtu.dk

Lisa Maria Riedmayr Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine lmari@dtu.dk