Kristina Håkansson

Kristina Håkansson is an analytical chemist known for her contribution in Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry for biomolecular identification and structural characterization.

Education

Håkansson received a M.Sc. in Molecular Biotechnology in 1996 and a Ph.D., also in Molecular Biotechnology in 2000, from Uppsala University. Following her graduation, she did post-doctoral research with Alan G. Marshall at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory of Florida State University.

Håkansson began her academic career at University of Michigan in 2003 and became the director National High Magnetic Field Laboratory's Ion Cyclotron Resonance facility at Florida State University in 2024. She served as editor for Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry from 2021 to 2023.
Her research focuses on mass spectrometry, primarily identification and characterization of protein posttranslational modifications by complementary fragmentation techniques such as electron-capture dissociation /negative ion ECD and infrared multiphoton dissociation at low levels.

2022 Berzelius Gold Medal, Swedish Society for Mass Spectrometry
2018 Agilent Thought Leader Award
2017 Hach Lecturer, University of Wyoming
2016 Biemann Medal, American Society for Mass Spectrometry
2006–2011 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2005–2007 Eli Lilly Analytical Chemistry Award
2005–2008 Dow Corning Assistant Professorship, University of Michigan
2005 American Society for Mass Spectrometry Research Award
2004 Elisabeth Caroline Crosby Research Award, University of Michigan
2004–2007 Searle Scholar Award
2000–2002 Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education postdoctoral fellow