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Senior Analyst
Lennart joined SV in 2024 as a Senior Analyst in the DDF team. Prior to joining SV, Lennart worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge, alongside project work at Syncona Partners, Start Codon, and Cambridge Enterprise.
During his Postdoc, Lennart was a research lead in the lab of Dr Caroline Williams-Gray & Prof Roger Barker, where he investigated peripheral versus central immune function and neurotransmitter system dysregulation as drivers of proteinopathy and disease progression in Parkinson’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders. He received his PhD in Clinical Neurosciences and has published in high impact journals (PNAS, Brain, Neurocritical Care, Neuroimage). During his studies at Cambridge he co-founded the Queens’ College Entrepreneurship Centre.
In his free time, Lennart enjoys playing the bagpipes, hiking off-grid, taking (bad) film photographs, and reviving classic cars.
Academic Credentials
Lennart received a PhD in Clinical Neurosciences from the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge, and a BSc (Hons) in Neuroscience (with a minor in Biochemistry) from the University of St Andrews.