Education
Gunnar von Heijne graduated 1975 with a Master of Science degree in chemistry and chemical engineering from the (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan). He then became a doctoral student in theoretical physics at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, in a research group focussing on statistical mechanics and theoretical biophysics, and was awarded his Doctor of Philosophy in 1980. In 1983 he was made docent in theoretical biophysics at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, where he remained until 1988.
1982-1985 he was active as a science reporter at Sveriges Radio.
1989-1994 he was active at Karolinska Institutet, and in 1994 he was made a professor in theoretical chemistry at Stockholm University.
