Ph.D. defense at Polypure

On Thursday 3rd July 2025, our colleague Yomkippur Perez defended her Ph.D. thesis at the University of Stavanger entitled “Monodisperse Poly(ethylene glycol) Derivatives for Pharmaceutical Applications”.


The thesis work was performed under the guidance of main supervisor Erik Agner, CEO at Polypure AS, and co-supervisor Professor Magne Olav Sydnes, University of Bergen.
After an excellent performance, we are extremely happy to congratulate Dr. Yomkippur Perez with her achievement!


Yomki will now pursue her work as Research Scientist in Polypure AS, developing new high purity and monodisperse PEG derivatives for pharmaceutical applications.

From Left: Professor Magne Olav Sydnes, Yomkippur Perez, CEO Erik Agner
From Left: Professor Magne Olav Sydnes, Yomkippur Perez, CEO Erik Agner