Benjamin completed his PhD at Karolinska Institutet, where he studied the cellular mechanisms governing fatty acid and glucose uptake in endothelial cells, with a particular focus on the role of intracellular lipid droplets. Following his PhD, Benjamin conducted a bridging postdoc, where he focused on how the regulation of vascular energy substrate transport contributes to ischemic stroke pathology and other diabetes-associated complications. Benjamin is particularly interested in how cellular lipid flux is regulated at multiple levels, from membrane uptake and endoplasmic reticulum processing to organelle packaging, mitochondrial oxidation, and secretion into the circulation. In the Salo Group, he aims to use cutting-edge technologies to identify novel factors regulating lipid flux and to understand how key proteins, membrane properties, and metabolic state influence these processes in the liver. These pathways are critical in the development of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, and elucidating their regulation may reveal new therapeutic strategies. If he’s not in the lab, Benjamin is probably out chasing trails, on a gravel bike, mountain bike, or cross-country skis, somewhere in the Swedish wilderness.