The importance of bacteria in both industrial and medical applications is expanding exponentially. SBT Instruments provides fast and accurate bacteria-counting equipment to facilitate the bacto-revolution.

Our pillars of success rest on the twin cornerstones of commercial achievement and the delivery of cutting-edge technology to the market. At SBT, we do not cure cancer, but our ambition is to significantly aid those who do. We strive to accelerate progress by providing our customers with the tools they need to make their groundbreaking work more efficient and effective.

We are driven to improve society

We want to introduce a global technology leap within microbiology measurements. We work hard to make our solutions widely available and we take pride in helping our community when we can.

SBT is people

Our success is entirely dependent on the collective energy and well-being of all members of the team. We value trust and flexibility in the workplace, and encourage initiatives that increase happiness.

Successful customers are everything to us

We want our customers to love our products. We focus on making our customers wildly successful, and we will do everything we can to generate as many happy customers as possible.

Knowledge creates smarter solutions

Knowledge is key to pushing technological boundaries therefore we are knowledge hungry, driven, and sharing. We value the independent and collective pursuit of knowledge and we recognize great ideas when we see them.

Gustav Skands
CEO & Co-founder
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Gustav is the CEO of SBT. His focus is on the company achieving its vision to make bacteria measurements accessible and enable everyone to measure bacteria, everywhere. He holds a master’s degree from the Technical University of Denmark and has completed an executive education program at Harvard Business School.

Frederik Peter Aalund
CIO & Co-founder
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Frederik leads the software development at SBT. He designs the real-time bacteria detection algorithms used in SBT's products and regularly contributes to the open source community. Frederik holds a MSc in Mathematical Modelling and Computation from the Technical University of Denmark.

Anders H. Grauslund
CCO
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Anders is responsible for developing and executing the organization's commercial strategy to drive business growth and market share. Anders also handles HR. He brings his experience from FaunaPhotonics, Accelerace, and Ørsted. Anders holds an HD in Finance from CBS and an MSc in Biotechnology from The University of Copenhagen.

Leif Sudergaard
COO
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Leif oversees the day-to-day administrative and operational functions of SBT including purchasing, production, QC, service, and logistics. Leif brings international management experience to the team. Before joining SBT he worked in industries involving telecom, signal processing, nanotechnology, and logistics. Leif holds a M.Sc.E.E. from the Technical University of Denmark.

Peter Lüttge Jordal, PhD
Technical Product Manager

Peter is responsibility for planning and prioritizing work on BactoBox and its features. He has been hunting bacteria for over 10 years, mainly related to biotechnological exploitation of bacteria but also for microbiological troubleshooting in e.g. food and industrial production. Peter is a biotech engineer and holds a PhD degree in biomarkers from the University of Aarhus.

Marcos González Díaz 
R&D Engineer

Marcos is part of the R&D team. He has been involved in research projects during his BSc Eng. in Telecommunications and is passionate about problem solving and bringing new ideas to the industry. Marcos holds a MSc degree in Space Technology at the Technical University of Denmark.

Rafael Vicentini Popin
Technical Sales Specialist

Based in Finland, Rafael supports our expanding customer base in Europe. With a PhD in microbiology and a background in agriculture, microbiology, and biotechnology, Rafael has a passion for interacting with people and optimizing workflows in labs.

Chris Ernskov Douglas
QC Laboratory Technician

Chris is part of the Laboratory team. He primarily works with the quality control of BactoBox and our microfluidic flow-cells before they are shipped off to our customers, along with maintenance of our laboratory. Chris is a laboratory technician, educated at Zealand in Roskilde.

Tobias Bonczyk, PhD
R&D Engineer

Tobias is part of the R&D team and is responsible for the microfabrication and further development of the microfluidic flow-cells. He has a strong background in material science, method development and characterization. Tobias holds a MSc. in Chemistry from the University of Innsbruck and a PhD in Physics from the Technical University of Denmark.

Rasmus Zarp Lintrup 
Core Tech Student Assistant

Rasmus is part of the R&D team. He is responsible for the fabrication of the microchips used in BactoBox and the process flow optimization.  
He is studying MSc. in Physics and Nanotechnology at the Technical University of Denmark.

Benjamin Davis 
Production Student Assistant

Benjamin is part of the Production team. He is responsible for the assembly of the mechanical and electrical parts in the BactoBox.  
He is studying BSE. in Electro Technology at the Technical University of Denmark.

Paulina Anna Blawat
Laboratory Student Assistant

Paulina is part of the Laboratory team. She works with the quality control of BactoBox and our microfluidic flow-cells before they are shipped off to our customers. Paulina studies Master of Engineering in Biotechnology at The Technical University of Denmark.

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Interested in experiencing BactoBox® firsthand or have questions regarding SBT Instruments' innovative technology? We invite you to connect with us through our convenient contact form below. A specialist from our team will contact you within one business day.

Gustav Skands

CEO & Co-founder
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