Sven Eric Niklander obtained his DDS degree from the Universidad Andres Bello (Chile) in 2008. In 2011, he finished a Master's in oral pathology, diagnosis, and oral medicine from the same institution. Between 2012 and 2013, he moved to the UK to study for a Master’s of Science in Oral Medicine at University College London, and in 2019, he obtained a Ph.D. in Science (subject: molecular biology of oral cancer and cellular senescence ) from the University of Sheffield. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of oral pathology and oral medicine at Universidad Andrés Bello (Viña del Mar, Chile). He teaches both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, conducts research, and works in the oral medicine clinic and histopathology lab of Universidad Andrés Bello. His fields of interest are oral cancer (with special emphasis on molecular aspects of the oral carcinogenesis process), cellular senescence, odontogenic tumors, and xerostomia.