Siv Andersson is a Professor in Molecular Evolution at Uppsala University. From 2017-2020 she served as co-Director of Science for Life Laboratory (SciLIfeLab). As the Director of Basic Resarch at the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW), she represents the Foundation in the SciLifeLab-KAW Data-Driven Life Science program (DDLS). Andersson is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, and the European Academy of Microbiology.