Eskil André Karlsen was born and raised in a small village in north of Troms county, Sørkjosen. He graduated with Master degree in pharmacy in 2017 from UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, where he worked with solid-phase peptide synthesis, trying to defeat antibiotic resistant bacteria, under supervision Professor Morten B. Strøm and Dr. Marianne H. Paulsen. The battle against antibiotic resistant bacteria continues as he now pursues a PhD in organic chemistry supervised by Professor John S. Svendsen and Professor Tore Lejon. When he is not fighting the battle against the resistant bacteria, he is enjoying his company with his friends and he enjoys a good basketball game
