Curriculum vitae
Basic information
Year of birth: 1974
Family: see family website
Education
- Ph.D: University of Helsinki, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 2007. Thesis: “Fates of blood: studies on stem cell differentiation potential and B lymphocyte generation in chimeric cattle” [full text].
- M.Sc: University of Oulu, Department of Biochemistry, 1999.
Thesis: “Munuaisen verisuoniston kehitys ja Wnt-4 [Development of renal vasculature and Wnt-4]”.
Major subject: biochemistry. Minors: chemistry and zoology.
Languages
Finnish (fluent), English (fluent), Swedish (good), German (some)
IT skills
Excellent and versatile skills, especially image processing and web publishing; principles of programming; building of relational databases for research use.
Professional appointments
- Assistant in veterinary anatomy, 1/1999 – 7/2007 (University of Helsinki, professor Antti Iivanainen). Research and teaching.
- Research assistant, 9/1998 – 12/1998 (University of Helsinki, Dept. Basic Vet. Sciences; professor Antti Iivanainen). Research.
- Research assistant, 4/1998 – 8/1998 (University of Oulu, Dept. Biochemistry; professor Seppo Vainio). Research.
- Research assistant, 5/1997 – 8/1997 (University of Oulu, Dept. Clinical Chemistry; professor Pirkko Vihko). Research.
Other academic and professional activities
- Member of the Finnish Association of Science Editors and Journalists.
- Member of the Department Board at Dept. Basic Vet. Sciences, 2004 – 2006.