Personnel of the Centre of Excellence
Primary investigators
Eva-Mari Aro, PhD, professor
Kaarina Sivonen, PhD, professor
Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen, PhD, professor
Senior and post-doctoral investigators
Yagut Allahverdiyeva-Rinne, PhD, docent
Maria A. Andersson, PhD, docent
Natalia Battchikova, PhD, docent
David Fewer, PhD
Fernando Guerrero, PhD
Irina Grouneva, PhD
Jouni Jokela, PhD, docent
Sari Järvi, PhD
Saijaliisa Kangasjärvi, PhD, docent
Minna Lintala, PhD
Raimo Mikkola, PhD
Paula Mulo, PhD, docent
Ilona Oksanen, PhD
Leo Rouhiainen, PhD
Isamu Sakurai, PhD
Mikko Tikkanen, PhD
Marjaana Suorsa, PhD
Andrea Trotta, PhD
Anne Ylinen, PhD
PhD Students
Katerina Bernardova, MSc
Luca Bersanini, MSc
Dalton Carmel, MSc
Michele Grieco, MSc
Jaakko Ekman, MSc
Maria Ermakova, MSc
Grzegorz Konert, MSc
Hanna Hirvonen, MSc
Douwe Hoornstra, BSc
Nina Lehtimäki, MSc
Niina Leikoski, MSc
Hannu Leino, MSc
Markus Nurmi, MSc
Minna Peltola, MSc
Kaisa Rantasärkkä, MSc
Stiina Rasimus, MSc
Mari Raulio, M. FoodSci.
Tania Shishido, MSc
Sumathy Shunmugam, MSc
Henna Silén, MSc
Hanna Sinkko, MSc
Natalia Vorontsova, MSc
Hao Wang, MSc
Julia Österholm, MSc
Other personnel
Garzyna Brek, MSc, Research scientist
Maija Holmström, MSc, CoE coordinator, Research scientist
Mika Keränen, Laboratory supervisor
Anniina Leppäniemi, Laboratory assistant
Virpi Paakkarinen, Laboratory assistant
Eveliina Pakula, MSc, Senior laboratory assistant
Lyudmila Saari, MSc, Research scientist
Matti Wahlsten, Technician
Undergraduate students
Pirita Alakoski
Ilaf Bilal
Suvi Känä
Mia Mänttäri
Moona Rahikainen
Marjaana Rantala
Essi Ruohisto
Alba Quesada
Visitors
MSc Alessia Antonacci (University of Piemonte, Orientale, Italy) 20.1.-29.3.2012
MSc Malgorzata Pietrzykova (Umeå Univeristy, Sweden) 21.11.-16.11.2011
Dr Natalya Dudkina (University of Groninge, Netherlands) 30.10.-2.11.2011
Dr Marion Eisenhut (Heinrich-Heine University, Germany) 29.8.-11.9.2011
Dr Lorenzo Ferroni (University of Ferrara, Italy) 2.9.-30.9.2011
Prof Roberto Barbato (University of Piemonte, Orientale, Italy) 5.7.-13.7.2011
Masumi Otsuru (Saitama University, Japan) 8.3.-17.3.2011
Takaya Hamaguchi (Saitama University, Japan) 8.3.-17.3.2011
Noah Mesfin (undergraduate student, Sussex, UK.) Sep 2010-Jun 2011
MSc Monika Wiciarz (Jagiellonian University, Poland) 13.5.2011-19.5.2011
Dipl.-Biol. Hans-Martin Leffers (University of Osnabrueck, Germany) (Mar 2010)
MSc Maria Ermakova (Institute of Basic Biology Problems, Puschino, Moscow Region, Russia) Feb-May 2010
Dr Nilima Kumari (Department of Bioscience & Biotechnology; Banasthali University, Rajasthan, India) Feb-May 2010
Dr Kunming Chen, (Institute of Crop Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R.China) May 2007-May 2009
Dr Alexey Kruglov, (Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino), 1.5.-30.6.2009.
Hanna-Maija Hiltunen (undergraduate student, Münster University, Germany) Jan-Dec 2009
Anne Müller (undergraduate student, University of Applied Sciences Berlin, Germany) 1.3.-31.8.2009
Na Chao (graduate student, Wageningen University, The Netherlands), 1.4.-31.8.2009
Former members of the group
Dr Katri Berg
Dr Camelia Constantin
Dr Marion Eisenhut
Dr Vidal Fey
Dr Katrianna Halinen
Dr Elina Jääskeläinen
Dr Charlotta Kanto-Öqvist
Dr Christina Lyra
Dr Timo Nieminen
Dr Jaakko Pakarinen
Dr Rainer Peltola
Dr Wuttinum Raksajit
Dr Ranad Shaheen
Dr Cosmin Sicora
Dr Julia Vainonen
Dr Pengpeng Zhang