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My research focuses on sustainable, added-value use of wood and other nature-based materials. I am especially interested in forest derived biomass and its side-streams, especially for products with functional properties and long-term uses. I am also keen in understanding human-material interactions and carry out research on human wellbeing in built environments, for which the Living Lab at Hyytiälä Forest Station of the University of Helsinki provides a unique multidisciplinary platform.

Currently, I have responsibility for the module of wood material science for master studies in the Forest Ecology and Management study track and supervise doctoral, master, and bachelor theses on related topics.

I completed my doctor’s dissertation on the topic Spruce and pine on drained peatlands – wood quality and suitability for the sawmill industry. I am particularly interested in topics that combine basic research (wood properties) and applied research, i.e., the suitability of the raw material for different industrial uses.

At present, I am solely responsible for a few courses mainly at the bachelor’s level. In addition, I teach several courses with my colleagues, e.g., Basics in forest ecology and management and Field course in forest sciences: forest and wood technology. I also supervise bachelor’s and master’s theses and practical trainings (internships).

Graduated in 2020, I completed my dissertation on the topic of maintaining vegetated roofs and walls in urban settings with the help of beneficial microbes in the soil. During my postdoc research, I shifted my research scope to urban ecosystem services provided by various temporary and permanent green infrastructures, such as urban biodiversity and stormwater management.

At the Department of Forest Sciences, I work in LUONTEVA project and investigate how different vegetated wall prototypes contribute to the ambient environment, specifically air temperature and energy use efficiency of the Hyytiälä Living Lab through computer simulation. I am eager to engage in collaborative efforts to enhance urban ecosystem services via green spaces, especially unconventional ones. 

I am an architect with a focus on sustainable and circular practices in the built environment, particularly exploring the potential of local and natural building materials. I’m pursuing a doctoral degree within the Graduate School of Industrial Timber Construction at Tampere University, where I evaluate the potential of timber construction in the transition from a linear to a circular economy. At Helsinki University, I am renewing courses related to construction and integrating more circular economy thinking into them.

I am open to all kinds of collaboration that aim for increased circularity in the built environment.

I am a trained civil engineer (water & environmental systems focus) with years of experience working as an R&D lead in the applied fungal biotechnology sector in Finland. Currently, I am a doctoral researcher for FUNgSULATION project under supervision of Tuula Jyske, Kirsi Mikkonen and Pauliina Lankinen. In FUNgSULATION, our approach is to explore the potential of fungi to biotransform paludicultural biomass fractions into value added thermoacoustic insulative biobased materials. 

I am passionate about nature-based solutions and ecosystem rehabilitation and I am open to discuss and connect about all things fungi, soil, water and carbon.

I have graduated from the Master's Programme in Forest Sciences with a focus on wood technology and the properties of wood materials. I have studied the antibacterial properties of wood surfaces and have written a master's thesis on the subject. Currently, I work as a doctoral student in the Dust2Value project under the supervision of Tuula Jyske. The aim of my work is to study the utilization of wood fibers from various side streams in insulation materials. I am interested in ecological and healthy environments, as well as the circular economy. I am open to working with bio-based solutions, especially those involving wood.

I have a bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biosciences and in 2025 I graduated as a Master of Science in Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology. In my studies, I focused on biotechnology and environmental microbiology. I have been working in the field of microbiology since the first year of my bachelor’s studies, mainly working with fungi and yeasts.

I joined Wood, Science and Wellbeing group on the spring 2024 and started off as a technical assistant in LUONTEVA project. Since the beginning of 2026, I have been working in the project as a doctoral researcher.

In LUONTEVA, we study the possibility of utilizing regional byproducts of Pirkanmaa to produce sustainable biomaterials for urban environments, such as mycelium-based thermal insulation panels for buildings.

I hold a master’s degree in forest sciences with a minor in Japanese language and culture. In my recent research activities, I have examined people’s perceptions, attitudes, experiences, and knowledge related to forests in different contexts. More broadly, I am interested in human-nature, human-forest and human-material interactions, as well as the wellbeing benefits of forests, green spaces, and wood materials, particularly in cross‑cultural contexts.

I am currently a doctoral researcher in the AGFOREE doctoral program, supervised by Professor Tuula Jyske. In my research, I examine how people in Finland, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan perceive and experience wood materials, especially in interior spaces. I investigate whether cultural factors influence these perceptions and experiences. My research employs a mixed‑method approach that includes an immersive virtual environment study.

I’m a Master of Science in Agriculture and Forestry, Forest Sciences (2025). My studies focused on forest bioeconomics, business and wood construction. For my master’s thesis I studies restorative effects of nature-based materials in built environments (Nature-Based Serenity Solutions). 

I continued to doctoral studies in the beginning of 2026 as a grant-funded researcher in the Finnish Cultural Foundation project 4Light. The aim of my doctoral studies is to explore the effects of both material and immaterial nature-based elements on human wellbeing, such as psychological restoration.

I am Doctor of Social Sciences specialized in working life studies and entrepreneurship, with a background in media. At the Department of Forest Sciences I am working on creating courses related to innovations and entrepreneurship, and doing communications and marketing of for example Hyytiälä Living Lab, and I am also part of the team building Viikki Wood & Forest InnoHub.