Alina Kuusisto ([email protected])
I work as a project researcher at the Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland. In gained my PhD in 2017 in Finnish history. I have studied higher education policy, history of education and agriculture, Finnish and European cross-border cooperation, as well as the local and regional history of North Karelia and Eastern Finland in 1800s and 1900s .
An attractive multicultural work environment in the wellbeing services county of North Savo (TRACTION)
Anndra Parviainen ([email protected])
Researcher in various research groups like cancer research (INEXCA), quinoa food innovation research (Clinical Research Nurse in Disruptive Green Project) and recently in COVID research group (Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme Covid-19 Response Umbrella Project). Issues related to precision medicine, personalized care, and the integration of genomics in nursing education are my main areas of interest and are also related to my dissertation.
Biosphere North Savo : Utilization of biomass and biorefining techniques for novel industrial products -development project
BlackGreen – Sustainable Applications of Biochar in North Karelia
Blas Mola ([email protected])
Blas Mola-Yudego is a Professor at the School of Forest Sciences, University of Eastern Finland (UEF), and an Associate Professor at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU). He leads the Biomass Production and Plantation Forestry research group. His research focuses on sustainable biomass production for energy, encompassing forest management and fast-growing plantations. He examines the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of biomass production, with particular interest in risk analysis and modeling related to ecosystem services and natural disturbances related to biomass production systems.
He is responsible for introductory courses to science and statistical methods in forests sciences, as well as advanced courses in biomass production and bioenergy markets. He has surpervised a number of MSc and DSc candidates, as well as acted as PI or WP leader in several international projects. He keeps close cooperation with the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden), the University of Chile, the University of La Frontera (Chile), the Forest Science and Technology Centre of Catalonia (Spain) and the Northwest A&F University (China). He actively collaborates with other institutions across Europe.
Boosting the bioeconomy of the North Savo area – bioboost project
Christopher Asquith ([email protected])
Dr Asquith first completed a BSc and MSc in Chemistry at the University of Southampton. During this time, he worked for Prof. A. Ganesan on novel asthma targets and epigenetic prostate cancer modulators, which included a 3-month placement abroad at the University of Eastern Finland. He then went on to do a PhD in Medicinal Chemistry at University College London under the supervision of Dr S. Hilton, working on zinc abstractors as a treatment for retroviral infections. This work was part of a broad international Consortium including the University of Zurich, Switzerland and Zelinsky Institute, Moscow, Russia and others, targeting the nucleocapsid protein of FIV/HIV. Subsequently, he continued his interest in innovative ring systems with a short stay at the University of Cyprus working with Prof. P. Koutentis, before joining the Structural Genomics Consortium at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill working on chemical probe development for kinases with Prof. T. Willson. This was followed by a move to the School of Medicine to work as the lead medicinal chemist on the Illuminating the Druggable Genome (IDG) kinase program working with Prof. G. Johnson. Starting his own research team, he moved to the University of Eastern Finland to start a medicinal Chemistry program, working on novel kinase indications and understanding kinase solvation shells as a prognostic marker for Kinome wide inhibitor promiscuity.
Cloneria Jatileni ([email protected])
I facilitate the collaborations between the University of Eastern Finland’s department of teacher education and our partner universities in the global north and south. In this collaboration, we work with the departments of education at the University of Turku in Finland, the University of Namibia in Namibia, and Stadio Higher Education in South Africa. Generally, I am involved in the GINTL African collaborations with UEF on educational research. My work includes applying for funding on GINTL projects at UEF and identifying possible research areas. Our research areas are teacher education/training, digital learning, early childhood education and educational policies. I am also a doctoral student at UEF. My dissertation focuses on digital learning for Mathematics and policy development in Namibian basic education.