NOVA Neuro-innovation and impact
Olga Kalchenko ([email protected])
I am a Doctoral Researcher at the Research Center for Sustainable Circular Economy CECE and the Sustainable Innovation Lab SUN LAB.
My research focuses on the Circular Economy in electric mobility, with a particular emphasis on a System Dynamics approach to the recycling of battery metals.
I aim to understand and model the complex interactions within value chains, policies, and environmental systems to support sustainable transitions in mobility and materials use.
Pasi Hirvonen ([email protected])
I teach and do research in the social psychology team at the Department of Social Sciences. I am also part of the UEF neuroscience research community, Professor Päivi Eriksson’s Neuroimpact and Innovation (NOVA) research group. I have a PhD in Social Sciences (Social Psychology).
My special expertise is in qualitative research methods, in particular discursive, dialogical and narrative methods. My research focuses on organisational and leadership studies, microcultures at work, interaction and team dynamics.
Paula Inkeroinen ([email protected])
As a part of my role in Project Management Services I work for four EU co funded projects. In Neuro-Innovation Doctoral Programme I act as a Programme Manager and in Real-LIFE Emissions -project as a Project Coordinator
Piritta Parkkari ([email protected])
As an Impact Manager in the Neuro-Innovation PhD Programme, my job is to make sure the programme reaches it impact goals. I support our PhD researchers and act as a connector between the project, PhD researchers, supervisors, partners and other stakeholders.
As an Innovation Specialist in the UEF Brain Research Unit 2.0 project, my task is developing and piloting a new model for patient and public involvement (PPI) for UEF’s Brain Research Unit.
Previous projects:
Researcher, HIWE-project
As a researcher in the High-skilled internationals: bottom-up insights into policy innovation for work and entrepreneurship in Finland (HIWE) research project, I do research on how highly skilled internationals experience working and living in Finland.
My research
I am part of the Innovation Management (INNO) research group and NOVA Neuro-Impact and Innovation research team.
I am currently doing research on public sector co-creation, as well as highly skilled internationals’ wellbeing.
Primary Health Care Research, Development, Innovation and Education and Health Hub: Building Academic Health Center and Promoting Real-Word Effectiveness in Eastern Finland Collaborative Area
Päivi Eriksson ([email protected])
I study and teach topics related to organizations and management, innovation and renewal, collaborative research and societal impact of research, academic entrepreneurship, and qualitative methods. I co-lead the Innovation Management research group together with Hanna Lehtimäki. Together with Tero Montonen, I lead the Neuro-innovation and impact research team that works in the multidisciplinary neuroscience research community at UEF (NEURO). I also work as the Coordinator of the MSCA Horizon 2020 Neuro-Innovation PhD programme (2021-2027) and as the Co-coordinator of the MSCA Horizon Europe NOVEL postdoctoral programme (2024-2029).
Roseanna Avento ([email protected])
Global development affairs: partnerships, funding support, communications and alumni relations.
Research interests: food and nutrition security, food innovation, aquaculture, biodiversity, community development and social entrepreneurship
Sami Myllymaa ([email protected])
Adjunct professor Sami Myllymaa received his Ph.D. degree in 2010 and the title of docent in the field of Medical Physics, especially biomaterials and bioelectrode technology in 2014 from the University of Eastern Finland. He is currently acting as a Senior Researcher and Co-head of the Sleep Technology and Analytics Group (STAG) at the Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland.
His current research is focused on development of novel wearable sensors and machine learning solutions for personalized diagnostics and prognostics of sleep disorders (obstructive sleep apnoea, sleep bruxism). Furthermore, he has been very active in the field of salivary metabolomics and development of new coatings and electrochemical biosensors for point-of-care diagnostics. In addition to scientific publications, his work has led to commercialization of the scientific innovations. He involved to the development of an EEG electrode set for emergency medicine. This BrainStatus EEG-electrode set (Bittium Corp.) is patented, CE-approved and currently marketed globally (https://www.bittium.com/products_services/medical/bittium_brainstatus).