I’m Ehsan Shad, a project researcher in microbiology, with a strong interest in how bacteria function and interact with their environment. My research focuses on:
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Exploring the functional properties of bacteria, especially probiotics and their health benefits
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Investigating antimicrobial compounds and their mechanisms of action on bacterial cells
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Production of bacteria and their metabolites for functional or industrial purposes
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Troubleshooting microbial monitoring issues in applied research or industry
I’m always open to research collaboration, exchange of ideas, or tackling real-world microbiological challenges. Feel free to connect!
Professor of Clinical Research and Director of the UEF Brain Research Unit
Research Director, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration and Early Onset Dementia -research group
Partner in the national FinFTD research consortium
Major Research Interests
- Frontotemporal dementia
- Alzheimer’s disease
- Early onset dementia
- Biomarkers
- Genetics
- Neurodegenerative disorders
- Ethical questions
- Legal issues in dementia
My research interests include investigating the roles of membrane transporters (SLCs and ABCs) and receptors expressed at barrier sites in pathogenesis of CNS diseases, in particular in Alzheimer’s disease, as well as in drug delivery and pharmacokinetics. In addition, my research focuses on identifying novel drug targets for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. Another goal of my research is to facilitate CNS drug development by characterizing different in vitro and in vivo models for studying the blood-brain barrier and membrane transporters/receptors.
I work as a part-time teacher and language specialist in the South Karelian dialect of the Karelian language. I am also a project researcher in the online dictionary project for the Karelian language. Additionally, I translate into South Karelian.
My research focuses on mapping changes in plant communities, species richness, biodiversity, environmental factors. My main data sources come from drone and satellite images that I use to monitor long-term and large-scale changes in the environment. This visual information I am combining with field data, for instance species, biomass and soil information. To take things a bit further, I am utilizing machine learning and AI in my research.
Currently working as an Adjunct Professor to develop advanced cardiac MRI methods and molecular MRI for the characterization of different cardiovascular diseases. I am leading the cardiac imaging group (MRI-, hyperpolariztion MRI-field, PET/CT, PET/MR, SPECT, microCT) at AIV-institute at UEF and leading couple of clinical cardiovascular imaging research projects with advanced methods in Kuopio University Hospital.
Hytönen-Ng is an ethnomusicologist and a cultural researcher, who specializes in the ethnographic study of people’s musical experiences. Her research topic include popular music research (especially jazz), peak experiences related to music, work environment of musicians, musicians’ mobility, sonic environment of reception center, soundscape studies, schools soundscape, the role of sound in shamanic rituals and the meaning of sound in the creation of relationship with the environment.
In her latest research she studies the lamenting tradition and how it lives in the contemporary world, as well as what kind of meanings are give to it and how it is experiences in the body.
The funding for the research comes from KKES, foundation for the promoting Karelian culture, and Kone Foundation.
I work part-time at the University of Eastern Finland in teaching and research in social pedagogy.
My research focuses on citizenship, citizenship education, children’s and young people’s participation, young children’s experiences of loneliness, and the potential of social pedagogical work in various contexts such as early childhood education, schools, and nonformal adult education.
I am also interested in the history and theoretical foundations of social pedagogy.
In addition to my university duties, I serve as the Chair of the Finnish Society for Social Pedagogy and as the Managing Editor of the Journal of Social Pedagogy (Sosiaalipedagogiikka).
My research focuses on understanding the interconnected roles of freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems. The aim is to investigate how anthropogenic changes in the freshwater cycle affect the processes of freshwater-supported terrestrial ecosystems. I work in a project where we study shifts in the global freshwater cycle, the human influences driving these changes, and the impacts on the Earth system. Our goal is to identify just and viable solutions to protect the essential freshwater functions that are vital in the Earth system.
I work as University Lecturer of English Language and Culture from August 1, 2023.
I also worked at UEF in 2020-2021.
My research focuses on contemporary American experimental poetry. I am currently doing research under the title Affective Border-Crossings: Reading for Human-Nature-Culture Connections in Anglophone Literatures. My previous project Difficult Relations: Reading for Emotion in Recent American Experimental Poetry was funded by the Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation, the Kone Foundation and the Emil Aaltonen Foundation. This project was conducted at the Department of English, University of Turku. In the project, I wrote several articles. My monograph, Experimentalism as Reciprocal Communication in Contemporary American Experimental Poetry: John Ashbery, Lyn Hejinian, Ron Silliman, was published by John Benjamins in 2016.
At the University of Eastern Finland, I teach anglophone and particularly American literature and academic writing in English Language and Culture. I have completed the full pedagogical qualification for university teachers (60 credits).
Previously, I have worked as a researcher and in substitute teaching positions at the Department of English, University of Turku, Lund University, and at Luleå University of Technology. I have a double doctoral degree/PhD from the University of Turku and Luleå University of Technology (2014).
More information available on my website http://www.elinasilta.com.
My full list of publications is available here https://elinasilta.com/academic-publications/.
