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Veli-Matti Maltamo ([email protected])

Matti Maltamo is currently a Professor of forest mensuration science with the Faculty of Science and Forestry, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu.
He has also been a Visiting Professor at the research group of Prof. Erik Naesset at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, As, Norway. He was together with Naesset and Jari Vauhkonen, the editor of the textbook Forestry Applications of Airborne Laser Scanning—Concepts and Case Studies published by Springer in 2014. He has authored over 200 scientifically refereed papers. His research interests include forestry applications of ALS.
Dr. Maltamo is an Editor-in-chief of the Silva Fennica. He was a recipient together with Prof. Juha Hyyppä the First Innovation prize of the Finnish Society of Forest Science in 2010 about “Bringing airborne laser scanning to Finland, and the bronze A.K. Cajander Medal of the Finnish Society of Forest Science, 2012.

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Venla Okkonen ([email protected])

As a researcher, I’m interested in worker well-being in the changing working life. My thinking is based on critical psychology, intersectionality, and contextualized understanding of psychological phenomena.

I work as a university teacher in psychology, teaching history of psychology, discursive and narrative methodology, and professional ethics.

My PhD research explores the moral orders of worker well-being and the ways in which the ideal working subject is constructed in worker well-being interventions. I focus on well-being approaches where mental well-being is understood and acted upon as a biological and embodied phenomenon, such as self-tracking and neuroscience.

Prior to my PhD research, I studied work-related burnout as a rupture in the life course in a research project led by Maija Korhonen.

Veronika Górová ([email protected])

I am early-stage researcher in Cellular Neurobiology research group, lead by prof. Katja Kanninen. My field of interest is Alzheimer’s disease and its interplay with the microbiome.

Vesa-Pekka Lehto ([email protected])

Professor Lehto received his M.Sc. in 1993, Lic.Phil. in 1996, and Ph.D. in 1999 from the Department of Physics at the University of Turku, Finland. From 2004 to 2008, he led a research group at the same institution. Since 2008, he has served as a full professor of materials physics at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). In addition to his academic roles, he worked as a Senior Scientist in the Discovery Group at Focus Inhalation Ltd. during 2002–2003. He is also the co-founder and Chairman of the Board of 3AWater Oy.

His research focuses on the development of silicon-based nanostructured materials for three key applications: (i) multifunctional drug delivery systems, (ii) anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, and (iii) adsorbents for metal ions, particularly in dilute aqueous solutions. He has a strong background in the physicochemical characterization of inorganic nanomaterials, pharmaceuticals, and disordered materials. He leads the Pharmaceutical Physics Research Group, comprising approximately 20 researchers in the Department of Technical Physics at UEF.

Professor Lehto has authored over 230 peer-reviewed publications. His work has been cited more than 8,000 times, with an h-index of 49 (Web of Science).

Vijay Saxena ([email protected])

A molecular biologist who has been translated to study proteins, their behavior, functionality and use as therapeutics. In the early part of research career, he has been exposed to solid phase peptide synthesis, peptide chemistry, and their conjugation and purification technologies. He has gained experience working with different G protein coupled receptor like MTNR1A and their role in influencing reproduction in sheep. He was selected for an Indo-Australian career-boosting fellowship which allowed him to work at the Centre of Animal Biotechnology, the University of Melbourne on M-cell targeted delivery system for triggering a mucosal immune response. He along with Dr Jean Pierre Scheerlinck and Alejandra Diaz, identified a novel M-cell marker in sheep and developed methods for targeted delivery of vaccine. He at his laboratory in India developed an engineered kisspeptin with an enhanced half-life. Another significant finding from his laboratory includes the identification of an unknown pathway of cysteine synthesis in a multicellular organism of animal kingdom. He also devised an alternative idea of pyridoxal phosphate permeability in E. coli. He has used protein engineering techniques to improve the properties and function of many therapeutic proteins. He has started a new group (PEBBLE Group) and established the Protein Science Laboratory at the School of Pharmacy, and he looks forward to making further contributions to the university’s research programs. He is using knowledge of antibody phage display and protein purification technologies to develop vaccines and biologics.

Some Important Publications

Mahla, A.S., Bunkar, S.K., Kumawat, B.L., Saxena, V.K., Selvaraju, S., Bhatt, R.S., Singh, R. and Kumar, A., 2023. Dietary n-3 PUFA augments pre-ovulatory follicle turnover and prolificacy in well-fed ewes. Animal Reproduction Science, 252, p.107231. [Elsieviers]

Saxena V. K*, Vedamurthy, G.V. and Raghvendar Singh (2022)., A novel concept of Pyridoxal 5′-phosphate permeability in E.coli for modulating the heterologous expression of PLP dependent proteins, Process Biochemistry, 113,pp 37-46 [Elsieviers]

Saxena, V.K.*, Vedamurthy, G.V., Swarnkar, C.P., Kadam, V., Onteru, S.K., Ahmad, H. and Singh, R.,(2021). De novo pathway is an active metabolic pathway of cysteine synthesis in Haemonchus contortus. Biochimie., 187,110-120 [Elsieviers]

Saxena, V.K., Diaz, A. and Scheerlinck, J.P.Y., (2019). Identification and characterization of an M cell marker in nasopharynx-and oropharynx-associated lymphoid tissue of sheep. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 208, pp.1-5. [Elsieviers]

Vedamurthy, G.V., Ahmad, H., Onteru, S.K. and Saxena, V.K., (2019). In silico homology modelling and prediction of novel epitopic peptides from P24 protein of Haemonchus contortus. Gene,703,pp102-111[Elsieviers]

Vili Virkki ([email protected])

I work in the Global Water Sustainability research group led by Associate Professor Miina Porkka on two projects.

The GloWater project, funded by the Strategic Research Council established within the Research Council of Finland, places Finland in the global water security context. I am currently analysing Finland’s contribution to changes in freshwater resources and water security elsewhere in the world (e.g. through trade markets) and the potential risks to Finland from freshwater change in selected highlight areas that emerge from the analysis  (e.g. for security of supply).

The AQUAGUARD project, funded by the European Research Council, investigates the impacts of human activities on the freshwater cycle and its subsequent effects on other parts of the Earth system. I am instructing two PhD theses within the project: Elina Paavonen’s research focuses on changes in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and Ronit Bohra’s research delves into forests and climatic impacts of freshwater change. Moreover, I support the research of three AQUAGUARD postdoctoral researchers: Marija Cosovic‘s work on wetland biodiversity, Ville Lindgren‘s work on moisture recycling, and Vincent Sorjonen-Biard‘s work on flow changes and riverine ecosystem health.

My doctoral thesis, completed in autumn 2024, dealt with changes in the freshwater cycle and the role of these changes in the Earth system, with a particular focus on the planetary boundaries framework and its development.

Viliina Silvonen ([email protected])

I am a folklorist specialising in the Karelian lament tradition. My research is situated at the intersection of folklore studies and ethnomusicology, covering topics ranging from the emotions and affectivity of historical lament performances on archival audio recordings to a variety of contemporary adaptations of laments within Finland. Additionally, I incorporate insights from critical heritage studies, with particular interest in postcolonial discourse and minority perspectives related to Karelian culture in Finland.

I am a grant-based postdoctoral researcher at the Karelian Institute of the University of Eastern Finland, where I work remotely. I am also a Research Fellow at the Finnish Literature Society’s Research Department, and my office is located there in Helsinki.

Currently, I am researching contemporary applications of the lament tradition from the perspectives of religion and spirituality (Feb 2026–Mar 2027; Alfred Kordelin Foundation). I am also involved in the project “Controversial Folklore: Involving Communities in Future Archival Research” (2026–2029; Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts; Kone Foundation, PI: Outi Valo).

I defended my dissertation in the field of Folklore Studies at the University of Helsinki in January 2022. In my dissertation, I analysed the emotions, affect, and poetics of Olonets Karelian laments using archival recordings. This study combines perspectives from folkloristic and linguistic anthropological performance and practice theories as well as interdisciplinary emotion and affect theories. Methodologically, the research is based on analyses of text, music, and sound/voice, as well as multisensory observation.

In the ”Kyynekanavat – Laments in Contemporary Finland” project (2021–2025, Kone Foundation, University of Eastern Finland, PI: Elina Hytönen-Ng), I collaborated with folk musician and lamenter Emmi Kuittinen. We studied lamenting as a performing art and contemporary folk music, exploring different ways to integrate scholarly and artistic perspectives; among other things, we published an audio article. In that project and in the project ”Karelian Perspective on Folk Music in Finland” (2023–2025, Finnish Cultural Foundation, University of Eastern Finland, PI: Pekka Suutari), I have also analysed the diverse interpretations and contradictions within the lamenting scene in present-day Finland.

I am a member of the editorial board for the Elore Journal, and I have founded a popular science blog Päivystävä folkloristi (‘a folklorist on-call’) with my colleagues in 2018.

 

Vilja Rentto ([email protected])

Vilja Rentto (formerly Johansson) is a University Teacher in International Environmental Law. Her research focuses on developments in international, EU and national climate law. In her doctoral dissertation, she studies the legal evolution of the concept of a just transition as part of governance efforts to ensure the fairness and legitimacy of climate policymaking.

Ville Hautamäki ([email protected])

Senior researcher at the computer science department. Focusing on data science, with specialization in statistical inference and deep learning. At the moment, I teach regularly following courses, Probabilistic inference for data science, Bayes-inference and annual summer school on machine learning. My current application areas are autonomous agents, bioinformatics and speech technology.

Ville Kivivirta ([email protected])

My research focuses on information and organizing in societies and service ecosystems. In addition to conducting policy analysis based on my professional background in HR and administrative science, I explore process-oriented thinking to offer alternative configurations for mainstream tropes.