PhD, Adjunct Professor Kirsi Lehto - UTU Research Portal

Kirsi Lehto
PhD, Adjunct Professor

- Docent,
Faculty of Science (University of Turku)
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Molecular Plant Biology (Department of Life Technologies)

klehto@utu.fi

+358 50 338 2824

Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4

Turku

CV-2018 - Kirsi Lehto.pdf

Areas of expertise

Astrobiology,
Origin of Life research,
RNA-silencing
Molecular biology

Teaching

Currently I am teaching different laboratory course exercises in the area of Molecular plant biology, molecular biology and cell biology, in topics ranging from plant tissue culture, measurement of enzymatic activities, and molecular cloning.

Every second year (next time in autumn semester 2019) I am teaching lecture courses in Astrobiology, Origin of life, and TimeTrek (covering the deep natural history of the world)

Publications

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Conclusion: Horizons of Red and Green (2025) Mars and the Earthlings: A Realistic View on Mars Exploration and Settlement Viso, Michel; Gargaud, Muriel; Lehto, Kirsi; Verseux, Cyprien
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
Introduction: Seeing Through the Martian Dust (2025) Mars and the Earthlings: A Realistic View on Mars Exploration and Settlement Lehto, Kirsi; Gargaud, Muriel; Verseux, Cyprien; Viso, Michel
(B2 Non-refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
Mars and the Earthlings: A Realistic View on Mars Exploration and Settlement (2025) Verseux, Cyprien; Gargaud, Muriel; Lehto, Kirsi; Viso, Michel
(C2 Editorial work for a scientific compilation book)
Mars as a Science Base: Towards a Small Permanent Outpost (2025) Mars and the Earthlings: A Realistic View on Mars Exploration and Settlement Chatzitheodoridis, Elias; de Vera, Jean Pierre; Kereszturi, Akos; Mason, Nigel; Possnig, Carmen; Puumala, Mikko; Sivula, Oskari; Viso, Michel; Detrell, Gisela; Ditrych, Ondřej; Lee, Natuschka M.; Lehto, Kirsi; Persson, Erik; Runavot, Marie-Clotilde; Schmidt, Nikola; Vago, Jorge L.
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
Mars in Science Fiction and Our Perceptions of the Red Planet (2025) Mars and the Earthlings: A Realistic View on Mars Exploration and Settlement Nováková, Julie Nekola; Carré, Fabrice; Dunér, David; Lee, Natuschka M.; Lehoucq, Roland; Lehto, Kirsi; Persson, Erik
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
Perspectives for Crewed Missions to Mars: Exploration from Orbit and/or Short Stay (2025) Mars and the Earthlings: A Realistic View on Mars Exploration and Settlement Chatzitheodoridis, Elias; de Vera, Jean-Pierre; Kereszturi, Akos; Mason, Nigel; Possnig, Carmen; Puumala, Mikko; Sivula, Oskari; Viso, Michel; Arnould, Jacques; Detrell, Gisela; Ewald, Reinhold; Freissinet, Caroline; Holynska, Malgorzata; Javaux, Emmanuelle; Lee, Natuschka M.; Lehto, Kirsi; Milligan, Tony; Siljeström, Sandra; Vago, Jorge L.
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
Towards Permanent Settlements on Mars (from 1000 to 100,000 People) (2025) Mars and the Earthlings: A Realistic View on Mars Exploration and Settlement Chatzitheodoridis, Elias; Clerc, Philippe; Kereszturi, Akos; Mason, Nigel; Persson, Erik; Possnig, Carmen; Poulet, Lucie; Puumala, Mikko; Sivula, Oskari; Brucato, John Robert; Cesari, Laetitia; Detrell, Gisela; Ditrych, Ondřej; Fornaro, Teresa; Gonçalves, Barbara; Gross, Christoph; Hedlund, Maria; Hofmann, Mahulena; Krassakis, Alexandros; Lee, Natuschka M.; Lehto, Kirsi; Meneghin, Andrea; Noack, Lena; Rückert, Patrick; Schmidt, Nikola; Selke, Stefan; Tikkanen, Mikko; Tønnessen, Morten; Tracht, Kirsten
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
Mars Can Wait. Questions Surround Settlements on Other Worlds (2023)
- Scientific American
Puumala Mikko M., Sivula Oskari, Lehto Kirsi
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal)
Moving to Mars: The Feasibility and Desirability of Mars Settlements (2023)
- Space Policy
Puumala Mikko M., Sivula Oskari, Lehto Kirsi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The detection of solid phosphorus and fluorine in the dust from the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (2020)
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gardner Esko, Lehto Harry J., Lehto Kirsi, Fray Nicolas, Bardyn Anaïs, Lönnberg Tuomas, Merouane Sihane, Isnard Robin, Cottin Hervé, Hilchenbach Martin; The Cosima Team
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Upregulation of Hox-hydrogenase gene expression by nutrient adjustment in the filamentous non-heterocystous cyanobacterium Arthrospira sp. PCC 8005 (2020)
- Journal of Applied Phycology
Wuttinun Raksajit, Cherdsak Maneeruttanarungroj, Pirkko Mäenpää, Kirsi Lehto, Aran Incharoensakdi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Astrobiologia: elämän edellytyksiä etsimässä (2019) Lehto K
(E2 Popularised book )
eTimeTrek: digital deep history of the Universe (2019)
- EPJ Web of Conferences
The International Symposium on Education in Astronomy and Astrobiology (ISE2A 2017) Lehto K, Kauko A, Nurmi P, Lee N, Chatzitheodoridis E, Lehto H
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
The Evolving Universe and the Origin of Life: The Search for Our Cosmic Roots (2019) Pekka Teerikorpi, Mauri Valtonen, Kirsi Lehto, Harry Lehto, Gene Byrd, Arthur Chernin
(C1 Refereed scientific book)
Eukaryote specific folds: Part of the whole (2018)
- Proteins
Kauko A, Lehto K
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The oxygen isotopic composition (18O/16O) in the dust of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko measured by COSIMA on-board Rosetta (2018)
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
J A Paquette, C Engrand, M Hilchenbach, N Fray, O J Stenzel, J Silen, J Rynö, J Kissel; The Cosima Team
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Mechanical and electrostatic experiments with dust particles collected in the inner coma of comet 67P by COSIMA onboard Rosetta (2017)
- Philosophical Transactions A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Hilchenbach M, Fischer H, Langevin Y, Merouane S, Paquette J, Ryno J, Stenzel O, Briois C, Kissel J, Koch A, Schulz R, Silen J, Altobelli N, Baklouti D, Bardyn A, Cottin H, Engrand C, Fray N, Haerendel G, Henkel H, Hofner H, Hornung K, Lehto H, Mellado EM, Modica P, Le Roy L, Siljestrom S, Steiger W, Thirkell L, Thomas R, Torkar K, Varmuza K, Zaprudin B; Group Author(s): COSIMA Team
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Optical properties of cometary particles collected by the COSIMA mass spectrometer on-board Rosetta during the rendezvous phase around comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (2017)
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Y. Langevin, M. Hilchenbach, M. Vincendon, S. Merouane, K. Hornung, N. Ligier, C. Engrand, R. Schulz, J. Kissel, J. Rynö; the COSIMA team
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Similarities in element content between comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko coma dust and selected meteorite samples (2017)
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Oliver J. Stenzel, Martin Hilchenbach, Sihane Merouane, John Paquette, Kurt Varmuza, Cécile Engrand, Franz Brandstätter, Christian Koeberl, Ludovic Ferrière, Peter Filzmoser, Sandra Siljeström; the COSIMA team
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The 34S/32S isotopic ratio measured in the dust of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko by Rosetta/COSIMA (2017)
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
J A Paquette, K Hornung, O J Stenzel, J. Rynö, J. Silen, J. Kissel, M. Hilchenbach, The Cosima Team
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)