Kirsi Lehto
PhD, Adjunct Professor
klehto@utu.fi +358 50 338 2824 Itäinen Pitkäkatu 4 Turku |
Areas of expertise
Astrobiology,
Origin of Life research,
RNA-silencing
Molecular biology
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
- 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
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A first assessment of the strength of cometary particles collected in-situ by the COSIMA instrument onboard ROSETTA (2016)
- Planetary and Space Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Close-up on Dust Particle Fragments (2016)
- Astrophysical Journal Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dust particle flux and size distribution in the coma of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko measured in situ by the COSIMA instrument on board Rosetta. (2016)
- Astronomy and Astrophysics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - High-molecular-weight organic matter in the particles of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (2016)
- Nature
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Pressurized Martian-like pure CO2 atmosphere supports strong growth of cyanobacteria, and causes significant changes in their metabolism (2016)
- Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Searching for calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions in cometary particles with Rosetta/COSIMA (2016)
- Meteoritics and Planetary Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sustainable life support on Mars - the potential roles of cyanobacteria (2016)
- International Journal of Astrobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Typology of dust particles collected by the COSIMA mass spectrometer in the inner coma of 67P/Churyumov Gerasimenko (2016)
- Icarus
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Variations in cometary dust composition from Giotto to Rosetta, clues to their formation mechanisms (2016)
- Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



