Leo Lahti
Professor
Data science; AI; Machine Learning; Applied statistics; Statistical programming; Probabilistic models; Complex natural and social systems; Microbial ecology; Computational humanities; Open knowledge
Leo Lahti is professor in Data Science in University of Turku, Finland. His research team focuses on computational analysis and modeling of complex natural and social systems. Lahti obtained doctoral degree (DSc) from Aalto University in Finland (2010), developing probabilistic machine learning methods for high-throughput life science data integration. This was followed by subsequent postdoctoral research at EBI/Hinxton (UK), Wageningen University (NL), and VIB/KU Leuven (BE). Lahti has coordinated international networks in data science methods and applications and organizes international data science training events on a regular basis. He is vice chair for the national coordination on open science Finland, executive committee member for the International Science Council Committee on Data (2023-2025), member of the global Bioconductor Community Advisory Board, and founder of the open science work group of Open Knowledge Finland ry. For more information, see the research homepage iki.fi/Leo.Lahti(external)
Computational scientist focusing on change in complex natural and social systems, and how they can be understood through a computational lens.
Computational and data science, statistical and probabilistic programming, machine learning, AI, applied statistics, ecological models, open science
- Assessing the safety of microbiome perturbations (2025) Metris, Aline; Walker, Alan W.; Showering, Alicia; Doolan, Andrea; McBain, Andrew J.; Ampatzoglou, Antonis; Murphy, Barry; O'Neill, Catherine; Shortt, Colette; Darby, Elizabeth M.; Aldis, Gary; Hillebrand, Greg G.; Brown, Helen L.; Browne, Hilary P.; Tiesman, Jay P.; Leng, Joy; Lahti, Leo; Jakubovics, Nicholas S.; Hasselwander, Oliver; Finn, Robert D.; Klamert, Silvia; Korcsmaros, Tamas; Hall, Lindsay J.
- Associations of alcohol with the human gut microbiome and prospective health outcomes in the FINRISK 2002 cohort (2025)
- European Journal of Nutrition
Koponen, Kari; McDonald, Daniel; Jousilahti, Pekka; Meric, Guillaume; Inouye, Michael; Lahti, Leo; Niiranen, Teemu; Männistö, Satu; Havulinna, Aki; Knight, Rob; Salomaa, Veikko
- Elementary methods provide more replicable results in microbial differential abundance analysis (2025)
- Briefings in Bioinformatics
Pelto, Juho; Auranen, Kari; Kujala, Janne V.; Lahti, Leo
- Fermented foods affect the seasonal stability of gut bacteria in an Indian rural population (2025) Jeyaram, Kumaraswamy; Lahti, Leo; Tims, Sebastian; Heilig, Hans G. H. J.; van Gelder, Antonie H.; de Vos, Willem M.; Smidt, Hauke; Zoetendal, Erwin G.
- Fractional modelling of COVID-19 transmission incorporating asymptomatic and super-spreader individuals (2025) Khalighi, Moein; Lahti, Leo; Ndaïrou, Faïçal; Rashkov, Peter; Torres, Delfim F. M.
- Gut Microbiome as a Risk Factor for Future CKD (2025)
- Kidney International Reports
Hellman, Tapio; Yeo, Li-Fang; Palmu, Joonatan; Havulinna, Aki; Jousilahti, Pekka; Laitinen, Ville; Pärnänen, Katariina; Salomaa, Veikko; Lahti, Leo; Knight, Rob; Niiranen, Teemu
- Gut microbiome-derived bacterial extracellular vesicles in patients with solid tumours (2025)
- Journal of Advanced Research
Mishra, Surbhi; Tejesvi, Mysore Vishakantegowda; Hekkala, Jenni; Turunen, Jenni; Kandikanti, Niyati; Kaisanlahti, Anna; Suokas, Marko; Leppä, Sirpa; Vihinen, Pia; Kuitunen, Hanne; Sunela, Kaisa; Koivunen, Jussi; Jukkola, Arja; Kalashnikov, Ilja; Auvinen, Päivi; Kääriäinen, Okko-Sakari; Peñate Medina, T.; Peñate Medina, O.; Saarnio, Juha; Meriläinen, Sanna; Rautio, Tero; Aro, Raila; Häivälä, Reetta; Suojanen, Juho; Laine, Mikael; Erawijattari, Pande; Lahti, Leo; Karihtala, Peeter; Ruuska, Terhi S.; Reunanen, Justus
- Gut microbiota-derived extracellular vesicles form a distinct entity from gut microbiota (2025) Kaisanlahti, Anna; Turunen, Jenni; Hekkala, Jenni; Mishra, Surbhi; Karikka, Sonja; Amatya, Sajeen Bahadur; Paalanne, Niko; Kruger, Johanna; Portaankorva, Anne M.; Koivunen, Jussi; Jukkola, Arja; Vihinen, Pia; Auvinen, Päivi; Leppä, Sirpa; Karihtala, Peeter; Koivukangas, Vesa; Hukkanen, Janne; Vainio, Seppo; Samoylenko, Anatoliy; Bart, Genevieve; Lahti, Leo; Reunanen, Justus; Tejesvi, Mysore V.; Ruuska-Loewald, Terhi
- Learning and teaching biological data science in the Bioconductor community (2025)
- PLoS Computational Biology
Drnevich, Jenny; Tan, Frederick J.; Almeida-Silva, Fabricio; Castelo, Robert; Culhane, Aedin C.; Davis, Sean; Doyle, Maria A.; Geistlinger, Ludwig; Ghazi, Andrew R.; Holmes, Susan; Lahti, Leo; Mahmoud, Alexandru; Nishida, Kozo; Ramos, Marcel; Rue-Albrecht, Kevin; Shih, David J. H.; Gatto, Laurent; Soneson, Charlotte
- Links between gut microbiota with specific serum metabolite groups in pregnant women with overweight or obesity (2025)
- Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
Lotankar, Mrunalini; Houttu, Noora; Benchraka, Chouaib; Lahti, Leo; Laitinen, Kirsi
- Maternal pre- and postnatal stress and maternal and infant gut microbiota features (2025) Eckermann, Henrik; Lustermans, Hellen; Pärnänen, Katariina; Lahti, Leo; de Weerth, Carolina
- Skin microbiota variation in Indian families (2025) Potbhare, Renuka; RaviKumar, Ameeta; Munukka, Eveliina; Lahti, Leo; Ashma, Richa
- A cohort study in family triads : impact of gut microbiota composition and early life exposures on intestinal resistome during the first two years of life (2024) Jokela, Roosa; Pärnänen, Katariina MM; Ponsero, Alise J; Lahti, Leo; Kolho, Kaija-Leena; de Vos, Willem M; Salonen, Anne
- A concept for international societally relevant microbiology education and microbiology knowledge promulgation in society (2024) Timmis, Kenneth; Hallsworth, John E.; McGenity, Terry J.; Armstrong, Rachel; Colom, María Francisca; Karahan, Zeynep Ceren; Chavarría, Max; Bernal, Patricia; Boyd, Eric S.; Ramos, Juan Luis; Kaltenpoth, Martin; Pruzzo, Carla; Clarke, Gerard; López-Garcia, Purificación; Yakimov, Michail M.; Perlmutter, Jessamyn; Greening, Chris; Eloe-Fadrosh, Emiley; Verstraete, Willy; Nunes, Olga C.; Kotsyurbenko, Oleg; Nikel, Pablo Iván; Scavone, Paola; Häggblom, Max M.; Lavigne, Rob; Le Roux, Frédérique; Timmis, James K.; Parro, Victor; Michán, Carmen; García, José Luis; Casadevall, Arturo; Payne, Shelley M.; Frey, Joachim; Koren, Omry; Prosser, James I.; Lahti, Leo; Lal, Rup; Anand, Shailly; Sood, Utkarsh; Offre, Pierre; Bryce, Casey C.; Mswaka, Allen Y.; Jores, Jörg; Kaçar, Betül; Blank, Lars Mathias; Maaßen, Nicole; Pope, Phillip B.; Banciu, Horia L.; Armitage, Judith; Lee, Sang Yup; Wang, Fengping; Makhalanyane, Thulani P.; Gilbert, Jack A.; Wood, Thomas K.; Vasiljevic, Branka; Soberón, Mario; Udaondo, Zulema; Rojo, Fernando; Tamang, Jyoti Prakash; Giraud, Tatiana; Ropars, Jeanne; Ezeji, Thaddeus; Müller, Volker; Danbara, Hirofume; Averhoff, Beate; Sessitsch, Angela; Partida-Martínez, Laila Pamela; Huang, Wei; Molin, Søren; Junier, Pilar; Amils, Ricardo; Wu, Xiao-Lei; Ron, Eliora; Erten, Huseyin; de Martinis, Elaine Cristina Pereira; Rapoport, Alexander; Öpik, Maarja; Pokatong, W. Donald R.; Stairs, Courtney; Amoozegar, Mohammad Ali; Serna, Jéssica Gil
- Algorithm 1047: FdeSolver, a Julia Package for Solving Fractional Differential Equations (2024)
- ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software
Khalighi, Moein; Benedetti, Giulio; Lahti, Leo
- Association between butyrate-producing gut bacteria and the risk of infectious disease hospitalisation : results from two observational, population-based microbiome studies (2024) Kullberg, Robert F J; Wikki, Irina; Haak, Bastiaan W; Kauko, Anni; Galenkamp, Henrike; Peters-Sengers, Hessel; Butler, Joe M; Havulinna, Aki S; Palmu, Joonatan; McDonald, Daniel; Benchraka, Chouaib; Abdel-Aziz, Mahmoud I; Prins, Maria; Maitland van der Zee, Anke H; van den Born, Bert-Jan; Jousilahti, Pekka; de Vos, Willem M; Salomaa, Veikko; Knight, Rob; Lahti, Leo; Nieuwdorp, Max; Niiranen, Teemu; Wiersinga, W Joost
- Association of Long-Term Habitual Dietary Fiber Intake since Infancy with Gut Microbiota Composition in Young Adulthood (2024) Heiskanen MA, Aatsinki A, Hakonen P, Kartiosuo N, Munukka E, Lahti L, Keskitalo A, Huovinen P, Niinikoski H, Viikari J, Rönnemaa T, Lagström H, Jula A, Raitakari O, Rovio SP, Pahkala K
- Associations between gut microbiota and incident fractures in the FINRISK cohort (2024)
- npj biofilms and microbiomes
Grahnemo, Louise; Kambur, Oleg; Lahti, Leo; Jousilahti, Pekka; Niiranen, Teemu; Knight, Rob; Salomaa, Veikko; Havulinna, Aki S.; Ohlsson, Claes
- Bone marrow metabolism is affected by body weight and response to exercise training varies according to anatomical location (2024)
- Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Ojala, R; Hentilä, J; Lietzén, MS; Arponen, M; Heiskanen, MA; Honkala, SM; Virtanen, H; Koskensalo, K; Lautamäki R; Löyttyniemi, E; Parkkola, R; Heinonen, OJ; Malm, T; Lahti, L; Rinne, J; Eskola, O; Rajander, J; Pietiläinen, KH; Kaprio, J; Ivaska, KK; Hannukainen, JC
- Daily skin-to-skin contact alters microbiota development in healthy full-term infants (2024) Eckermann Henrik Andreas, Meijer Jennifer, Cooijmans Kelly, Lahti Leo, de Weerth Carolina