I joined the University of Turku in 2004
as PhD candidate in the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials
Science. I completed my PhD in 2006 and post-doctoral research fellow in 2008. In
2011 I got Docentship in Dental
Biomaterials from Biomaterials Science Department. I am now involved in undergraduate and postgraduate dental teaching
programs. I am also involved in conducting a research in Turku Clinical
Biomaterials Centre (TCBC) with goal of optimizing, reinforcing and developing a
new restorative dental materials.

My
current research is focused on development and reinforcement of dental
restorative materials.I am also involved with
several clinical evaluation projects for dental devices.

My interested teaching
activities include pre-clinical and laboratory teaching for undergraduate dental
students (Dental Biomaterials & Dental morphology) and research teaching activities
with postgraduate students and visiting researchers.