• 2022-2025 Erikoistutkija, Turun yliopisto
• 2021 - 2022 Post-doc tutkija, Turun yliopisto
• 2021 Ekofysiologian dosentti, Turun yliopisto
• 2016 - 2021 Post-doc tutkija, Turun yliopisto
• 2017 - 2018 Vieraileva tutkija, Jyväskylän yliopisto
• 2013 - 2014 Post-doc tutkija, Turun yliopisto
• 2013 Filosofian tohtori, Turun yliopisto
• 2008 - 2013 Jatko-opiskelija, Turun yliopisto
• 2006 - 2007 Tutkimusassistentti/tutkija, Jyväskylän yliopisto
• 2005 Filosofian maisteri, Jyväskylän yliopisto

I'm working as a senior researcher in the University Turku, studying the effects of metal pollution on early-life microbial environment in birds to understand the interconnection and function between pollution and microbiota and to reveal whether changes in microbiota are related to the physiology and health of the birds. I'm broadly interested in ecotoxicology and ecophysiology as well as the effects of environmental changes on life-history traits and microbial communities in wildlife. In addition, I've been studying the effects of glyphosate-based herbicides on non-target organisms, more specifically the effects on life-history traits, physiological functions and microbiota in invertebrates and vertebrates.

My research interests have been to understand the human induced changes on animals from ecological, genetic and physiological perspective. I am broadly interested in ecological physiology and ecotoxicology as well as effects of environmental changes on on life-history traits and microbial communities in wildlife. I have a versatile background in ecotoxicology, ecophysiology and ornithology in broader scale. I have experience in handling and banding birds, rearing birds in captivity, and conducting field and novel world experiments at indoor aviaries. I have also experienced in performing rearing experiment in insects (plant-herbivore interaction studies) and various physiological measurements in laboratory (e.g. oxidative status measurements, microbial sequencing). I am keen to learn new methodologies in statistics and in the field of evolutionary ecology and ecophysiology.

Teaching:

• Giving lectures in the master program courses, Dept. of Biology, UTU: Principles of Ecotoxicology (responsible teacher 2020, 2022-23), Presenting and Publishing Scientific Data in Biology (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), Environmental Ecology (2019), Environmental Chemicalization (2019, Open University lecture)

Supervision:

• Supervisor of the 2 PhD theses 2022-2027, Dept. of Biology, University of Turku
• Supervisor of the 3 MSc. theses 2019-2022, Dept. of Biology, University of Turku
• Co-supervisor of the Bachelor thesis 2021, University of Jyväskylä
• Supervisor of the MSc. thesis 2017-2018, University of Turku/University of Jyväskylä
• Supervising a student in a “working in the research group” -course (2018 Dept. of Biology, UTU)
• Supervision of MSc students and trainees in Department of Biology (field and laboratory work, 2008-2024 Dept. of Biology, UTU)

Evaluations:

• 1 PhD thesis evaluation (2022)
• 6 MSc theses evaluations (2013, 2019, 2021, 2023, UTU, HY)
• Collaboration in the Evolution in Action project led by researchers from the University of Jyväskylä