Curriculum Vitae
Current position
Doctoral researcher
Neuropsychopharmacology lab, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki; Helsinki, Finland
Doctoral Programme Brain & Mind, Doctoral School of Health Sciences
Supervisor: Esa R. Korpi
Education
MSc in Pharmacy - 2018
Major in Pharmacology
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki; Helsinki, Finland
Thesis: Somatostatin-expressing neurons in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis
BSc in Pharmacy - 2016
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki; Helsinki, Finland
Thesis: Genetic and cellular therapies in the treatment of the diseases of the posterior segment of the eye (literature review in Finnish)
Research experience
Research assistant, master's thesis student - 2016-2018
Professor Esa Korpi's Neuropsychopharmacology lab, Department of Phramacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
Research intern - 2016
Professor Esa Korpi's Neuropsychopharmacology lab, Department of Phramacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
Research assistant - 2014
Professor Arto Urtti's Drug delivery and nanotechnology group, Centre for Drug Research, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki
Research assistant - 2013
Professor Arto Urtti's Drug delivery and nanotechnology group, Centre for Drug Research, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki
Research funding
Instrumentarium Science Foundation - 2023-2024
Personal research grant for doctoral research
Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies - 2022-2023
Personal research grant for doctoral research
Paulo Foundation - 2022
Personal research grant for doctoral research
Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies - 2018-2020, 2022
Funding for research expenses (together with supervisor professor Esa Korpi)
Finnish Cultural Foundation - 2018
Three-year personal research grant for doctoral research
Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies - 2017
Personal research grant and funding for research expenses
Suoma Loimaranta-Airila Fund - 2017
Stipend for master's thesis work
Awards and honours
Training bursary, British Association for Psychopharmacology, 2024
Best poster award (Jury's favourite), Brain and Mind Symposium, 2020
FENS-IBRO/PERC Travel award, 2020
Study Prize, Helsinki Pharmacy Student's Association Study prize, 2018
Teaching experience
Thesis co-supervisor - 2018-present
Supervision of one bachelor's, four master's, and five medical thesis students, and one ERASMUS internship project
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
Course co-organizer - 2022-2024
"NeuPhar 2024: Pharmacology of Motivation", Doctoral Programme Brain & Mind, University of Helsinki
"NeuPhar 2024: Primer on Psychopharmacology", Doctoral Programme Brain & Mind, University of Helsinki
"NeuPhar 2022: Neuropharmacology of Brain Disorders", Doctoral Programme Brain & Mind, University of Helsinki
Lecturer - 2021-present
"Psychedelics, addiction, and positive valence" - NeuPhar: Pharmacology of Motivation, Doctoral Programme Brain & Mind, University of Helsinki, 2024
"Behavioural models in addiction research" - Animal models in behavioural neuroscience, MNEURO master's programme, University of Helsinki, 2023
"Psychedelics - therapies and translation" - Translational Psychiatry, TRANSMED master's programme, University of Helsinki, 2021-2024
Teacher mentor - 2020-2022
Group mentoring for Master's students in Translational Medicine
TRANSMED master 's programme, University of Helsinki
Problem based learning (PBL) tutor in pharmacology - 2018-2023
Courses: Basic pharmacology and neuropharmacology, Digestion and nutrition, Drug and radiation safety, Structure and function of the cell
Degree programmes in Medicine and Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
Expert assignments and elected positions in the academic world
Positions of trust in university administration:
Doctoral Programme Brain & Mind Steering Committee, University of Helsinki - 2020-2021
Member
University Collegium, University of Helsinki - 2016-2017
Member (Faculty of Pharmacy student representative); Member of the preparatory working group
Neuroscience Center Board, University of Helsinki - 2014-2016
Deputy Member
Several positions of trust as student representative - 2013-2018
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki
Positions of trust in scientific societies:
The Finnish Pharmacological Society - 2020-2022
Public Relations Officer
The Finnish National Committee for Pharmacology - 2020-2022
Member
Scientific presentations
Invited talks
Scand-LAS Conference, Tampere, Finland, 2024
Title: "Research form – a text-based communication channel supporting culture of care"
70th Anniversary of The Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, The Finnish Foundation for Alcohol Studies, Helsinki, Finland, 2020
Title: "The ethanol consumption-reducing effects of psychedelic drugs"
Pharmacology Friday Seminar, Division of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, 2019
Title: "Psychedelics as a treatment for addiction?"
Oral conference presentations
8th Finnish Symposium on Biological Psychiatry, Helsinki, Finland, 2022
Title: “Iowa Gambling Task as a common currency task – reviewing the potential for interspecies translation in psychopharmacology research”
7th Finnish Symposium on Biological Psychiatry, Online/Helsinki, Finland, 2021
Title: "LSD acutely reduces intermittent ethanol – but not sucrose – intake and has no observable effects on intracranial stimulation reward in C57BL/6 mice”
European Behavioural Pharmacology Society Biennial Meeting, Online, 2021
Title: “LSD acutely reduces intermittent ethanol – but not sucrose – intake and has no observable effects on intracranial stimulation reward in C57BL/6 mice”
Colloquia and seminar presentations
Department of Pharmacology Wednesday Seminar, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, 2022
Poster presentations
European Behavioural Pharmacology Society Biennial Meeting, Mannheim, Germany, 2023
FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Paris, France, 2022
IBNS 31st Annual Meeting, Glasgow, UK, 2022
34th European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Congress, Lisbon/Online Hybrid, 2021
49th European Brain and Behaviour Society Meeting, Lausanne/Online Hybrid, 2021
European Behavioural Pharmacology Society Biennial Meeting, Online, 2021
Brain & Mind Symposium, Online, 2020
FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Online, 2020
5th Finnish Symposium on Biological Psychiatry, Helsinki, Finland, 2019
Brain & Mind Symposium, Espoo, Finland, 2019
ENCODS, London, UK, 2019
3rd Nordic Neuroscience Meeting, Helsinki, Finland, 2019
4th Finnish Symposium on Biological Psychiatry, Helsinki, Finland, 2018
FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany, 2018
Neuroscience Finland, Helsinki, Finland, 2018
European College of Neuropsychopharmacology Workshop for Early Career Scientist in Europe, Nice, France, 2018
Society memberships
British Association for Psychopharmacology - 2023-present
ALBA Network - 2021-present
European Brain and Behaviour Society - 2021-present
European Behavioural Pharmacology Society - 2020-present
Finnish Association for Psychedelic Research - 2018-present
Finnish Pharmacological Society - 2018-present
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies FENS - 2017-present (through BRSF, EBPS, and EBBS)
Brain Research Society Finland - 2017-present
Editorial experience, peer review
Reviewer
Journal for Reproducibility in Neuroscience
Organising scientific meetings and events
Brain & Mind Symposium, Helsinki/Online - 2021
Student Council of the Doctoral Programme Brain & Mind
Responsible for event planning and organisation, symposium hosting, communication and marketing
3rd Nordic Neuroscience Meeting, Helsinki, Finland - 2019
Social Media Coordinator
Responsible for content creation and communication on Twitter and Instagram