From left to right: Urooj Rashid, Priyanka, Elisa Heilmann, Saija Ahonen (collaborator from Markkola & Ruotsalainen group), Kaisa Lehosmaa, Anna Maria Pirttilä, Janne Koskimäki, Ievgeniia Prekrasna, Namrata Baruah
Dr. Kaisa Lehosmaa, post-doc
Ph.D. in 2018 "Anthropogenic impacts and restoration of boreal spring ecosystems". She is studying the moss Warnstorfia fluitans and its microbial symbionts for phytoremediation of mining and municipal wastewaters.
email: kaisa.lehosmaa-at-oulu.fi
Dr. Olga Podolich, post-doc
Olga is a visiting scientist from the Laboratory of Microbial Ecology, IMGB, NASU, Kyiv Ukraine.
Dr. Priyanka Trivedi, post-doc
Ph.D. in 2021 on "Cuticular wax of Nordic berries: focus on composition, biosynthesis, and the effect of environmental factors"
M.Sc. Namrata Baruah, Ph.D. student
Namrata has graduated from Assam Agricultural University, AAU, Jorhat, Assam, India. She is studying the mechanisms by which endosymbiotic Methylorubrum extorquens DSM13060 manipulates the pine host and induces plant growth.
M.Sc. Phuong Nguyen, Ph.D. student
Phuong has graduated from Kyung Hee University, Yongin City, Republic of Korea. She is studying the endophytic community composition in bilberry fruits and their influences on berry secondary metabolism.
M.Sc. Habibollah Mohammadparast, Ph.D. student
Habibollah has graduated from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. He is studying the endophyte Pseudomonas synxantha DSM13080 and its interaction with the host Scots pine.
M.Sc. Urooj Rashid, Ph.D. student
Urooj is working on the moss Warnstorfia fluitans and its microbial symbionts to enable phytoremediation of mining and municipal wastewaters.
M.Sc. Elisa Heilmann, Ph.D. student
Elisa is working on the common reed Phragmites australis and its microbial symbionts to enable phytoremediation of mining and municipal wastewaters.
M.Sc. Elina Bergman, Ph.D. student
Elina is working on aquatic microbial communities and effects of environmental stress on their community shifts and physiology.
M.Sc. Abrar Hussain Mian, Ph.D. student
Abrar is working on visualization of endophytic microbes in tissues of mosses, and their genomes. He is part of the I4WORLD programme at the University of Oulu
Iida-Maria Rantanen (2023) - M.Sc. student
Dr. Janne Koskimäki (2016-2019, 2020-2022) - post-doc
Roosa Haajanen (2022) - M.Sc. student
NĂ©mo Fontanie (2021-2022) - visiting M.Sc. student
Ievgeniia Prekrasna (2021) - post-doc
Enric Garcia Muchart (2020) - visiting M.Sc. student
Pirjo Koivusaari (2015-2020) - Ph.D. student
Francisca Fernandez Prieto (2020) - M.Sc. student
Rupali Roy (2020) - M.Sc. student
Dr. Jaanika Edesi, Ph.D. in 2018: "The effect of light spectral quality on cryopreservation success of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) shoot tips in vitro"
Xavier Rey Velasco (2018) - visiting M.Sc. student
Marta Masó-Martínez (2017) - visiting M.Sc. student
Dr. Janne Koskimäki, Ph.D. in 2016: "The interaction between the intracellular endophytic bacterium, Methylobacterium extorquens DSM13060, and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)"
Dr. Mysore V. Tejesvi (2008-2014) - post-doc
Dr. Mahmoud F. Elsebai (2012-2014) - post doc
M.Sc. Syed Baker (2013-2014) - visiting Ph. D. student
Dr. Pavlo Ardanov, Ph.D. in 2013: "Priming capacities of endophytic Methylobacterium sp. on potato (Solanum tuberosum L)".
Johanna Pohjanen (2009-2015) - Ph.D. student
Kaisa Haapala (2009-2013) - Ph.D. student
Emmi-Leena Ihantola (2011-2013) - M. Sc. student
Dr. Pere Picart Faiget (2009-2010) - post doc
M.Sc. Terttu Kämäräinen-Karppinen (2007-2009) - researcher
Elina Hankala (2008-2010) - M. Sc. student
Catherine Fallecker (2008-2009) - visiting M.Sc. student
Olga Podolich (2006-2007) - visiting Ph. D. student
Katharina Palmer (2006-2007) - visiting M.Sc. student
Dr. Janne Koskimäki, Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Finland
Dr. Annu Ruotsalainen, Biodiversity Unit, University of Oulu, Finland
Dr. Piippa Wäli, Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Finland
Dr. Olli Loukola, Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Finland
Prof. Timo Muotka, Ecology and Genetics, University of Oulu, Finland
Doc. Terhi Tapiainen, Pediatrics, Oulu University Hospital, Finland
Prof. Phillip Watts, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Juhani Lahdenperä, Biotech Startup Management
Kari Lehmussaari, Science and Technology Forum
Prof. Kai Kaarniranta, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
Prof. Arto Urtti, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
Prof. Anu Kauppinen, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
Dr. Natalia Kozyrovska, Institute of Molecular Biology&Genetics of NASU, Acad. Zabolotnoho, Kyiv, Ukraine
Prof. Carolin Frank, University of California Merced, Merced, CA, USA
Dr. Julia Vorholt, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Prof. Helena Freitas, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal