Present group:

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

 

 

Past members:

Iida-Maria Rantanen (2023) - M.Sc. student

Dr. Janne Koskimäki (2016-2019, 2020-2022) - post-doc

Roosa Haajanen (2022) - M.Sc. student

Némo 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

 

 

Collaboration:

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