{"id":118,"date":"2020-05-13T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T10:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2025-10-12T17:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T14:54:31","slug":"the-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/the-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Research Group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"person-card\">\n        <h2>Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n    \n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/kristiina.huttunen\/\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/03\/Huttunen_Kristiina-0035-500x500px.jpg\" alt=\"Krisse\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Kristiina Huttunen, Ph.D.<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">Associate Professor (Tenure Track)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-organisation\">Group Leader of Drug Targeting group since 2014<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">Wide Experience of Research and Teaching in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry<\/p>\n                        \n                                                    <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 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<\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n        \n            <li class=\"link-list-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1175-8517\" class=\"link-reset link hover-scale-down\">\n                    <svg\n        width=\"43\" height=\"25\"\n        viewBox=\"0 0 43 25\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path\n        d=\"M30.027 0 43 12.5 30.027 25 27 22.083 34.351 15H0v-5h34.351L27 2.917z\"\n        fill=\"currentColor\"\n        fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <div>ORCID<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n        \n            <li class=\"link-list-item\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Kristiina-Huttunen\" class=\"link-reset link hover-scale-down\">\n                    <svg\n        width=\"43\" height=\"25\"\n        viewBox=\"0 0 43 25\"\n        xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n    <path\n        d=\"M30.027 0 43 12.5 30.027 25 27 22.083 34.351 15H0v-5h34.351L27 2.917z\"\n        fill=\"currentColor\"\n        fill-rule=\"evenodd\"\/>\n<\/svg>                    <div>ResearchGate<\/div>\n                <\/a>\n                <div class=\"link-info\">\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/li>\n\n                <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"person-card\">\n        <h2>Senior Scientists<\/h2>\n    \n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/santosh.adla\/\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/12\/Adla_Santosh_0440-500x500px.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Santosh Adla, Ph.D. (Chemistry)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2020-<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">(Pro)drug design, synthesis and structural characterization<\/p>\n                        \n                                                    <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 0-56.5-23.5T120-200v-560q0-33 23.5-56.5T200-840h280v80H200v560h560v-280h80v280q0 33-23.5 56.5T760-120H200Zm188-212-56-56 372-372H560v-80h280v280h-80v-144L388-332Z\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/a>\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/petri.turhanen\/\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/12\/Pete.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Petri Turhanen, Ph.D. (Chemistry)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2023-<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">(Pro)drug design, synthesis and structural characterization<\/p>\n                        \n                                                    <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 0-56.5-23.5T120-200v-560q0-33 23.5-56.5T200-840h280v80H200v560h560v-280h80v280q0 33-23.5 56.5T760-120H200Zm188-212-56-56 372-372H560v-80h280v280h-80v-144L388-332Z\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"person-card\">\n        <h2>Postdocs<\/h2>\n    \n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/janne.tampio\/\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/03\/Tampio_Janne-500x500px.jpg\" alt=\"Janne\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Janne Tampio, M.Sc. (Pharmacy)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2025 as Predoc (2019-2024 Ph.D. Student)<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">In vitro efficacy\/toxicity studies (several biomarkers),\r\nBioanalytical method development (mass spectrometry)\r\nMetabolomics, proteomics, lipidomics<\/p>\n                        \n                                                    <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 0-56.5-23.5T120-200v-560q0-33 23.5-56.5T200-840h280v80H200v560h560v-280h80v280q0 33-23.5 56.5T760-120H200Zm188-212-56-56 372-372H560v-80h280v280h-80v-144L388-332Z\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/a>\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/arun.tonduru\/\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/03\/Arun-NEW.jpg\" alt=\"Arun\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Arun Tonduru, Ph.D. (Chemistry\/Pharmacy)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2025- Visiting postdoc (2020-2024 as co-supervised Ph.D. student)<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">Models of OATP transporters<\/p>\n                        \n                                                    <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 0-56.5-23.5T120-200v-560q0-33 23.5-56.5T200-840h280v80H200v560h560v-280h80v280q0 33-23.5 56.5T760-120H200Zm188-212-56-56 372-372H560v-80h280v280h-80v-144L388-332Z\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"person-card\">\n        <h2>Ph.D. Students<\/h2>\n    \n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/seyedhamed.maljaei\/\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/12\/Maljaei_Hamed_0097-500x500px.jpg\" alt=\"Hamed\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Seyedhamed Maljaei, M.Sc. (Pharmacy)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2021-<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">(Pro)drug design and synthesis\r\nIn vitro characterization\r\n<\/p>\n                        \n                                                    <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 0-56.5-23.5T120-200v-560q0-33 23.5-56.5T200-840h280v80H200v560h560v-280h80v280q0 33-23.5 56.5T760-120H200Zm188-212-56-56 372-372H560v-80h280v280h-80v-144L388-332Z\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/a>\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/landry.anamea\/\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/12\/Amamea_Landry-0027-500x500px.jpg\" alt=\"Andy\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Landry Anamea, M.Sc. (Chemistry)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2022-<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">(Pro)drug Design and Synthesis\r\nIn vitro characterization<\/p>\n                        \n                                                    <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 0-56.5-23.5T120-200v-560q0-33 23.5-56.5T200-840h280v80H200v560h560v-280h80v280q0 33-23.5 56.5T760-120H200Zm188-212-56-56 372-372H560v-80h280v280h-80v-144L388-332Z\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/a>\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/adela.kralova\/\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/12\/Kralova_Adela_0430-500x500px.jpg\" alt=\"Adela\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Ad\u00e9la Kr\u00e1lov\u00e1, M.Sc. (Pharmacy)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2022-<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">In vitro\/ in vivo uptake and efficacy\/toxicity studies\r\nProteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics<\/p>\n                        \n                                                    <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 0-56.5-23.5T120-200v-560q0-33 23.5-56.5T200-840h280v80H200v560h560v-280h80v280q0 33-23.5 56.5T760-120H200Zm188-212-56-56 372-372H560v-80h280v280h-80v-144L388-332Z\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/a>\n                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/ville.kuorikoski\/\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/12\/Kuorikoski_Ville_500x500px.jpg\" alt=\"Ville\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Ville Kuorikoski, M.Sc. (Pharmacy)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2022-<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">Models of transporters\r\nComputational drug design<\/p>\n                        \n                                                    <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 0-56.5-23.5T120-200v-560q0-33 23.5-56.5T200-840h280v80H200v560h560v-280h80v280q0 33-23.5 56.5T760-120H200Zm188-212-56-56 372-372H560v-80h280v280h-80v-144L388-332Z\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/a>\n                                        <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/03\/Mikko-2025-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Mikko\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Mikko Nikunen, M.Sc. (Pharmacy)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2025-<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">(Pro)drug Design and Synthesis\r\nIn vitro characterization<\/p>\n                        \n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/10\/C-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Judith\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Judith Glaser, M.Sc. (Pharmacy)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2025-<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">In vitro uptake and efficacy\/toxicity studies\r\nProteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics<\/p>\n                        \n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                        <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2025\/03\/Tonnaow.jpg\" alt=\"Tonnaow\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Thanavit Thongsodsaeng, M.Sc. (Pharmacy)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2025-<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">In vitro\/in vivo uptake and efficacy\/toxicity studies\r\nProteomics, metabolomics, lipidomics<\/p>\n                        \n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"person-card\">\n        <h2>Technicians<\/h2>\n    \n                    <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/12\/Koivunen-Tiina-net.jpg\" alt=\"Tiina\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Tiina Koivunen<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2014-<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">(Pro)drug synthesis\r\nIn vitro characterization<\/p>\n                        \n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"person-card\">\n        <h2>In co-supervision with Prof. Rautio<\/h2>\n    \n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/katayun.bahrami\/\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2023\/12\/Kati.jpg\" alt=\"K\u00e4ti\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                                                <p class=\"person-card-name\">Katayun Bahrami, M.Sc. (Pharmacy)<\/p>\n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-position\">2018-<\/p>\n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">LAT1 protein model and in vitro studies<\/p>\n                        \n                                                    <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" height=\"25px\" viewBox=\"0 -960 960 960\" width=\"24px\" ><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M200-120q-33 0-56.5-23.5T120-200v-560q0-33 23.5-56.5T200-840h280v80H200v560h560v-280h80v280q0 33-23.5 56.5T760-120H200Zm188-212-56-56 372-372H560v-80h280v280h-80v-144L388-332Z\"\/><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                            <\/a>\n                            <\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"person-card\">\n        <h2>In addition<\/h2>\n    \n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/the-group\/vacancies\" class=\"person-card-link hover-scale-down\">\n                            <div class=\"person-card-item\">\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-left\">\n                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"person-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/drug-targeting\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/59\/2022\/08\/farmasia-kv-opiskelijat-2835-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"ERASMUS students\" \/>\n                                            <\/div>\n\n                    <div class=\"person-card-column-right\">\n                        \n                        \n                        \n                                                <p class=\"person-card-text\">3-5 M.Sc. 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