Šárka Lehtonen
PhD Pharm., Research Director.
Academic degrees:
Adjunct Professor in Neuropharmacology, UEF, 2016
PhD Pharm (Pharmacology), University of Kuopio, 2005
MSc Pharm (Pharmacology), Charles University in Prague, 1999
Major positions and appointments:
- Research Director, A.I.Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 2024-
- Sigrid Jusélius Research Fellow, A.I.Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, 2021-2024
- Senior researcher, Neuroscience Center, HiLIFE, University of Helsinki, 2018-
- University researcher, Saastamoinen säätiö Fellowship, University of Eastern Finland, 2013-2016
- Visiting researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Stem Cell Biology, Masaryk University, Brno, 2012-2013
- Assistant in Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kuopio, 2007-2011
- Postdoctoral researcher, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, University of Helsinki, 2005-2007
- PhD student, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kuopio, 2001-2005
Teaching:
- Supervision of PhD, MSc, BSc., medical trainees, ERASMUS and EDUFI students
- Course coordinator – Regenerative medicine (5 ECTS), taught yearly at the UEF (Biomedicine) during the autumn semester
- Broad experience of teaching in various courses of pharmacology, neuroscience and stem cell biology
The lab is funded by:
