Steering Committee

Our Steering Committee members are:

Professor Tapio Määttä (Chair), Academic Rector, UEF Doctoral School Leader
Dr Jouni Kekäle, Chief Senior Specialist
Dr Anu Liikanen, UEF Research Services Director
Professor Marcus Forsberg, Vice Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences
Professor Kari Lehtinen, Dean, Faculty of Science and Forestry
Professor Tommi Laukkanen, Vice Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies
Professor Päivi Eriksson, Programme Coordinator, UEF Business School
Professor Tarja Malm, Programme Co-coordinator, A I Virtanen Institute, UEF
CEO Marko Parviainen, Safedo Ltd
Professor Juha Töyräs, Head of Research and Innovation, Kuopio University Hospital

Doctoral researchers’ representatives (2023):

Member: Doctoral Researcher Shekhar Singh, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences
Deputy Member: Doctoral Researcher Meheli Banerjee, A.I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences

Project representatives