{"id":282,"date":"2021-03-15T15:44:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T13:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/ppg\/?page_id=282"},"modified":"2026-10-16T11:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T08:01:19","slug":"research-group","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/ppg\/research-group\/","title":{"rendered":"Research group"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/ppg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2021\/08\/PPG_group_photo_2021-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/ppg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2021\/08\/PPG_group_photo_2021-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/ppg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2021\/08\/PPG_group_photo_2021-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/ppg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2021\/08\/PPG_group_photo_2021-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/ppg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2021\/08\/PPG_group_photo_2021-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/ppg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/285\/2021\/08\/PPG_group_photo_2021-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">                                 <strong><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Group photo Sauna-raft<\/strong> <strong>Activity day<\/strong><\/mark> <mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>9.6.2021<\/strong><\/mark><\/strong><br><br><em>Back row from left: Rinez Thapa,&nbsp;Ond\u0159ej Haluska, Lizhi Liu, Tommi Tiihonen, Vesa-Pekka Lehto, Jimi Rantanen, Huang Wen,  Herkko Pulkkinen, Konstantin Tamarov, Wujun Xu, and Manoj Muraleedharan Pillai. Front row from left: Xiuyun Zhao, Jing Qian,  Arezoo Rahmani, Emilia Happonen, and Sini Juuti.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Professor, Laboratory Director, Ph.D<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/vesa-pekka.lehto\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vesa-Pekka Lehto<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Associate Professor, Ph.D<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/haidong.liu\/\">Haidong Liu<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Senior researcher, Ph.D.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/wujun.xu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wujun Xu<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Senior researcher, Ph.D.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/xiuyun.zhao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Xiuyun Zhao<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Senior researcher, Ph.D.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/sidra.iftekhar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sidra Iftekhar<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/jimi.rantanen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jimi Rantanen<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/arezoo.rahmani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arezoo Rahmani<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/tommi.tiihonen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tommi Tiihonen<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/herkko.pulkkinen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Herkko Pulkkinen<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/toni-petteri.pennanen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Toni-Petteri Pennanen<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/jiajia.wang\/\">Jiajia Wang<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/behnam.chameh\/#information\">Behnam Chameh<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/silja.saarela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Silja Saarela<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/mikhail.sandzhiev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mikhail Sandzhiev<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/person\/zhe.cao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zhe Cao<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/alireza.rahmani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alireza Rahmani<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/hoa.bui\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hoa Bui<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doctoral Student, M.Sc.<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/kirsti.harkonen\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/uefconnect.uef.fi\/en\/kirsti.harkonen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kirsti H\u00e4rk\u00f6nen<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor, Laboratory Director, Ph.D Vesa-Pekka Lehto Associate Professor, Ph.D Haidong Liu Senior researcher, Ph.D. Wujun Xu Senior researcher, Ph.D. Xiuyun Zhao Senior researcher, Ph.D. Sidra Iftekhar Doctoral Student, M.Sc. 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