The program will hire 85 postdoctoral researchers to 12 Finnish government research institutes between 2025 and 2028. Postdoctoral researchers will drive impactful, high-level research bridging science, industry, and administration.
The programme is supported by Finland’s long-term R&D funding. The purpose of State’s R&D funding, together with R&D investments from the businesses sector, is to raise Finland’s R&D expenditure to 4% of GDP by 2030.
My research focuses on developing automated and data‑driven pipelines for fungal strain engineering, with a particular emphasis on the industrial filamentous fungus Trichoderma reesei.
A growing global population requires increasing amounts of sustainable and nutritious food.
The main goal is to evaluate the effects of human land use on fish populations and to create indicator-based tools to detect changes in these populations.
My research develops spatial multi-criteria decision-making methods to identify priority areas for climate change mitigation/adaptation and biodiversity conservation.
My research focuses on the effects of sustainable agricultural practices on soil biodiversity and ecosystem function.
This research aims to identify how private and public financing should be strategically directed, and governance instruments accordingly designed, to drive transformation of vital production systems towards becoming more sustainable and resilient.
