Research interests
• Molecular mechanism of neurodegenerative diseases (ALS, FTD)
• Stress granules formation in relation to ALS
• Protein-protein and protein-RNA interactions in ALS
• Neurospheroids and other advanced in vitro neuronal models

Research experience and education
2026 – Postdoctoral Research Assistant; Department of Biotechnology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana
2023 – 2024 University Pedagogy studies, Tampere University, Finland
2022 – 2025 Teaching assistant, Tampere University, Finland
2021 – 2026 PhD, Biosciences; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Finland
2020: Student Exchange; Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2019 – 2021 Research Assistant; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Finland
2018 – 2021 MSc, Cell Technology; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Finland
2014-2018 BSc, Biomedicine; Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Finland

Awards and Fellowships
• 2025: Member of the Organising Committee of the Finnish Organ-on-Chip (FINOoC) Meeting 2025 (Tampere, Finland)
• 2025: A scholarship awarded by The Finnish Concordia Fund to attend a conference
• 2025: A scholarship awarded by the Emil Aaltonen Foundation
• 2024: A scholarship awarded by the Finnish Cardiac Society to attend a conference
• 2023: European Organ-on-Chip Summer School 2023 (Tübingen, Germany)
• 2023: Young Investigator Award at International Atherosclerosis symposium (Porvoo, Finland, 2023)
• 2023: A scholarship awarded by The Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research
• 2022 – 2025 Science Communication Specialist at the Centre of Excellence in Body-on-Chip Research, Tampere University, Finland
• 2021: A scholarship awarded by the Orion Foundation
• 2018: Award for the Best BSc Thesis presentation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Turku, Finland