Pedagogical training
(updated 02/2026)
2025
Additional course in university pedagogy, University of Turku, 6 credit units
2023
Additional courses in university pedagogy, University of Turku, 9 credit units
2021
Introductory studies in university pedagogy B, University of Turku, 5 credit units
2020
Introductory studies in university pedagogy A, University of Turku, 5 credit units
Demonstrated pedagogical expertise
(updated 02/2026)
2024
Demonstration of teaching skills: University of Turku, 2 October 2024; graded excellent (4/4)
Demonstration of teaching skills, University of Helsinki, 10 June 2024; graded very good (4/5)
2022
Demonstration of teaching skills for the title of Docent, University of Helsinki, 11 April 2022; graded very good (4/5)
2020
Demonstration of teaching skills, University of Turku, 7 August 2020; graded excellent (4/4)
Research supervision
(updated 02/2026)
ongoing
Co-supervision of two PhD students
Co-supervision of one MA thesis
Membership in two doctoral thesis committees
2014 – 2025
Co-supervision of three PhD students
Principal supervision of one MSc and three BSc theses, co-supervision of one MSc thesis
Examination of two MSc theses
Course teaching merits
(updated 02/2026)
In total
- 150+ hours of contact teaching
- preparation and ongoing development of teaching materials
- grading of preassignments, exams and other coursework
- experimentation with variable teaching methods like flipped classroom
2026
Lecturer and coordinating teacher in the course “Population Genetics”, University of Turku, Faculty of Science, January – March 2026
Lecturer in the course “Ihmisgenetiikan harjoitukset” [Practical exercises in human genetics], University of Turku, Faculty of Science, February 2026
2025
Lecturer in the course “Ihmisen genetiikka” [Human genetics], University of Turku, Faculty of Science, November 2024
Lecturer in the course “Ihmisgenetiikan harjoitukset” [Practical exercises in human genetics], University of Turku, Faculty of Science, February 2025
2024
Lecturer in the course “Ihmisen genetiikka” [Human genetics], University of Turku, Faculty of Science, November 2024
Lecturer in the course “Ihmisgenetiikan harjoitukset” [Practical exercises in human genetics], University of Turku, Faculty of Science, May 2024
2023
Lecturer in the course “Ihmisen genetiikka” [Human genetics], University of Turku, Faculty of Science and Engineering, November 2023
Lecturer in the course “Ihmisgenetiikan harjoitukset” [Practical exercises in human genetics], University of Turku, Faculty of Science and Engineering, May 2023
2022
Lecturer in the course “Ihmisen genetiikka” [Human genetics], University of Turku, Faculty of Science and Engineering, November 2022
Lecturer in the course “Interdisciplinary human past and quantitative Uralistics”, University of Turku, Faculty of Humanities, November 2022
Lecturer in the course “Ihmisgenetiikan harjoitukset” [Practical exercises in human genetics], University of Turku, Faculty of Science and Engineering, May 2022
Lecturer in the course “Population Genetics”, University of Turku, Faculty of Science and Engineering, February 2022
2021
Lecturer in the course “Ihmisen genetiikka” [Human genetics], University of Turku, Faculty of Science and Engineering, November 2021
Lecturer in the course “Population Genetics”, University of Turku, Faculty of Science and Engineering, February 2021
2020
Lecturer in the course “Ihmisen genetiikka” [Human genetics], University of Turku, Faculty of Science and Engineering, November 2020
Lecturer in the course “Tutkimushankkeiden esittely” [Biological Research Introductions], University of Turku, Faculty of Science and Engineering, October 2020
2019
Lecturer in the course “Gene Mapping”, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, January – February 2019
2018
Lecturer in the course “Human Evolution and Cultural Change in Multidisciplinary Context”, University of Turku, Faculty of Science and Engineering, October – December 2018
Lecturer in the course “Tieteellisen laskennan perustaidot” [Basic skills in academic computing], University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, October – December 2018
Lecturer in the course “Tieteellisen laskennan perustaidot” [Basic skills in academic computing], University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, April – May 2018
Lecturer in the course “Informaali oppiminen ja opettajankoulutus” [Informal learning and pedagogical studies], on lecture “Historia, kieli, DNA” [History, language, and DNA], University of Helsinki, Faculty of Educational Sciences, April 2018
2017
Lecturer in the course “Tieteellisen laskennan perustaidot” [Basic skills in academic computing], University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, November – December 2017
Lecturer in the course “Gene Mapping”, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, February – March 2017
Assistant teacher in the course “Bioinformatiikka 2017” [Bioinformatics 2017], University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, February 2017
2016
Organizer and lecturer in the course “Tieteellisen laskennan perustaidot” [Basic skills in academic computing], University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, October – December 2016
2015
Coordinator of the course “Sequence analysis and R” organized by Molecular Neurology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, in collaboration with CSC, August – November 2015
2010
Visiting lecturer in the course “Biology for Methodological Scientists: Medical Genetics”, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, February 2010
2008
Visiting lecturer in the course “Introduction to human molecular genetics”, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine, December 2008
2001
Assistant teacher in “Genetiikan perusteet” [Introduction to genetics], University of Helsinki, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, February – March 2001