Our research leaders
Meet the researchers driving discovery across the Nordic EMBL Partnership. This page introduces our directors, group and team leaders, investigators, and clinical fellows from all four nodes. They are the scientists working together to advance excellence in molecular medicine.
Tero Aittokallio
FIMM Group Leader
Oliver Billker
MIMS Director
Felipe Cava
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Camila Esguerra
NCMBM Team Leader
Emma Haapaniemi
NCMBM Group Leader
Olli Kallioniemi
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
Thomas Kim
DANDRITE Group Leader
Mika Kontro
FIMM Group Leader
Johan Lundin
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
Andre Mateus
MIMS Team Leader
Mikko Myllymäki
FIMM EMBL-Group Leader
Miina Ollikainen
FIMM Group Leader
Esa Pitkänen
FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
Martin Rosvall
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Linda Sandblad
MIMS Team Leader
Chao Sun
DANDRITE Group Leader
Sun Nyunt Wai
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Fredrik Almqvist
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Charlotte Boccara
NCMBM Group Leader
Laura Carroll
MIMS Investigator
Maria Fällman
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Heidi Haikala
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
Jaakko Kaprio
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
Taro Kitazawa
DANDRITE Group Leader
Mariike Kuijjer
NCMBM Group Leader
Richard Lundmark
MIMS Team Leader
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Anthony Mathelier
NCMBM Associate Director
Arafath (Rafa) K. Najumudeen
FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
Hanna Ollila
FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
Matti Pirinen
FIMM Group Leader
Simone Rubinacci
FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
Björn Ole Schröder
MIMS Group Leader
Anne Tuiskunen Bäck
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow
Elisabeth Widen
FIMM Deputy Director
Iker Valle Aramburu
MIMS Group Leader
Ellen Bushell
MIMS Group Leader
Mark Daly
FIMM Group Leader
Anniina Färkkilä
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
Caroline Heckman
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
Eliisa Kekäläinen
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
Magnus Kjærgaard
DANDRITE Associate Professor and Senior Group Leader
Johannes Landskron
NCMBM Team Leader
Panu Luukkonen
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
Ryo Morimoto
NCMBM Group Leader
Johan Normark
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Lassi Paavolainen
FIMM Group Leader
Jelena Radulovic
DANDRITE Professor and Senior group leader
Janna Saarela
NCMBM Director and Partnership Speaker
Nikolina Sekulić
NCMBM Team Leader
Tiinamaija Tuomi
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
Vanja Lundberg Wiraeus
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow
Niklas Arnberg
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Lars-Anders Carlson
MIMS Investigator
Chinmay Dwibedi
MIMS Group Leader
Andrea Ganna
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
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DANDRITE Director
Helena Kilpinen
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
Anna Mathia Klawonn
DANDRITE Group Leader
Alicia Lind
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow
Nina Mars
FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
Fiona Müllner
DANDRITE Group Leader
Anders Nykjær
DANDRITE Professor and Senior group leader
Aarno Palotie
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
Samuli Ripatti
FIMM Director
Biswajyoti Sahu
NCMBM Group Leader
Barbara Sixt
MIMS Group Leader
Eero Vuoksimaa
FIMM Group Leader
Anna Överby Wernstedt
MIMS Deputy Director