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
Andrea Ganna
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
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Poul Henning Jensen
DANDRITE Director
Helena Kilpinen
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
Anna Mathia Klawonn
DANDRITE Group Leader
Annasara Lenman
MIMS Investigator
Andreas Luttens
MIMS Investigator
Andre Mateus
MIMS Team Leader
Mikko Myllymäki
FIMM EMBL-Group Leader
Miina Ollikainen
FIMM Group Leader
Esa Pitkänen
FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
Samuli Ripatti
FIMM Director
Kristoffer Sahlin
MIMS Investigator
Nikolina Sekulić
NCMBM Team Leader
Tiinamaija Tuomi
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
Vanja Lundberg Wiraeus
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow
Fredrik Almqvist
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Charlotte Boccara
NCMBM Group Leader
Laura Carroll
MIMS Group Leader
and DDLS Fellow
Meaghan Flagg
MIMS Group Leader
Emma Haapaniemi
NCMBM Group Leader
Olli Kallioniemi
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
Thomas Kim
DANDRITE Group Leader
Mika Kontro
FIMM Group Leader
Alicia Lind
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow
Panu Luukkonen
FIMM Group Leader and HiLIFE tenure track Assistant Professor
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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
Martin Rosvall
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Biswajyoti Sahu
NCMBM Group Leader
Barbara Sixt
MIMS Group Leader
Eero Vuoksimaa
FIMM Group Leader
Anna Överby Wernstedt
MIMS Deputy Director
Iker Valle Aramburu
MIMS Group Leader
Ellen Bushell
MIMS Group Leader
Mark Daly
FIMM Group Leader
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
Johan Lundin
FIMM Group Leader and Research Director
Andrew Magee
MIMS Group Leader
and DDLS Fellow
Ryo Morimoto
MIMS Group Leader
Johan Normark
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Lassi Paavolainen
FIMM Group Leader
Jelena Radulovic
DANDRITE Professor and Senior group leader
Simone Rubinacci
FIMM-EMBL Group Leader
Linda Sandblad
MIMS Team Leader
Chao Sun
DANDRITE Group Leader
Sun Nyunt Wai
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Niklas Arnberg
MIMS Senior Principal Investigator
Lars-Anders Carlson
MIMS Investigator
Chinmay Dwibedi
MIMS Group Leader
and DDLS Fellow
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
Richard Lundmark
MIMS Team Leader
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
Max Renner
MIMS Investigator
Janna Saarela
NCMBM Director and Partnership Speaker
Björn Ole Schröder
MIMS Group Leader
Anne Tuiskunen Bäck
MIMS Clinical Research Fellow
Elisabeth Widen
FIMM Deputy Director