Hyperparasites in warming cities -pilot
I am currently developing a research project on hyperparasites in warming cities. The project centres around a generalist hyperparasite Ampelomyces quisqualis paratisising powdery mildew plant pathogens, powdery mildew species diversity, and more specific dynamics on a common plant Plantago major and it's species specific powdery mildew pathogen Golovinomyces sordidus. The piloting phase includes collecting field data on Ampelomyces prevalence and powdery mildew species occurrence across Helsinki, and testing experimental methods for future temperature experiments.
Urban rat as a model system for disease ecology -primary position
My main research position since 2024 is a postdoctoral position in Helsinki Urban Rat Project in Tuomas Aivelo's group at the University of Helsinki. We are collecting data on parasites, pathogens, individual rat movement, population genetics, and the effects of pest control of wild Rattus norvegicus with another postdoc, Viktor Zöldi, and three master students. I am also performing spatial statistics with R-INLA on the factors explaining rat activity across Helsinki in a track plate data set collected in a previous citizen science project.
I am currently developing a research project on hyperparasites in warming cities. The project centres around a generalist hyperparasite Ampelomyces quisqualis paratisising powdery mildew plant pathogens, powdery mildew species diversity, and more specific dynamics on a common plant Plantago major and it's species specific powdery mildew pathogen Golovinomyces sordidus. The piloting phase includes collecting field data on Ampelomyces prevalence and powdery mildew species occurrence across Helsinki, and testing experimental methods for future temperature experiments.
Urban rat as a model system for disease ecology -primary position
My main research position since 2024 is a postdoctoral position in Helsinki Urban Rat Project in Tuomas Aivelo's group at the University of Helsinki. We are collecting data on parasites, pathogens, individual rat movement, population genetics, and the effects of pest control of wild Rattus norvegicus with another postdoc, Viktor Zöldi, and three master students. I am also performing spatial statistics with R-INLA on the factors explaining rat activity across Helsinki in a track plate data set collected in a previous citizen science project.
Parasites in the city: altered intestinal helminth communities via host genetic degradation
In 2022-2023 I worked in Japan as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow in Itsuro Koizumi's group at Hokkaido University. I am investigating whether rodent parasites and host population genetic diversity are linked in small rodents in urban sites and natural parks. I am currently analyzing a next-generation sequencing data set sequenced with MIG-seq, an Illumina based population genetic sequencing method, during my visit to Ryo Nakao's laboratory at Hokkaido university. My work continues the work of Jason Anders's PhD where parasite data and rodent samples for this project originated from.
Causes and consequences of within-host parasite communities
In 2017-2022 I completed my PhD in Anna-Liisa Laine's group in the University of Helsinki investigating the drivers and consequences of viral and fungal infections, and coinfections, in a wild herb Plantago lanceolata.
In 2022-2023 I worked in Japan as a JSPS postdoctoral fellow in Itsuro Koizumi's group at Hokkaido University. I am investigating whether rodent parasites and host population genetic diversity are linked in small rodents in urban sites and natural parks. I am currently analyzing a next-generation sequencing data set sequenced with MIG-seq, an Illumina based population genetic sequencing method, during my visit to Ryo Nakao's laboratory at Hokkaido university. My work continues the work of Jason Anders's PhD where parasite data and rodent samples for this project originated from.
Causes and consequences of within-host parasite communities
In 2017-2022 I completed my PhD in Anna-Liisa Laine's group in the University of Helsinki investigating the drivers and consequences of viral and fungal infections, and coinfections, in a wild herb Plantago lanceolata.