EDUCATION Academic degrees - Ph.D., University of Eastern Finland, between 01.01. 2009- 31.12.2012. “Associations and basis of personality, life-history and social interactions” in Invertebrate Evolution and Behaviour - Research Group. Under supervision of Prof. Raine Kortet & Prof. Anssi Vainikka. - M.Sc., University of Oulu, 18.06. 2008. ”How age, body mass and weather affect the survival of the local passerine”. Under supervision of Prof. Markku Orell.
ACADEMIC WORK EXPERIENCE (starting from PhD) Present post: - Postdoctoral research fellow. University of Helsinki, Finland. 05.10.2020-31.08.2022. Funded by the University of Helsinki. Past experience - Independent Postdoctoral research fellow (Principal investigator). Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. 01.1.2018-31.09.2020. Funded by DFG. - Independent Postdoctoral research fellow (Principal investigator). Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. 01.12.2014-31.05.2017. Funded by DFG. - Postdoctoral research fellow. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany. 01.06.2013-31.11.2014. Funded by Alexander von Humboldt research stipend for post-doctoral researchers. - Researcher (PhD -student). University of Eastern Finland, Finland. 01.01.2009-31.12.2012.
RESEARCH FUNDING (selected research grants) 2017: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). Personal research grant for principal investigator, € 260 000. For 36 months. 2015: Volkswagen Foundation . Grant to organize two workshops in Germany (~40 people each): "Towards a general theory of the pace-of-life syndrome" (with Dr. M.Dammhahn (head of the application), Prof. D.Réale and Prof. N.Dingemanse), € 64 100. 2014: DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft). Personal research grant for principal investigator, € 280 000. For 30 months. 2013: Alexander von Humboldt research stipend for post-doctoral researchers. Post-doctoral research grant, € 82 800. For 24 months.