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I am a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the Department of Biology and lead my multi-disciplinary group as a principal investigator.

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Human Life History Group

Myanmar Timber Elephant Project

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Human Diversity

I am a biologist working on the project management, administration and many kinds of hands-on daily tasks related to conducting and completing research projects as a Lummaa Lab jack of all trades.

I am an evolutionary biologist, with special interest in the evolution of sociality and health, and the underlying mechanisms, in humans and other long-lived species such as elephants.

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Human Life History Group

Myanmar Timber Elephant Project

I am an evolutionary biologist using historical records to investigate various topics, in particular fitness maximising strategies in humans, spatial-temporal dynamics of infectious diseases and their interplay with characteristics of human populations.

Human Life History Group

Nordemics Consortium

I am a biologist interested in animal behaviour (personality, social behaviour, movement), behavioural ecology, stress physiology and human-animal interactions.

I am a behavioral and evolutionary ecologist who examines the role of extended family on fertility in historical and modern society.

I am an evolutionary biologist with interests in conservation genomics, human population genomics, and ancient DNA.

I am an evolutionary biologist who is fascinated by what does the temporal and spatial variation in humans and other species tell us about the past, and about the drivers or inhibitors of population differentiation and contacts.

Bedlan

I recently graduated from my PhD on the human-animal relationship in working animals. I am generally interested in how to investigate animal cognition and emotions and their application to animal welfare.

I am a geneticist working on the analysis of molecular data across various domestic and wild species. My primary focus is the characterization of biodiversity within populations and the identification of genetic signatures associated with their adaptation to environmental conditions. My goal is to unravel the genetic mechanisms underlying the resilience and adaptability of animals.

I am an evolutionary biologist generally interested in the evolution of sociality in mammals. My work has mostly focused on kin relationships and family conflicts. During my PhD, I focused on the evolution of sibling rivalry for maternal care, which I studied using long-term data from wild mandrills and chacma baboons. As a postdoctoral researcher in Turku, I work on the breakdown of kin and friend relationships and their consequences, using data in Asian elephant and human populations.

I am interested in animal behaviour and ecology, especially the costs and benefits of group living, competitive and dominance relationships in social groups, and the functional roles of large herbivores such as elephants in tropical ecosystems.

I am a veterinarian and biologist, and I love examining animal health and physiology from a multidisciplinary perspective. My main interest lies in the interaction between physiology, immunity, the microbiome, and the life cycle.

I am a doctoral researcher specialised in evolutionary biology, investigating the determinants and mechanisms of ageing through the study of senescence patterns and telomere dynamics in two long-lived vertebrates, the Asian elephant and the Alpine swift.

I am a PhD researcher in biology and my main focus is on human evolution. The topic of my research is on different environmental and social aspects of dispersal and migration in Finland.

I am a biologist investigating the relationship between breast milk composition and health, currently in elephants and in the future also in humans.

I am a biologist interested in human-animal interactions, social cognition and overall behaviour especially in domestic animals such as horses and cats.

Horse Interaction Project

I am a biologist with a background in ecology. My research interest is the interaction between the environment and human health. I am specifically focused on human longevity patterns in different regions of Finland before and after industrialisation.

I am an evolutionary biologist, specifically interested in how the spatial distribution of disease in the past has influenced contemporary disease distribution and the mechanisms behind this process.

I am an ecologist and evolutionary biologist interested in the evolution of sociality and its impact on health. In my PhD research, I explore how kin networks and other social connections have historically influenced the well-being of aging individuals in Finland. My work aims to deepen our understanding of the role social networks play in promoting health and resilience in later life.

I am a doctoral researcher in evolutionary biology in the evolution and adaptation of phenotype, and the underlying mechanisms with a particular interest for genomic.

I am a Master’s student investigating historical migration in Finland using a travel effort model.

I am a veterinarian and conservation biologist from Yangon, Myanmar. My tasks include daily management and data collection and translation of the elephant logbooks.

I am a research assistant in Yangon, Myanmar, and I collect, digitize and translate the elephant health and life-history data from the logbooks.