Curriculum Vitae                                                                                                      

 

Name:

Airaksinen Anu Johanna, b. 21.3.1974, Lahti, Finland

 

Research interest:

Development of new radiotracers for brain research and for studying nanoparticle mediated drug delivery with positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission tomography (SPECT).

 

Current position:

Group leader, Radiopharmaceutical chemistry (since 2008)

Academy Research Fellow (2010 – 2015)

 

Address:

Laboratory of Radiochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, P.O.B. 55, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland

Tel: +358-9-191 50124, Fax: + 358-9-191 50121, Email: anu.airaksinen.at.helsinki.fi

Homepage: http://www.mv.helsinki.fi/home/anairaks/en.htm

 

Education:

Docent (adjunct professor) in Radiochemistry, University of Helsinki (2011)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), University of Kuopio, Finland, Major subject: Biochemistry, Research field: Chemistry in Biosciences (2003). Topic of the doctoral dissertation: New tropane analogues as potential brain imaging agents: Synthesis, conformational study and in vitro/in vivo evaluation.

Master of Science (M.Sc.), University of Kuopio, Finland, Major subject: Biochemistry (1999).

 

Previous research positions:

Postdoctoral researcher: University of Helsinki, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Radiochemistry (2007).

Postdoctoral researcher: Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical neuroscience, Section of Psychiatry, Stockholm, Sweden (2005 - 2006).

Postdoctoral researcher: Vrije Universiteit, Radionuclidencentrum/Vrije Universiteit Medisch Centrum, Nucleaire Geneeskunde en PET Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2002 - 2004).

Doctoral student: Graduate School of Bioorganic Chemistry, Turku/ University of Kuopio, Dept. of Chemistry (2000-2002).

Researcher: University of Kuopio, Department of Chemistry (1997 - 1999)

Researcher: University Hospital of Kuopio, Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine (12.5. - 12.8.1997)

 

Awards:

GSK Young Investigator Award, the Neuroreceptor Mapping '06 Meeting in Copenhagen, July 6-8, 2006.

JLCR Young Scientist Award 2007, 17th International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Sciences, Aachen, 30 April - 04 May 2007.

 

 

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