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Meet the Team

Current Group  |   Jan Deska   |   Alumni

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Jan Deska, Prof. Dr. 


jan.deska@helsinki.fi

 

for more information, see curriculum vitae

Postdoctoral researchers

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Andrea Rodil García, Dr.  
andrea.rodilgarcia@helsinki.fi

research interest: CO2 fixation, protein engineering

recent publications:

RSC Sustainability, 2024, 2, 3264-3275

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Heather Jameson, Dr.  
heather.jameson@helsinki.fi

research interest: metalloproteins

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Janne Naapuri, Dr.  
janne.naapuri@helsinki.fi

research interest: non-conventional solvents in biocatalysis

recent publications:

Green Chem. 2017, 19, 447-452

Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 6474-6481

ChemCatChem 2021, 13, 763-769

Chem. Open 2022, 11, e202100236

Nanoscale 2022, 14, 5701-5715

ChemCatChem 2022, 14, e202200362

Adam O'Connell, Dr.  
adam.oconnell@helsinki.fi

research interest: enzymatic cascades, enzyme immobilisation

recent publications:

ChemRxiv, 2025, 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-rbj31

​Doctoral candidates

Juhana Aho, MSc  
juhana.as.aho@helsinki.fi

research interest: copper-dependent metalloenzymes

recent publications:

J. Org. Chem., 2025, 90, 2636−2643

Adv. Catal., 2023, 73, 277-324

Green Chem. 2023, 25, 10.1039/D2GC04827B

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Marleen Hallamaa, MSc  
marleen.hallamaa@helsinki.fi

research interest: photocatalytic CO2 activation recent publications:

ChemRxiv, 2025, 10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-rbj31

ChemCatChem, 2025, 17, e202401216

Green Chem. 2023, 25, 10.1039/D2GC04827B

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Benedikt Gocht, MSc  
benedikt.gocht@helsinki.fi

research interest: photoredox catalysis

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Saku Mattila, MSc
saku.mattila@helsinki.fi

research interest: carbene transfer catalysis

Master students & project workers

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Itisha Jain, MSc
itisha.jain@helsinki.fi

research interest: 

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