Meet the Team


Postdoctoral researchers

Yuchang Liu, Dr.
yu-chang.liu@aalto.fi
research interest: enzymatic redox cascades, cellular factories
most recent publications:
Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 1158-1161
J. Mol. Catal B Enzym. 2016, 134, 280-284
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2018, 57, 12151-12156

Eemil Salonen, Dr.
eemil.salonen@aalto.fi
research interest: borrowing hydrogen biocatalysis
most recent publications:
Chem. Select 2018, 3, 12446-12454

Friederike Ratsch, Dr.
tba@aalto.fi
research interest: photobiocatalysis
most recent publications:
Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 4941-4945
Doctoral candidates

Janne Naapuri, MSc
janne.naapuri@aalto.fi
research interest: non-conventional solvent systems in biocatalysis
publications:
Green Chem. 2017, 19, 447-452
Chem. Eur. J. 2019, 25, 6474-6481
ChemCatChem 2020, 16, in print

Christina Jäger, MSc
christina.jager@aalto.fi
research interest: pericyclic reactions, total synthesis of natural products
publications:
ChemPhotoChem 2017, 1, 213-221
Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2018, 20, 2717-2725

Master students & project workers

Philip Wagner, BSc
name.surname@aalto.fi
research interest: enzymatic halocyclizations

Mona Haase, BSc
name.surname@aalto.fi
research interest: laccase-catalyzed ene reactions

Marcel Schatton, BSc
name.surname@aalto.fi
research interest: total synthesis of geipavarin & parvifloranin

Joel Björklund, BSc
joel.bjorklund@aalto.fi
research interest: enzymatic synthesis of spirolactones

Marleen Hallamaa, BSc
marleen.hallamaa@aalto.fi
research interest: chemoenzymatic synthesis of azasugars

Rebecca Gummerer, BSc
tba@aalto.fi
research interest: studies on the total synthesis of angiopterlactone B