Liisa Viikari Curriculum vitae - Helsinki.fi

Liisa Viikari
Curriculum vitae
Contact information:
University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry
PO BOX 27, 00014 University of Helsinki
Tel. +358-9-191 58653
Fax +358-9-191 58475
Mobile +358-50-5527240
e-mail:Liisa.Viikari@helsinki.fi
www.helsinki.fi
Education and degrees:
1989 Docent in Biochemical Process Technology, Technical University of Lappeenranta
1986 Doctor of Technology, Helsinki University of Technology
1981 Licentiate in Technology (Biotechnology), Helsinki University of Technology
1974 M.Sc. (Biochem Eng.), Helsinki University of Technology
Current appointment:
2007 Professor (Biorefineries), University of Helsinki (from 1.3.2007)
Employment history:
2002-2007 Member of the Strategic Research Management Group at VTT
2002-2007 Manager of VTT’s Strategic Technology Programme
2000-2007 Research professor in Industrial Biotechnology at VTT Biotechnology
1995-2000 Research professor in Biotechnology in the Pulp and Paper Industry at VTT
Biotechnology and Food Research
1981-1994 Head of Research sections on Process Technology & Biotechnology, VTT
1975-1981 Research scientist/senior scientist, VTT Biotechnical Laboratory
Publications:
About 130 original peer reviewed articles, 30 reviews or book chapters and about 30 patents or patent
applications.
Research assessments and awards:
1986, 1992 VTT prize for scientific excellence
1990 The Emmanuel Merck Award
1990 The Award of the Ministry of Environment
1996 The Walter Ahlström Prize
2001 The Anselm Payen Award (USA)
2001 Knight First Class of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

Professional duties and activities in the academic community:
1992-1994 Member of the Research Council for the Environmental Sciences of the Academy of
Finland
1995-1997 Member of the EU Scientific Committee for Animal Nutrition (SCAN)
1997-2000 Member of the steering group of NUTEK (Sweden) programme:
“Bioprocesses in Industry”
1998-2001 Member of the EU 5th Framework Programme Expert Advisory
Group (EAG) on the area of Cell Factory,
2004-2006 Member of the Board of the Nordic Wood Material Science Programme
2005-2006 Chair of the Evaluation group for Industrial Biotechnology, member of the Evaluation
Committee of the Vinnova Center of Excellence Programme
2005-2006 Member of the Biofuels Research Advisory Council of the European Industrial Platform
for Biofuels (BIOFRAC)
2006-2009 Member of the Advisory Group for Energy of the European Union (AGE)
2009- Member of Peer Review College of The Danish Council for Strategic Research
2000-2005 Coordinator of the COST Action E 23 “Biotechnology in the Pulp and Paper Industry”
2007-2011 Coordinator of the COST Action FP0602 “Biotechnology for Biorefineries”
2010- Director of the Graduate school for biomass refining (BIOREGS)
Memberships in professional organizations:
1993- Member of the Finnish Academy of Technology
1997 Member of the International Academy of Wood Science (IAWS)
2001-2006 Member of the Board the Finnish Academy of Technology,
2002-2006 Vice chairman of the Board of The Finnish Academy of Technology
2002-2007 Member of the Board of the Finnish Technology Award Foundation (Millennium Prize)
Member in national professional organizations, The Swedish Association of Pulp and Paper
Engineers (SPCI), American Chemical Society (ACS)
Memberships in editorial boards:
Carbohydrate Polymers (>2007)
Cellulose (>2009)
Holzforschung
Journal of Biotechnology
Journal of Wood Science
Biotechnology for Biofuels
Other scientific qualifications:
Supervision / co-supervision, external examiner and/or opponent of several PhD theses in 1992-2010
Coordinator of several national and European projects (FP7, FP 6, FP5)
Evaluator of several national, Scandinavian and EU project applications and academic reviews
Member of Programme committees of several national and international conferences