I currently co-supervise 4 PhD students at two different universities.
Megha Dash, University of Turku. Host-parasite relationships in changing natural environment - Genetic responses of brown trout (Salmo trutta) to myxozoan parasite T. bryosalmonae.
Siim Kahar, University of Turku (co-supervisors Dr. J-P. Vähä, Prof. J. Erkinaro). Analysis of contemporary natural selection in Atlantic salmon.
Lilian Pukk, Estonian University of Life Sciences (main supervisor Prof. R. Gross). Fisheries induced evolution - Molecular genetic and phenotypic analyses of fisheries-induced evolution of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) in the Baltic Sea.
Salla-Riikka Vesterlund, University of Turku,
Maj ja Tor Nessling Foundation
(main supervisor Dr. J. Sorvari). Genetic, physiological and ecological characterization of an invasive bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) and its effect on native sibling species in a changing climate.
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Former students
Akarapong Swaditpong, 2006-2009, PhD thesis, University of Turku, Finland (co-supervised with Prof. Craig Primmer).
Tauno Jürgenstein, 2008, BSc thesis, Pärnu College, University of Tartu, Estonia.
