StartupLab Team
Meet our amazing team
StartupLab is a team of professors, industry experts, doctoral students, and bachelor's and master's degree students.
Prof. Pekka Abrahamsson
Professor, Director
Prof. Tommi Mikkonen
Professor
Prof. Sakari Luukkainen
Professor
Risto Talja
Project Manager
Dr. Rahul Mohanani
Assistant Professor
Dr. Juhani Risku
Project Researcher
Dr. Gabriella Laatikainen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Hannu Vilpponen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Rebekah Rousi
Senior Researcher
Dr. Ville Vakkuri
Postdoctoral Researcher
Erika Halme
Doctoral Researcher
Dr. Jonas Oppenländer
Postdoctoral Researcher
Marianna Jantunen
Doctoral Researcher
Hanna-Kaisa Alanen
PhD student
Mamia Agbese
Doctoral Researcher
Anssi Sorvisto
Research assistant
Antti Kariluoto
Research assistant
Arbaaz Jariwala
Research assistant
Taija Kolehmainen
Research assistant
Joonas Himmanen
Research assistant
Teemu Autto
Research assistant
Viljami Järvinen
Research assistant
Aapo Peiponen
Research assistant
Vaishnavi Bankhele
Research assistant
StartupLab alumni
Dr. Arif Ali Khan
Assistant Professor at M3S Unit, University of Oulu, Finland
Joni Kultanen
Officiating as Head of Faculty Administration
Dr. Kai-Kristian Kemell
Postdoctoral Researcher
Abrar Hossain
Growth Marketing Manager @Swappie
Akseli Jaara
COO at Shareway Oy
Polina Feshchenko
Product Marketing Manager at Haltian
Ifti Hossain
Business Analytics student
Johannes Impiö
Owner of the Menettely Oy
Joonas Uusnäkki
Associate Developer at Terveystalo
Mikael Ovaska
Cognitive Science student