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Esko Koli
Master of Science (Agriculture and Forestry) Esko Kolli, as representative of the Marjatta and Eino Kolli Foundation, has nearly 30 years of experience of cooperation with the scientific and research community.
Esko also has solid experience in the financial sector, where he served for nearly 20 years as a Managing Director who built a local bank up to become a regional player.
His strong expertise in the forest sector has also been increased by working in steering groups for numerous projects.
Esko also has solid experience in the financial sector, where he served for nearly 20 years as a Managing Director who built a local bank up to become a regional player.
His strong expertise in the forest sector has also been increased by working in steering groups for numerous projects.
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Mari Kallioinen-Mänttäri
Mari Kallioinen-Mänttäri is a Doctor of Chemical Technology. She works at LUT as a Professor of Separation Technology and Dean of School of Engineering Sciences.
Resource-efficient use of forest biomass is important to Mari. According to her, the development of new, advanced separation methods is inspiring and meaningful work that can, at best, lead to the creation of new forest industry companies.
The forest was an important part of Mari's life as a young Scout. Today, her home is located in the middle of a forest, which makes it possible to quickly get away from the hassle of everyday life and head to the edge of the mire or the nearby rocks.
Resource-efficient use of forest biomass is important to Mari. According to her, the development of new, advanced separation methods is inspiring and meaningful work that can, at best, lead to the creation of new forest industry companies.
The forest was an important part of Mari's life as a young Scout. Today, her home is located in the middle of a forest, which makes it possible to quickly get away from the hassle of everyday life and head to the edge of the mire or the nearby rocks.
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Päivi Saikko
Päivi Saikko works as Development Manager at the LUT School of Engineering Science.
Päivi has lived all her life among field and forest landscapes, with her current home being located right next to the forest.
Päivi is particularly interested in how to find value added for forest and forest-based solutions also from the perspective of people's feelings, experiences and mental well-being. These perspectives she also brings into her work on the expert panel.
Päivi has lived all her life among field and forest landscapes, with her current home being located right next to the forest.
Päivi is particularly interested in how to find value added for forest and forest-based solutions also from the perspective of people's feelings, experiences and mental well-being. These perspectives she also brings into her work on the expert panel.
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Ari Jantunen
Ari Jantunen is a Professor of Strategy Research at the LUT Business School. He has been involved in several research projects related to forestry and forest-based industry in which the regeneration capacity of the forest-based sector has been of particular interest.
Ari is currently particularly interested in how established thinking and operating methods guide the development of forestry and forest-based industry, and how the diversity of actors in the sector could be increased.
Ari's guitar is made of spruce, his soul of birch, and he plans to introduce his grandchildren to moving in the forest, but he doesn't think he'll get any of them to continue his blueberry-picking tradition.
Ari is currently particularly interested in how established thinking and operating methods guide the development of forestry and forest-based industry, and how the diversity of actors in the sector could be increased.
Ari's guitar is made of spruce, his soul of birch, and he plans to introduce his grandchildren to moving in the forest, but he doesn't think he'll get any of them to continue his blueberry-picking tradition.
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Jaana Laine
Jaana Laine is a university teacher in the Department of Social Sciences at LUT. She is a Master of Science (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) and a Doctor of Social Sciences (Economic and Social History).
To Jaana, forest is a pluralistic entity. The forest forms an ecological, cultural, social and economic basis for the development of societies, both at the global and national level and in the everyday lives of individual citizens. In the utilisation of forests, the adverse effects on the forest as a whole and other forms of use must be minimised.
The forest is an intergenerational area of life. As a member of the award's expert group, Jaana emphasises the importance and mentalities associated with forests.
To Jaana, forest is a pluralistic entity. The forest forms an ecological, cultural, social and economic basis for the development of societies, both at the global and national level and in the everyday lives of individual citizens. In the utilisation of forests, the adverse effects on the forest as a whole and other forms of use must be minimised.
The forest is an intergenerational area of life. As a member of the award's expert group, Jaana emphasises the importance and mentalities associated with forests.
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Tapio Ranta
Tapio Ranta is a Doctor of Science (Technology) and works as a Professor of Bioenergy Economics in the School of Energy Systems at LUT, and as the head of the laboratory in the Mikkeli regional unit.
In bioenergy research, the forest has been seen as a source of energy especially, both through felling and through the by-products created in connection with the processes. However, the resource-efficient use of forest biomass and the increase in processing value is the primary goal, in which energy use is seen as part of the overall economics of the end-use of wood.
With his own forest and horticultural farm, clearing-up operations and making firewood every spring have been a perfect way for Tapio to disconnect from work, and have offered the opportunity to use the forest in a climate-resilient way.
In bioenergy research, the forest has been seen as a source of energy especially, both through felling and through the by-products created in connection with the processes. However, the resource-efficient use of forest biomass and the increase in processing value is the primary goal, in which energy use is seen as part of the overall economics of the end-use of wood.
With his own forest and horticultural farm, clearing-up operations and making firewood every spring have been a perfect way for Tapio to disconnect from work, and have offered the opportunity to use the forest in a climate-resilient way.
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Tuomo Sainio
Tuomo Sainio is a Professor of Biorefinery Separation Technology at LUT University. He wants to develop separation methods by which the chemical structures produced by nature can be utilised in new products.
Tuomo leads two Master's degree programmes related to biomass processing at LUT University. He wants to promote the digitalisation of teaching and has developed various virtual laboratories, among other things. In 2020, he was awarded the Good Teacher Award by the Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion.
As a counterbalance to the digital life he leads, Tuomo enjoys spending time at his forest plot with an axe and a hacksaw.
Tuomo leads two Master's degree programmes related to biomass processing at LUT University. He wants to promote the digitalisation of teaching and has developed various virtual laboratories, among other things. In 2020, he was awarded the Good Teacher Award by the Finnish Foundation for Technology Promotion.
As a counterbalance to the digital life he leads, Tuomo enjoys spending time at his forest plot with an axe and a hacksaw.
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