I  worked as a senior lecturer in the Molecular Plant Biology unit at the Department of Biochemistry  2014-2020. In September 2020 I was appointed as Associate Professor in Translational Plant Science at the University of Helsinki. In parallel to my teaching activities, I  also run a research program entitled “Cross-talk between light acclimation and defence reactions in plants“.  This research was first promoted by a research grant from the Finnish Cultural Foundation in 2008 and by an Academy Research Fellowship for 2009-2014.  I was also affiliated as a PI in the Center of Excellence “Moloecular Biology of Primary Producers”, 2014-2019. At the University of Turku, my  main emphasis was on metabolic regulation in plant immunity, which is funded by an Academy of Finland research grant for 2017-2021. My activities also include participation in scientific congresses, international evaluation panels and PhD committees, and organisation of international scientific meetings. In addition, I am a member in the council for Scandinavian Plant Physiology Society (SPPS) and in the Biocity Turku research programme “Advanced Bioresources and Smart Bioproducts - Towards Sustainable Bioeconomy”.