I joined the University of Turku in 2004 as PhD candidate in the Department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Biomaterials Science. I completed my PhD in 2006 and post-doctoral research fellow in 2008. In 2011 I got Docentship in Dental Biomaterials from Biomaterials Science Department. I am now involved in undergraduate and postgraduate dental teaching programs. I am also involved in conducting a research in Turku Clinical Biomaterials Centre (TCBC) with goal of optimizing, reinforcing and developing a new restorative dental materials.