Team
Piret Avila
Academy Research Fellow
University of Helsinki
Theoretical evolutionary ecologist working on the evolution of ageing, human life history, and sex differences in immunity. Leader of the interdisciplinary consortium “Sex Differences in Immunity” at the University of Helsinki.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Mohammadali Dashtbali
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Helsinki
Sex-specific differences in immunity in age-structured populations
Elle Saber
Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Helsinki
Statistical analysis of immune markers in different human populations. Co-supervised with Elina Numminen.
PhD Students
Arttu Soukainen
Doctoral Researcher
University of Helsinki
Expanding Life History Theory of Ageing
MSc Students
Ebru Yaman
MSc Student
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki
Sex-specific evolution of immune traits
Alumni
Viktor Filipec
MSc, 2026
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki
Thesis: Emergence of Polymorphisms in Life History Evolution