Diana Toivola

Associate Professor
diana.toivola[at]abo.fi

Education and Degrees

Docent (Adjunct professor) 2002 Cell biology, ÅAU, Department of Biology, Turku, Finland.
Ph.D. 1997 Cell biology, ÅAU, Department of Biology, Turku, Finland.
M.Sc. 1990 Biology, ÅAU, Department of Biology, Turku, Finland.
B.Sc. 1988 Biology, Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU), Department of Biology,Turku, Finland.

Current Positions

2018 - Associate Professor, ÅAU.
2017 - Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology at the University of Michigan, USA.
2016 - Head of master’s degree program in Biomedical Imaging, ÅAU.

Major Past Positions

2013 - 2018. Senior Lecturer in Biology, ÅAU.
2008 - 2013. Academy of Finland Researcher, at ÅAU, Dept. of Biosciences.
2007 - 2014. Consulting Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine/Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University (SU).
2007 - 2008. Research Leader, ÅAU, Bioscience, Turku, Finland.
2000 - 2007. Basic Life Science Research Associate, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine/Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
1998 - 2000. Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
1992 - 1997. PhD student, Assistantship in Biology and Research Assistantship, Department of Biology, ÅAU.