Professionally: I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at STIR lab research group at University of Central Florida and a part time teacher at University of Oulu in the Interact research group. I completed my bachelor studies in Business Information Technology (2005) in Kemi-Tornio University of Technology in Finland, and my master and licentiate in computer and systems science (2007, 2013) at Luleå University of Technology in Sweden. My background is in information security, and I did my PhD (2017) in University of Oulu in Information Processing Science, focusing on web 2.0, social media, and children’s online safety.

Personally: I am a Vans enthusiast and Converse aficionado. On my free time I mostly hang out with my cats, stream B-quality TV shows, and think about taking up sports before it is too late. I also enjoy fiddling with my phone, laughing at memes, and trying to keep up with the ever changing social media scene with the help of my nephews.