Dr. Hanna Vuorenpää

Senior Scientist

Hanna was majoring in genetics in her Master’s studies in University of Oulu, Finland. She moved to Tampere University to do her MSc thesis and continued as a PhD researcher in the Finnish Centre for Alternative Methods. As a PhD researcher, she worked in a GLP (Good Laboratory Practise) laboratory and participated to validation of a vascular model. Additionally, she was a visiting scientist in EU Reference Laboratory for alternatives to animal testing (EURL ECVAM, Ispra, Italy) in autumn 2015. Hanna received her PhD degree in cell biology in 2016
focusing on development of cardiovascular in vitro models.

After her PhD, Hanna worked for a while in pharmaceutical and in bioscience companies in Finland. In 2018-2025, she worked as a Post-doctoral Research Fellow and as vice-PI of Prof. Susanna Miettinen in the Centre of Excellence in Body-on-Chip Research in Tampere University, Finland. The consortium, composed of six research groups with expertise in cell biology, nano- and microtechnology, imaging and biomaterials, focused on developing complex Organ-on-Chip platforms.

Hanna joined μOrganoLab in August 2025 as a Postdoctoral fellow focusing on pre-validation and training of Organ-on-Chips in an EU project. She works closely with project stakeholders such as pharmaceutical companies to boost the industrial use Organ-on-Chips as New Approach Methodologies (NAMs).

Outside academia, Hanna enjoys cycling, yoga, gym, cafeterias and reading. She has practised Japanese martial art taido for 25 years and
finds tatami as her second home.