Leena Maunula

University of Helsinki
Helsinki Finland

Biographical Sketch: Dr. Leena Maunula is senior scientist and university lecturer working currently at the Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health at the University of Helsinki (UH). After graduation as a microbiologist, Dr. Maunula performed her doctoral thesis at the Department of Virology at Haartman Institute (UH). The main research interest of Dr. Maunula and the Ph.D. students under her supervision is in food and environmental virology, especially tracing transmission routes of enteric viruses between humans, food, environment and animals. Dr. Maunula has joined international expert groups at the European level and participated in several European research projects.

Papers:
How do viruses enter the fruit and vegetables food chain and estimation of consumer risk