A group of young researchers from Canada, Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Brazil, USA and Denmark have been selected for the MWP Young Researchers’ Program 2025.

The Young Researchers’ abstracts are published below: Click on the name to read the abstract.



Alexandros Alexakis
Stockholm University, Sweden

Anna Iurchenkova
Uppsala University, Sweden

Anran Liu
VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, Belgium

Bingrui Chen
UGent-Woodlab, Ghent University, Belgium

Chhavi Verma
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

Edward CarlssonSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Elham Badalzadehe Aghdam
Linnaeus University, Sweden

Giiguulen Enkhsaikha
Aalto University, Finland

Joao Gabriel Zanon Paludeto
Klabin S/A; Federal University of Paraná, Brazil

Joel Kostensalo
LUKE, Finland

John Tosin Aladejana
Linnaeus University, Sweden

Linus Kron
– Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Marina Mehling University of British Columbia, Canada

Matilda Öjmertz
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Maximiliano Estravis BarcalaUmeå Plant Science Centre, (SLU), Sweden

Moaaz Safwa
LUT University, Finland

Nissa Nurfajrin Solihat
Aalto University, Finland

Pauliina Ahokas
VTT, Finland

Peter Nordström
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden

Sakari Välimäki
LUKE, Finland

Shiying Zhang
Aalto University, Finland

Simona Fine
Northwestern University, USA

Tuuli Virkkala
VTT, Finland

Valentina Perna
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Xiang Hu
University of Turku, Finland

Zonghong LuÅbo Akademi University; Finland