!!Irma Paula Nathalia Thesleff \\ __Born:__ 24.07.1948, Helsinki \\ \\ __Current Position__ \\ \\ Professor, Research Director of Developmental Biology Program, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, from 1996 \\ \\ __Education and Training__ \\ *Graduation from Dental School (DDS) University of Helsinki, 1972 *Doctor of Odontology (Dr.Odont), University of Helsinki, 1975 *Docent (Lecturer) in Developmental Biology University of Helsinki, 1980 *Specialist's rights in orthodontics, 1983 \\ __Previous professional appointments__ \\ *Research Associate, the Academy of Finland, 1973-1976 *Instructor, Dept. of Pedodontics and Orthodontics, University of Helsinki, 1976-1978 *Visiting Associate, Laboratory of Developmental Biology and Anomalies, NIDR, Bethesda, MD, USA, 1978-1979 *Instructor, Dept. Pedodontics and Orthodontics, Univ. Helsinki, 1979-1983 *Scientist, Academy of Finland, 1983-1990 *Professor and Chairman, Department of Pedodontics and Orthodontics, University of Helsinki, 1990-2004 \\ __Research awards and honors__ \\ *The Pohjola award of the Finnish Dental Society and Finnish Dental *Association for "scientific work at national and international levels" 1987 *Int.Assoc.Dent.Res. Distinguished Scientist Award in Craniofacial Biology 1993 *Finnish Academy of Science and Letters (Suom.Tiedeakat.), invited member 1994 *Thuréusprize of the Umeå university 1995 *City of Helsinki, Science Award 1997 *Honorary Doctor in Odontology, University of Göteborg 1997 *Swedish Dental Society, International Prize 1997 *Center of Excellence, University of Helsinki (with H.Sariola and C.Roos) 1997-2001 *Academy Professor, Finnish Academy 1998-2003 *Anders Jahre Prize in Medicine, Oslo University 1999 *Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, Prize for ”Excellent contribution to dental research” 2000 *EMBO, invited member 2000 *Academiae Europaea, invited member 2000 *Center of Excellence in Developmental Biology, Academy of Finland (with H.Sariola and J.Partanen) 2002-2007 *Honorary Doctor in Odontology, University of Copenhagen 2002 *Honorary Doctor in Science, McGill University, Montreal 2004 *Professor of the Year, The Finnish Association of University Professors 2005 *Sheldon Friel Memorial Lecturer, EOS, Amsterdam 2005 *Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters (Suom.Tiedeseura), invited member 2005 *Honorary Doctor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2005 *Honorary Professor in Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Copenhagen 2005-2010 *IADR/AADR William J. Gies Award for best paper in Biological Research 2006 *Chairman of the Board, Biocentrum Helsinki 2007-2009 *Gordon Conference on “Craniofacial Morphogenesis & Tissue Regeneration, Chair 2008 *European Orthodontic Society, President 2008-2009 *Honorary Doctor, University of Debrecen, Hungary 2008 *IADR Isaac Schour Memorial Award 2008 *Honorary Doctor, University of Oslo 2008 *AAAS Fellow 2009 *Valkhof Chair (Visiting Professor), Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2009 *Apollonia Prize, Finnish Dental Society 2009 \\ __Major research grants__ \\ *The Academy of Finland, yearly project and program grants 1982-2001 2008-2011 *National Institutes of Health, Dental Research grant 1 ROI DE09399 1990-1993 *University of Helsinki, Biocentrum Helsinki grant 1994-2009 *Sigrid Jusélius Foundation 1989-1992 1996-2008 *Human Frontiers Science Program (with Paul Sharpe & J.V. Ruch) 1995-1998 *Center of Excellence grant (Dev.Biol.Program), University of Helsinki 1997-2001 *National Institutes of Health, NIDCR (with R.D´Souza) 1999-2003 *Center of Excellence funding, Academy of Finland 2002-2007 *Sigrid Juselius Foundation, major 5-year grant 2008-2013 \\ __Scientific expert functions__ \\ *Supervisor of doctoral thesis works: 19 times *Opponent of doctoral thesis works: 13 times *External reviewer for: **professor : 9 times **promotion to professorship: 25 times **doctoral thesis: 23 times *Member of International Scientific Advisory Board: 6 *Member of International Scientific Evaluation Committees: 12 *Reviewer of grant applications: 22 international organizations *Member of the Editorial Board: 12 international scientific journals *Referee: for over 30 international scientific journals \\ __Participation in Scientific Meetings__ \\ \\ Invited lectures in 125 international conferences.\\ 61 seminars in foreign universities/research institutions.