The Niilo Mäki Institute











The Niilo Mäki Institute Personnel

Administration
 

Timo Ahonen

 

Ph.D, Professor, (developmental psychology)
Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä

 

+358 14 260 2903, +358 50 553 4837, tahonen@jyu.fi

 



 

Kirsti Laakso

 

Ph.D
Executive Director

 

+358 14 260 2909, +358 50 310 9980, kirsti.laakso@nmi.fi

 

 


 

Heikki Lyytinen

 

Ph.D, Professor (developmental neuropsychology),
Department of Psychology, University of Jyväskylä
Chairman of the board of the Niilo Mäki Foundation

 

+358 14 260 2863, +358 50 552 4892, hlyytinen@psyka.jyu.fi

 




 

Onerva Mäki

 

Ph.D.,
Senior Advisor, Head of African Operations

 

+358 50 524 8406, onerva.maki@nmi.fi

 






Administrative staff

 

Birgitta Alakoski

  Programme secretary
 

+358 14 260 2911, +358 50 376 1209, birgitta.alakoski@nmi.fi


 

Lasse Eskola

  Programme secretary
 

+358 14 260 2818, +358 50 428 0819, lasse.eskola@nmi.fi


 

Maria Haakana

 

Programme manager (M.E.)

 

+358 14 260 2913, +358 50 361 0973, maria.haakana@nmi.fi


 

Kirsi Hintikka

 

Programme secretary

 

+358 14 260 4585, +358 50 428 5269, kirsi.hintikka@nmi.fi


 

Asta Kaipainen

 

Project secretary

 

+358 14 260 2907, +358 50 300 5354, asta.kaipainen@nmi.fi


 

Kirsi Kantola

 

Treasurer

 

+358 14 260 2905, kirsi.kantola@nmi.fi


 

Anniina Manninen

 

Programme secretary

 

+358 14 260 4584, +358 50 441 3686, anniina.manninen@nmi.fi


 

Mirja Myllykoski

 

Programme planner (M.E.)

 

+358 14 260 4581, +358 50 373 2118, mirja.myllykoski@nmi.fi


 

Johanna Manninen

 

ADP designer, Neure-project

 

+358 50 434 3417, johanna.manninen@nmi.fi


 

Atte Palokangas

 

ADP designer

 

+358 400 247 427, atte.palokangas@nmi.fi




Clinical services

 

Johanna Katajamäki

 

Psychologist (M.A.)
Family Guidance Center of Jyväskylä

 

+358 14 260 2916, johanna.katajamaki@nmi.fi


 

Katri Kiianmaa

 

Psychologist (M.A.)
Family Guidance Center of Jyväskylä

 

+358 14 260 4579, katri.kiianmaa@nmi.fi


 

Nina Kultti-Lavikainen

 

Psychologist (M.A.)
Head of the child research clinic
Family Guidance Center of Jyväskylä
Dyslexia, dyslexia rehabilitation

 

+358 14 260 2902, nina.kultti-lavikainen@nmi.fi


 

Mika Paananen

 

Psychologist (M.A.)
Family Guidance Center of Jyväskylä

 

+358 14 260 4582, mika.paananen@nmi.fi




Researchers

 

Mikko Aro

 

Clinical neuropsychologist (Ph.D)
Developmental neuropsychology, dyslexia, developmental reading disabilities, beginning to read, treatment of reading disabilities

 

+358 14 260 2906, mikko.aro@nmi.fi

 




 

Tuija Aro

 

Clinical neuropsychologist (Ph.D)
Attention, self-regulation, treatment

 

+358 14 260 2819, tuija.aro@nmi.fi

 




 

Pirjo Aunio

 

Researcher (Ph.D (special education))
LukiMat -project, mathematical learning difficulties

 

+358 50 434 3408, pirjo.aunio@nmi.fi


 

Riikka Heikkilä

 

Psychologist (M.A.), coordinator

 

+358 14 260 4644, riikka.heikkila@nmi.fi


 

Sini Huemer

 

Researcher
Dyslexia, rehabilitation of dyslexia

 

sini.huemer@nmi.fi


 

Leila Kairaluoma

 

Researcher, special education teacher (M.E.)
Rehabilitation of children with dyslexia, adolescents with reading difficulties

 

+358 14 260 4588, +358 50 373 2139, leila.kairaluoma@nmi.fi



 

Ritva Ketonen

 

Speech and language therapist, special teacher (M. E.)
Speech and language disorders, rehabilitation of dyslexia

 

+358 14 260 2904, ritva.ketonen@nmi.fi



 

Tuire Koponen

 

Psychologist (M.A.)
LukiMat -project, mathematical learning difficulties

 

+358 50 434 3471, tuire.koponen@nmi.fi

 




 

Pia Krimark

 

Project assistant, M.A.
Developmental cooperation, Zambia

 

piakrimark@yahoo.co.uk


 

Pekka Kuikka

 

Clinical neuropsychologist
Non-specific learning difficulties

 

+358 14 260 4583, +358 400 440 135, pekka.kuikka@nmi.fi


 

Juha-Matti Latvala

 

Coordinator (Ph.D), LukiMat -project

 

+358 14 260 4643, +358 50 441 4043, juha-matti.latvala@psyka.jyu.fi


 

Oleksandr Maslov

 

Researcher / designer (M.A.)
Adaptive systems, Neure-project

 

+358 50 434 3491, oleksandr.maslov@nmi.fi



 

Aino Mattinen

 

Researcher, Ph.D
Development of mathematical learning abilities of young children

 

+358 40 770 9157, aino.mattinen@nmi.fi


 

Auli Meronen

 

Special teacher (M.D.)
Individual differences in sign language users,
audiovisual speech perception

 

+358 40 550 5835, auli.meronen@nmi.fi


 

Ville Mönkkönen

 

Lead programmer (M.B.A.), LukiMat -project

 

visamonk@jyu.fi


 

Vesa Närhi

 

Clinical neuropsychologist (Ph.D)
Comorbidity, attentional deficits in children, remediation of attentional deficits.

 

+358 14 260 4586, +358 50 598 0928, vesa.narhi@nmi.fi

 




 

Emma Ojanen

 

Project assistant, psychologist (M.A.)
Developmental cooperation

 

emma.ojanen@nmi.fi


 

Satu Peitso

 

Project assistant, Tomera -project

 

satu.peitso@nmi.fi


 

Miika Pekkarinen

 

Data Security Manager (M.Sc.)

 

miipekk@jyu.fi


 

Marika Peltonen

 

Coordinator, LukiMat -project

 

+358 14 260 4645, +358 50 443 2386, marika.peltonen@psyka.jyu.fi


 

Anne Puolakanaho

 

Researcher, Psychologist
LukiMat -project

 

+358 14 260 2885, anne.puolakanaho@psyka.jyu.fi


 

Pekka Räsänen

 

Clinical neuropsychologist (Psyc.Lic.)
Dyscalculia, developmental neuropsychology, internet applications, LukiMat -project

 

+358 50 434 3495, prasanen@jyu.fi

 




 

Jonna Salminen

 

Researcher (M.E.)
LukiMat -project, mathematical learning difficulties

 

+358 14 260 4577, jonna.salminen@nmi.fi


 

Tiina Siiskonen

  Special teacher (M.E.)
Developmental Language Disorders
 

+358 14 260 4580, tiina.siiskonen@nmi.fi

 




 

Helena Viholainen

 

Special teacher in preschool (M.D.)
Associations between motor and language development, difficulties in motor learning

 

+358 14 260 4305, +358 44 059 2634, helena.viholainen@nmi.fi

 




 

Jari Westerholm

 

M.Sc.
Planner, statistician

 

+358 14 260 2912, jari.westerholm@nmi.fi