A brief professional CV including linguistic background and experience

1. Name: Atso Raasmaja

2. Contact information: Email:[email protected]

3. Specialties: pharmacology, toxicology, bioscience, biology and life sciences, food, nutrition and health sciences 

4. Current position: Professor (emer.) in Medicinal Toxicology

5. Background: Bioscience, Pharmacology and Toxicology represent my professional background. As a writer, teacher and researcher English, Swedish and Finnish (native) have been active working, study and residential languages. I have worked at/with universities, research institutes, pharma industry and health authorities. I have written, edited, reviewed and supervised several popular and scientific articles and thesis works. My fields include writing, translation, proofreading and editing in the language-pairs of English, German or Swedish to Finnish.

6. Education and degrees:

1982
Bachelor of Science
in Biology,
University of Turku, Finland

1983 Master of Science in Zoophysiology, University
of Stockholm, Sweden

1990 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Stockholm, Sweden

1987-88
Post doctoral training, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

1997 Docent in Animal and Cell Physiology, University of Turku, Finland.

1997 Docent in Pharmacology, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

2003 Teacher Education and Training in Biology & Health Sciences, Univ. of Joensuu, Finland

2004 Diploma of Professional Development in University
Pedagogy, Univ. of Kuopio,
Finland

2006 Diploma of Educational Administration, National Board of
Education, Helsinki, Finland

2009 EMA Expert Nomination, European Medicines Agency (London, U.K.) and Finnish National
Agency for Medicines (Fimea, Helsinki, Finland)

2012-2017 Professor in Medicinal Toxicology, a Swedish language
position, Division of Pharmacology
and Pharmacotherapy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki

7. Language
skills and linguistic
background:

7.1 Finnish (native),
Swedish (excellent;
a proven diploma),
English (excellent), German
(excellent)

7.2 English language; a career-long experience using English in basic and advanced studies, working and residential language especially in science for writing, proofreading and editing, supervision and examination,
and referee and reviewer works.

7.3 German language; several years experience in translation of biological journals/books from German to Finnish

8. Professional appointments and training:

8.1 Academic and nonacademic positions in education and research in Finland, Sweden, U.K., Canada and USA. 

8.2 Other Academic and Professional
Activities. Referee activity for applications and scientific publications. Reviewer of docentships, doctoral and graduate thesis.

8.3 Administration and management. Memberships of Faculty and University Boards and Committees
and in academic/nonacademic
societies

8.4 Supervision and steering. Several Ph.D., M.Sc. graduate
and B.Sc. students especially in pharmacology, toxicology and physiology.

8.5 Publications. Several articles and publications in national and international scientific journals,
reports in pharma industry, some patents and one clinical
application.

9. Summary. I
have several years experience in English, German and Swedish in writing, editing, translation and interpretation e.g. popular or scientific
articles and thesis works. English and Swedish have been also my study and working
languages and I have lived several years both in English and Swedish speaking countries. English in particular has been an important working language as the language for science in international publications,
collaborations and meetings. In addition, I have worked with
pharma industry, medical authorities, academic
institutes and universities with evaluations, teaching, education,
administration and research.