Sara Katariina Leino

Sara Katariina Leino is a Doctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki, affiliated with the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and the Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme. Her work focuses on Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Biodiversity.

• Education: Enrolled in the Doctoral Programme in Wildlife Biology.
• Projects: Participant in the Coevolutionary Consequences of Biodiversity project (2024–2028) funded by the European Research Council (ERC).
• Publications: Contributed to an editorial in Science (2025) on plant microbiomes under heat stress, highlighting trends in microbial ecology and climate change impacts.

Collaborations: Works with the European Commission Joint Research Centre and researchers like Anna-Liisa Laine. ORCID profile: 0009-0008-3089-8700.