Anu Suomalainen is Professor of Clinical Molecular Medicine and Academy Professor in Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki. She received her MD PhD degree from University of Helsinki and has worked as a visiting scientist/ postdoc /visiting professor in Columbia University, Montreal Neurological Institute and UC Berkeley, respectively. She heads her translational Mitochondrial Medicine research group in University of Helsinki, FinMIT unit, and focuses on molecular pathophysiology, metabolic reprogramming and mechanisms of tissue-specificity in mitochondrial and degenerative disorders and uses molecular knowledge for develop tailored treatments.