Hanna L. Tuomisto

Professor in sustainable food systems at the University of Helsinki and at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)

Hanna L. Tuomisto is a professor in sustainable food systems at the University of Helsinki and at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). She leads the Future Sustainable Food Systems -research group at the University of Helsinki. Tuomisto’s research interests are focused on the development of sustainability assessment methods and estimating the potential of different approaches (e.g. emerging food technologies, dietary change and agroecological farming) to improve the sustainability of food systems. Tuomisto is one of the world’s leading researchers in the field environmental sustainability assessment of cell-cultured food (e.g. cultured meat) production technologies. Tuomisto holds an MSc degree in Agroecology from the University of Helsinki and a doctoral degree from the University of Oxford. She gained postdoctoral research experience at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) and at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM).