Pekka Sillanaukee

Pekka Sillanaukee (born 1964, Tampere Finland) is a Finnish health technology entrepreneur. Pekka graduated as an organic chemist in 1989, he became a Ph.D. in 1992 and was appointed Docent of Medical Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tampere in 1993. Pekka has been a co-author of approximately 120 scientific original articles, reviews or summaries. His scientific work has focused on clinical and medical biochemistry, alcohol, brain and cardiovascular related diseases, and development of laboratory-diagnostic tests and processes. He also has four international patents.

Education M.Sc., University of Jyväskylä, Natural Science Faculty, Dep. of Chemistry and Dep. of Cell Biology, 1989.

Ph.D., University of Tampere, Medical Faculty, Dep. of Biomedical Science, 1992.

Assistant Professorship (docent) of Medical Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Tampere, Tampere, 1993. Qualification for Assistant Professorship (docent) in Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 1998.

Business & Executive management studies in Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration 1993–1994, Stockholm School of Economics and Business Administration 1995–1998, London Business School 1998–1999, Aalto University 2011.

Patents 1) Use of sialic acid determination for determining alcohol consumption

2) An improved method for diagnosing alcohol abuse

3) Immunoassay and Kit for IgA Antibodies Specific for Acetaldehyde Adducts

4) Immunochemical methods