Yagut Allahverdiyeva is a professor at the Faculty of Technology, University of Turku. Her team belongs to the University strategic area “Biodiversity and Sustainability” and focuses on fundamental and applied photosynthesis, biotechnology, including biofuels, chemicals production and wastewater treatment. She chairs a NordAqua Nordic Center of Excellence (NCoE) and SmartBio Biocity Turku Research Programm. Photosynthetic microbes group: utu.fi/photo-microbes