Tuuli Lappalainen GENEMAPPERS 2026

Tuuli Lappalainen

Tuuli Lappalainen, PhD, is a Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, the Director of the Genomics Platform and the National Genomics Infrastructure of SciLifeLab, Sweden, and an Associate Faculty Member at the New York Genome Center. Dr. Lappalainen received her PhD in Genetics from the University of Helsinki, followed by postdoctoral research at the University of Geneva and Stanford University. Her research focuses on functional genetic variation in human populations and its contribution to human traits and diseases. She has contributed to many international research consortia in human genetics, including the 1000 Genomes Project, the Geuvadis Consortium, and the GTEx Project. She is a recipient of the Leena Peltonen Prize for excellence in human genetics, and the Harold and Golden Lamport Award in Excellence in Basic Research.