Matti Leisola 
Aalto University, Finland
Leisola is a professor emeritus of Bioprocess Engineering at Aalto University (previously Helsinki University of Technology) since 1997. Before that he served 9 years as the director of corporate research at Cultor Ltd where he was responsible for the biotech research. His research interests are in designed genetic engineering of enzymes and microbial metabolism. He has published over 130 articles in scientific journals. While at ETH-Zürich he received in 1987 the Latsis award for his research achievements as a young scientist.