Background
Maenpaa, Pekka Heikki was born on June 6, 1939 in Tampere, Finland. Son of Heikki Artturi and Kerttu Elisabet (Paasikoski) Maenpaa.
Maenpaa, Pekka Heikki was born on June 6, 1939 in Tampere, Finland. Son of Heikki Artturi and Kerttu Elisabet (Paasikoski) Maenpaa.
Doctor of Medicine, University Helsinki, 1966. Division of Medical Sciences, University Helsinki, 1968.
Research fellow, State Alcohol Company, Helsinki, l962-64; instructor, U. Helsinki, l964-66; lecturer, U. Helsinki, l970-72, 73-74; chief clinical laboratory, Children's Hospital, Helsinki, l966-67; postdoctoral fellow, Stanford (California) U., l968-70; research associate, Stanford (California) U., l972-73; professor biochemistry, U. Kuopio, Finland, l974-; department chairman biochemistry and biotechnology, U. Kuopio, Finland, l980-; dean faculty general biology, U. Kuopio, Finland, l984-85. Visiting professor University of California, Irvine, l977, Stanford University, 1993-1994.
Member Association Finnish Chemists (Heikki Suomalainen award l987), Academy Finland (council natural science l983-88, research council for environmental and natural resources 1995-1997).
Married A. Mirjam Piironen, 1959 (divorced 1988). Children: Petri, Johanna. Married Leena Kirkkomäki, 1989.
1 child, Louhi.