Background
Sewón, Pirjo Inkeri was born on November 29, 1935 in Turku, Finland. Daughter of Bengt Paavo and Meri Inkeri (Dahlblom) Sewón.
Sewón, Pirjo Inkeri was born on November 29, 1935 in Turku, Finland. Daughter of Bengt Paavo and Meri Inkeri (Dahlblom) Sewón.
Master of Science, U. Turku, 1963; Phil. License, U. Turku, 1967; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Turku, 1972.
Research assistant botany, U. Turku, 1957-1961;
assistant teacher, U. Turku, 1964-1977;
associate professor physiological botany, U. Turku, 1982-1985;
vice professor, U. Turku, 1983-1985;
professor, U. Turku, since 1985;
director department biology, U. Turku, 1989-1990;
senior research officer, Finland's Academy, Turku, 1978-1982. Member BioCity and Science Board Biotechnology Center, Turku, 1988-1990. President 15 Scandinavian Congress of Plant Physiology, Turku, 1988.
Member of advisory board Physiologia Plantaru, Lund, Sweden, since 1992, Annales Botanici Fennici andActa Botanica Fennica, Helsinki, 1988-1993. Visiting professor Saarbrücken, Germany, 1994. Visiting researcher, professor Karlsruhe, Germany, 1975, 84, Szeged, Hungary, 1988.
Member reviewer board Finland Academy, since 1995. Primary reviewer Euro. Cmty. Training and Mobility of Researchers Program, 1995.
Member Turku U. Society, 1960, Finnish Wild Life Protection, 1970. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, New York Academy Sciences, Scandinavian Society Plant Physiology (board directors 1985-1994), Societas Scientiarum Fennica, Federation of European Socs.of Plant Physiology, Peat Society, International Peat Society, Societas Biochemica, Biophysica et Microbiologica Fennica.
Married Mauri JohannesKarunen, 1962 (deceased January 1991). Children: Kari Juhani, Juha Tapio.