{"id":64864,"date":"2026-09-07T17:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T17:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/febio.es\/?post_type=cpt_team&#038;p=64864"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T10:34:22","slug":"juha-pekka-pitka%cc%88nen","status":"publish","type":"cpt_team","link":"https:\/\/febio.es\/en\/team\/juha-pekka-pitka%cc%88nen\/","title":{"rendered":"Juha-Pekka Pitka\u0308nen"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"64864\" class=\"elementor elementor-64864\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ec44a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"8ec44a3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bd5620 sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"3bd5620\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a50c9ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"a50c9ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18e259e left_shift sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"18e259e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd32ee0 scheme_light elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"bd32ee0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-91f4e26 sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"91f4e26\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93c93d7 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"93c93d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Juha-Pekka Pitk\u00e4nen is Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of Solar Foods Oyj, a Finnish food-tech company pioneering Solein\u00ae, a protein produced from CO\u2082, renewable electricity, and water. With a Doctor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology in 2005, Juha-Pekka has over two decades of experience in industrial biotechnology and bioprocess engineering.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-44e1128 sc_content_align_inherit sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left sc_fly_static\" data-id=\"44e1128\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebae107 sc_fly_static elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ebae107\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before Solar Foods, Juha-Pekka worked at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland as Principal Scientist involved in projects on sustainable bioprocesses. 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