Lihua Sun

I am a Principal Investigator at the Turku PET Centre, which has been the primary site of my research activities. In the meanwhile, I am an Associate Professor at Fudan University affiliated Huashan Hospital. My work focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying seasonal affective changes, the effects of pituitary hormones on brain function (with Fudan University), and the neural basis of social emotions. You can reach me by email at lihua.sun (at) utu.fi.

I earned my PhD in Behavioural Neurology (with distinction, top 5%) from the School of Medicine at Tampere University in 2016. My doctoral research was conducted at the Behavioural Neurology Research Unit, the first lab of its kind in Finland, under the supervision of Professor Kaisa Hartikainen (now Professor of Neurology at the University of Helsinki). Following my PhD, I completed postdoctoral training at the Turku PET Centre and the Department of Psychology, University of Turku, under the supervision of Professor Lauri Nummenmaa. In 2023, I was awarded the title of Docent in Systems Neuroscience and Neuroendocrinology at University of Turku. 

You can find more about my work at: ORCID, Google Scholar and ResearchGate.