Niko Markkinen

Niko Markkinen works at Measurlabs as a food and food contact material testing expert, helping clients obtain the analyses they need for product development, quality control, and compliance with EU regulations and national legislation. 

Niko obtained his PhD from the University of Turku in 2021 with a doctoral thesis on the bioprocessing of berry materials with malolactic fermentation. He worked in academia up until joining Measurlabs in early 2022, mainly focusing on the analysis of plant-based materials with methods including chromatography, mass spectrometry, and NMR.

Academic publications

Niko has co-authored 10 academic publications on food chemistry, including the following:

• Impact of malolactic fermentation with Lactobacillus plantarum on volatile compounds of sea buckthorn juice in European Food Research and Technology

• Effect of growth environment on the gene expression and lipids related to triacylglycerol biosynthesis in sea buckthorn (Hippophaë rhamnoides) berries in Food Research International

Other publications

Niko has written guest articles in several publications, for example:

• A look at safety and compliance for biobased packaging materials in Packaging Europe

• Food contact materials lab testing guide in ComplianceGate