Leif Schulman

Personal profile

Description of research and teaching

I am the Director of the Finnish Museum of Natural History, an independent insitute within the University of Helsinki responsible for the preservation, accumulation, and exhibition of the national natural history collections and for research and education relating to them. My focus is on management and strategic development of the institute as a whole with an emphasis on research infrastructure development in the field of biodiversity informatics at a national, European and global level. I have a research background in peatland ecology, systematics and biogeography of tropical plants, and conservation biology, but nowadays I allocate only a modest part of my time to conducting research myself.

External positions

member, Ministry of the Environment

1 Jan 2100 → 31 Dec 2021

Member, ministry of the environment

1 Mar 2010 → 31 Dec 2016

Head of Delegation of Finland, Global Biodiversity Information Facility

2010 → …

Fields of Science

1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
113 Computer and information sciences

International and National Collaboration Publications and projects within past five years.

Publications

General Collections Policy of the Finnish Museum of Natural History

Hyvärinen, M., Väinölä, R., Väre, H., Ståhls, G., Sihvonen, P., Kuusijärvi, A. E., Myllys, L., Kröger, B., Heikkinen, M., Juslén, A., Oinonen, M. & Schulman, L., 2020, In : Research Ideas and Outcomes. 6, p. 1-12 12 p., e58167.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

Open Access

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Wildlife collection for scientific purposes

Fukushima, C., West, R., Pape, T., Penev, L., Schulman, L. & Cardoso, P., 26 Aug 2020, In : Conservation Biology. 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

A benchmark dataset of herbarium specimen images with label data

Dillen, M., Groom, Q., Chagnoux, S., Güntsch, A., Hardisty, A., Haston, E., Livermore, L., Runnel, V., Schulman, L., Willemse, L., Wu, Z. & Phillips, S., 8 Feb 2019, In : Biodiversity Data Journal. 7, 15 p., 31817.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific

Open Access

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Database Tools to Meet the Nagoya Protocol Requirements in a Collection Management System

Kuusijärvi, A. E., Riihikoski, V-M., Lehtonen, S., Ståhls, G., Hyvärinen, M., Heikkinen, M. & Schulman, L., 13 Jun 2019.

Research output: Conference materials › Abstract

Open Access

Elonkirjo ehtyy – suosituksia luonnon monimuotoisuuden tuvaamiseksi

Kotiaho, J., Niemelä, J., Sääksjärvi, I. E., Schulman, L., Mönkkönen, M., Boström, C., Jutila, H., Halme, P., Koljonen, S., Oldén, A., Kontula, T. & Hautakangas, S., 1 Jan 2019, 1/2019 ed. Jyväskylä: JYU.Wisdom. 15 p. (Wisdom Letters; no. 1/2019)

Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › Professional

Open Access