Maija Heikkilä

Personal profile

Description of research and teaching

As a paleoecologist, my research interests focus on past climate and ecosystem changes, from species to ecosystems and from seasonal to millennial time-scales. I am particularly interested in the interplay of climate and biological associations at high latitudes. My current research focuses on Arctic sea-ice changes, primary productivity and carbon cycling in high-latitude lakes and seas, as well as Holocene and Late Quaternary climate and vegetation patterns. The methods include the analysis of paleoarchives (microfossils, biomarkers, stable isotopes) combined with numerical analysis and modelling.

Curriculum vitae

Current position: Academy Research Fellow, Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki

(Parental leaves: 11/2012-10/2013 and 4/2016-3/2017)

2016 Postdoctoral Researcher, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

2012-2015 Postdoctoral Researcher (Academy of Finland), Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki

2010-2012 Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Manitoba, Canada

2010 PhD, Geology, University of Helsinki

2007-2010, Visiting Scholar, University of Waterloo, Canada

University Pedagogy (10 ECTS) 2012

Academic Supervision and Supervision Training (5 ECTS) 2018

External positions

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

1 Jan 2016 → 31 Dec 2016

Univ Manitoba, University of Manitoba

1 Aug 2010 → 31 May 2012

Visiting Scholar, University of Waterloo

Jan 2007 → Dec 2009

Keywords

1171 Geosciences
Paleoecology
paleoceanography
Quaternary Science
1172 Environmental sciences
Environmental change
Arctic
high-latitude lakes and seas

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

Publications 2003 2018

40 Article
3 Editorial
2 Conference article
1 Conference contribution
1 More
- 1 Doctoral Thesis

Geoparkit keskiössä

Heikkilä, M. P., 2018, In : Geologi. 70, p. 79 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Professional

Open Access

Linking the Modern Distribution of Biogenic Proxies in High Arctic Greenland Shelf Sediments to Sea Ice, Primary Production, and Arctic-Atlantic Inflow

Limoges, A., Ribeiro, S., Weckström, K., Heikkila, M., Zamelczyk, K., Andersen, T. J., Tallberg, P., Masse, G., Rysgaard, S., Norgaard-Pedersen, N. & Seidenkrantz, M-S., Mar 2018, In : Journal of Geophysical Research : Biogeosciences. 123, 3, p. 760-786 27 p.

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

Open Access

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Pääkirjoitus: Julkaisutoiminta on SGS:n ytimessä

Heikkilä, M. & Heinonen, J. S., Dec 2018, In : Geologi. 70, 6, p. 147-148 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional

Open Access

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Pääkirjoitus: Puolentoista asteen maailma – ihan kohta ja yli satatuhatta vuotta sitten

Heikkilä, M. P., 2018, In : Geologi. 70, p. 115 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Professional

Open Access

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Seasonal, annual, and inter-annual Spiniferites cyst production: a review of sediment trap studies

Pospelova, V., Zonneveld, K. A. F., Heikkilä, M., Bringue, M., Price, A. M., Esenkulova, S. & Matsuoka, K., 20 Dec 2018, In : Palynology. 42, p. 162-181 20 p.

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

Open Access