Research output per year
Research output per year
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 (2016-)
Studies in University Pedagogy: 30 ECTS
Research history:
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
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
Fields of Science
- 1171 Geosciences
- Paleoecology
- Paleoceanography
- Quaternary Science
- Paleoclimatology
- 1172 Environmental sciences
- Environmental Change
- Arctic
- High-latitude lakes and seas
- Climate impacts
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
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Predicting the future of coastal marine ecosystems in the rapidly changing Arctic: The potential of palaeoenvironmental records
Heikkilä, M., Ribeiro, S., Weckström, K. & Pienkowski, A. J., Mar 2022, In: Anthropocene. 37, 13 p., 100319.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Kuinka maailma pelastetaan? kohti kestävämpää tulevaisuutta
Heikkilä, M., Bäck, J., Heiskanen, E., Helenius, J., Hukkinen, J., Hyytiäinen, K., Kulmala, M., Nygren, A., Pohjakallio, M., Primmer, E., Sihvonen, P. & Vainio, A., 2021, Helsinki : Gaudeamus. 251 p. (Tiedekulmapokkari; no. 3)Research output: Book/Report › Book › General public
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Maapallon ympäristökriisien pitkä historia
Heikkilä, M., 2021, Kuinka maailma pelastetaan?: Kohti kestävämpää tulevaisuuta. Helsinki : Gaudeamus, p. 11-30 20 p. (Tiedekulmapokkari; no. 3).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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The environment they lived in: anthropogenic changes in local and regional vegetation composition in eastern Fennoscandia during the Neolithic
Alenius, T., Marquer, L., Molinari, C., Heikkilä, M. & Ojala, A., Jul 2021, In: Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 30, p. 489–506 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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An annual cycle of diatom succession in two contrasting Greenlandic fjords: from simple sea-ice indicators to varied seasonal strategists
Luostarinen, T., Ribeiro, S., Weckstrom, K., Sejr, M., Meire, L., Tallberg, P. & Heikkila, M., Jun 2020, In: Marine Micropaleontology. 158, 15 p., 101873.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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Sea ice influence on Arctic lakes over the last 2000 years
Heikkilä, M., Schenk, F. & Lindroth Dauner, A. L.
01/02/2022 → 31/12/2022
Project: Research project
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SLEET: Beyond the shore: sea-ice change and lake ecosystems in the Arctic
Heikkilä, M., Orozco, L., Lindroth Dauner, A. L., Kuzyk, Z. Z. A., Porter, T., McGowan, S. & Schenk, F.
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
Project: Research project
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Community-based research on winter water modifications in the coastal domain of Hudson Bay: Implications for freshwater-marine coupling, biological productivity and the carbon cycle
Kuzyk, Z. Z. A. & Heikkilä, M.
01/08/2019 → 31/07/2022
Project: Research project
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ACME: Arctic Cryosphere Change and Coastal Marine Ecosystems
Heikkilä, M., Weckström, K., Ribeiro, S. & Pienkowski, A. J.
01/07/2019 → 30/06/2022
Project: Research project
Activities
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Kylmää kyytiä: paleoekologiset työkalut arktisen alueen muutoksen tutkimuksess
Maija Heikkilä (Speaker)
9 Nov 2020Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Climate change, palaeoecology, the faith of the Arctic.
Maija Heikkilä (Speaker)
9 Oct 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Arctic Avenue strategic partnership kick-off
Maija Heikkilä (Keynote speaker)
27 Mar 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), Environment Committee (External organisation)
Maija Heikkilä (Board member)
2019 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
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XX INQUA Congress
Maija Heikkilä (Speaker: Chair)
25 Jul 2019 → 31 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
Press / Media
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Glacial meltwaters cooled the Atlantic but caused warm European summers at the end of the last glacial
07/05/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media