Research Output per year
Personal profile
Description of research and teaching
Dr Pasi Sihvonen is Senior Curator in charge of the Finnish national insect collection (9 M vouchers) and head of the entomology team in the Finnish Museum of Natural History. He advocates digitisation measures and techniques to provide open access to collections and related metadata. His research focuses on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the geometrid moths, a cosmopolitan group of Lepidoptera containing ca. 24 000 species. His research is characterised by large-scale international projects that have global view, and they often combine molecular and morphological data. He is one of the authors of landmark monograph series Geometrid Moths of Europe, the next volume will be published in 2019.
During 2005-2017 Sihvonen worked in non-academic positions, including director, head of unit and expert positions, and lead several development projects in the field of change management, digital service development, service design, the largest of those having over 30 participants from public and private sector. His expertise covers research funding, research funding politics and peer-review in international context.
Sihvonen teaches insect diversity (undergraduate course for biology students) at the University of Helsinki.
Keywords
- 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications 2000 2019
Ennominae I. In Hausmann, A. (ed.), Geometrid Moths of Europe, vol. 5.
Skou, P. & Sihvonen, P. M., 2015, Ennominae I. 1st edn, vol. 5, Geometrid Moths of Europe. 1st ed. Leiden: Brill , Vol. 5. p. 1-657 657 p. (Geometrid Moths of Europe).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Comprehensive Molecular Sampling Yields a Robust Phylogeny for Geometrid Moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
Sihvonen, P., Mutanen, M., Kaila, L., Brehm, G., Hausmann, A. & Staude, H. S., 2011, In : PLoS One. 6, 6, p. 1-11 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Phylogeny and classification of the Scopulini moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae)
Sihvonen, P., 2005, In : Zoological journal of the Linnean Society . 143, p. 473-530 58 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Elusive ditrysian phylogeny: an account of combining systematized morphology with molecular data (Lepidoptera)
Heikkila, M., Mutanen, M., Wahlberg, N., Sihvonen, P. & Kaila, L., 21 Nov 2015, In : BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15, 27 p., 260.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open Access
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Revision of the African geometrid genus Zerenopsis C. &. R. Felder – moths with peculiar life histories and mating behaviours (Geometridae: Ennominae: Diptychini)
Sihvonen, P. & Staude, H., 2014, In : Metamorphosis. 25, p. 11-55 44 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Projects 2013 2023
Opetuksen kehittämisprojekti: Eliöiden monimuotoisuus -kurssin digiloikka
01/06/2018 → …
Project: Other project
FUNDABLE2020 - boosting international research funding 2015-2020
01/01/2015 → …
Project: Other project
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Opetuksen kehittämisprojekti: Eliöiden monimuotoisuus ja digiloikka
01/06/2018 → 31/12/2018
Project: Other project
Service design as a method to develop researchers' services at the University of Helsinki
01/01/2013 → 31/12/2013
Project: Research project
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Prizes
Publication of the year: Lepidopterists' Society of Africa
Pasi Sihvonen (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prizes and awards
Lepidopterological Society of Finland: Lepidopterist (moth and butterfly researcher) of the year 2004 in Finland
Pasi Sihvonen (Recipient), 2004
Prize: Prizes and awards
Lepidopterological Society of Finland: Lepidopterist (moth and butterfly researcher) of the year 2015 in Finland
Pasi Sihvonen (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prizes and awards
Risto Tuomikoski prize: Taxonomist (systematic biology researcher) of the year 2007 in Finland
Pasi Sihvonen (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prizes and awards
Activities 2005 2019
Hope for globe: kuudes sukupuuttoaalto, Tiedekulma
Pasi Sihvonen (Speaker)2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Zoologica Scripta (Journal)
Pasi Sihvonen (Reviewer)2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Alpine Entomology (Journal)
Pasi Sihvonen (Reviewer)2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Zootaxa (Journal)
Pasi Sihvonen (Reviewer)2019
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Shaking the tree: revised phylogeny and classification of the geometrid subfamily Sterrhinae
Pasi Sihvonen (Speaker)12 Jun 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press / Media
Hyönteisten tuho - ja nousu? Yliopisto-lehti 04/2019
10/05/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Minskar insekterna? Finlands Natur 1/2019 (35)
10/04/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
Miten hyönteisten vähenemistä voi torjua? Helsingin yliopiston verkkouutiset
Jani Järvi, Jaakko Mattila, Juho Paukkunen & Pasi Sihvonen
03/04/2019
1 media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media