Education

2014 Title of Docent (in meteorology), Faculty of Science, UHEL, Finland

2009 PhD, 2006 MSc (in meteorology), Dept. of Physics, UHEL, Finland

Current positions: 5/2022–present, Professor, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) & Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), UHEL, Finland

Career breaks: Partial parental leave (working 50%)  2-7/2019; Parental leave 9-12/2018

Previous positions

5/2018–4/2022, Associate professor (Tenure track), INAR & HELSUS, UHEL, Finland

6/2014–4/2018 University Researcher, INAR, UHEL, Finland

11/2010–5/2014 Post-doctoral researcher, Dept. of Physics, UHEL, Finland

11/2009–10/2010 Research associate, Dept. of Geography, King’s College London, UK

2/2006–10/2009 Doctoral student, Dept. of Physics, UHEL, Finland

3/2005–1/2006  Research assistant, Dept. of Physics, UHEL, Finland;

6/2004–8/2004 Research assistant, Hyytiälä Forestry Field station, UHEL, Finland

Major research funding: 2021-2025 EU framework H2020 project PAUL, consortium co-PI, 395 750 e (own contribution); 2020-2023 Strategic Research Council research project CO-CARBON, consortium PI, 688 920; 2020–2024 The Academy of Finland research project CousCOUS, consortium co-PI, 329 845 e; 2019–2023 The Academy of Finland research project CarboCity, consortium PI, 299 676 e; 2019–2022 Associate professor starting package, UHEL, 160 000 e; 2017–2018 Helsinki Metropolitan Region Urban Research Program, consortium PI, 76 356 e; 2015–2019 H2020 project ACTRIS-2, group member/WP leader, 383 349 e; 2014–2017 Maj and Tor Nessling foundation research grant, PI, 78 430 e; 2011–2013 Academy of Finland post-doctoral research fellowship, PI, 239 480 e, 2007–2010 Maj and Tor Nessling foundation research grant, PI, 51 448 e; 2006–2007 Research Foundation of UHEL, PI, 14 800 e

Publications: 63 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals (Web of Science H-index = 26;  Google Scholar H-index: 30 Aug 2022). Total number of citations in Web of Science >2230.

Main scientific contribution: My area of expertise is urban meteorology using a wide range of theoretical and experimental state-of-the-art methods. I have worked with surface exchange of atmospheric pollutants, greenhouse gases, energy and water above urban areas using the eddy covariance technique. Using the observations I have shown how the different surface exchanges depend on urban land cover, and how the processes should be parameterised in urban hydrological and surface urban energy balance models. I am one of the main developers of the Surface Urban Energy and Water balance Scheme (SUEWS) and my group uses the model to examine the impact of urban planning on the surface exchanges including urban carbon cycle and biogenic components. In my group we develop and utilise large eddy simulation model PALM to examine the impact of urban meteorology and urban planning to local air quality.

Supervision of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers: 4 postdocs, 10 PhD students, 17 undergraduate students

Teaching activities (UHEL); 2016–2021 Boundary layer physics I (5 ECTS); 2021 Turbulence Theory (5 ETC); 2020 Urban Climate (5 ECTS); 2017 Atmospheric and Earth Sciences Today (5 ECTS); 2016 Physics, Chemistry and Meteorology of Air pollutants (5 ECTS); 2014–2015 Physics and theoretical physics laudatur-seminars (5 ETC); 2011–2014 Dynamic meteorology (5 ETC); 2009 Forest micrometeorology (6 hours of lectures)

Supporting lectures on topic urban meteorology (UHEL): 2019 Introduction to Urban Studies and Planning (7 h of lectures); 2019 USP Research Methods (4 h of lectures);2018 Eddy covariance intensive course, (2 h of lectures); 2014-2018 Introduction to Modern Atmospheric Sciences course (2 h of lectures); 2013 Introduction to Atmosphere-Biosphere Studies (3 h of lectures)

Pedagogical training: University pedagogies I, Univ. Helsinki, 10 ECTS

Organisation of scientific meetings: 2019 Main organiser, Workshop on strategies to monitor greenhouse gases in urban environments, Helsinki/Hyytiälä, Finland; 2017 Main organiser, Helsinki Metropolitan Region Urban Research Program guidance group kick-off meeting, Helsinki, Finland; 2017 Main organiser, In-situ aerosol particle flux measurements – post-processing and analysis, Hyytiälä, Finland; 2017 Main organizer, Drones in research and research infrastructures, Helsinki, Finland; 2008 Main organizer, 10th Anniversary of Hyytiälä EUROFLUX workshop, Finland

Major institutional responsibilities (UHEL); 2019–2021 Member of Sustainability Self-Steering Committee of UNA Europa; 2018–2020 Deputy docent committee member; 2015–2020 Steering committee member of the Master Program in Atmospheric Sciences;  2012–2020  Equality committee member of INAR; 2015–present, Grading committee member of doctoral theses (>5); 2014–2017 Member of the Department council of the Dept. of Physics; 2012–2013 Deputy at the Department council of the Dept. of Physics

Commission of trust: 2021 External expert for Senior Lecturer position at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden; 2019–present Editorial Board Member for Geoscientific Model Development; 2018–2021 Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports; 2018–present  Session convener at the ICOS Science Conference; 2018 Session convenerat the 10^th International Conference on Urban Climate, New York, USA; 2017–present Session convener at the European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology (EMS); 2016–2020 Board member of IAUC (International Association for Urban Climate); 2016  External examiner for a doctoral thesis at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Sciences, Maynooth University, Ireland; 2017 Evaluator of doctoral thesis, Dept. of Forest Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Agriculture, UHEL, Finland; 2015 Evaluator, National Science Centre, Poland; 2015 Referee, Joint Urban Remote Sensing Event, Switzerland; 2014, 2020, Evaluator, Research Foundation Flanders, Belgium; 2013 Member of the CLEEN strategic research agenda planning group Sustainable cities, Finland; 2008–present Reviewer for 34 manuscripts in 16 international journals       

Memberships of Scientific societies: 2014–2019 Finnish Centre of Excellence in Atmospheric Science – From Molecular and Biological Processes to the Global Climate, Finland; 2010–present, Member, American Meteorological Society (AMS); 2008–present Member, European General Assembly (EGU); 2008–2013,  Finnish Centre of Excellence in Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Meteorology of Atmospheric Composition and Climate Change; 2006–present The Finnish Association for Aerosol Research (FAAR); 2006-present International Association for Urban Climate (IAUC)

Selected Invited presentations: 2019 Observed and modelled land surface exchanges of heat and carbon dioxide in cold climate cities, SUBLIME workshop, Amsterdam, Netherlands; 2017 Tools for modelling the bi-directional relation between urbanization and climate, Urban Climate Summer School, Bucharest, Romania; 2016 Collaborative dissemination and exploitation of research infrastructures within COOP+, AGU General Assembly, San Francisco, USA; 2016 Modeling of urban climate – from micro- to local-scale, Univ. of Sassari, Italy; 2016 Urban surface-atmosphere exchange at high-latitudes, Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; 2016 The surface-atmosphere exchanges in cold climate cities, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Media coverage, interviews and articles: 2021 Media interview for Winter has separated Helsinki from central European Climate, but this is about to change – These phenomena Helsinki needs to prepare, Helsingin Sanomat; Different height trees should be planted in street canyons as it might moderate local air quality (In Finnish), Helsingin Sanomat, 4.6.2020; Referred at leading article Trees make city boulevards diverse (in Finnish) of Helsingin Sanomat 13.5.2020; Scientists claim most urban streets should be tree-free to reduce air pollution, Inews, 8.5.2020; Variance in tree species results in the cleanest urban air, ScienceDaily; The cleanest air in boulevard is obtained with changing street trees, best ones would be treeless canyons (in Finnish), YLE, 5.5.2020; In which cities it is heathiest to breathe? (in Finnish), Kauppalehti Optio, 10/2019; Healthily breathing city (in Finnish), Kaupungit ratkaisevat – Kaupunkitutkijoiden puheenvuoroja kaupungeista kestävän kehityksen edelläkävijöinä, Helsinki Symposium, 3.4.2019; Spy for city-air (in Finnish) in Helsingin Sanomat, 1.7.2018; This drone does not spy but measures air quality – the results can solve how the Helsinki City Boulevards will look (in Finnish), Helsingin Sanomat, 19.6.2017; Interviewed for article Urban stories from Helsinki (in Finnish), Yliopisto-magazine 7/2015; Article Festande invånare påverkar klimatet (in Swedish), Hufvudstadsbladet 12.5.2015; Article Vegetation rules in carbon neutral city (in Finnish), Tiede-magazine 26.10.2012.

Public outreach activities: Workshop: Climate changes everywhere and in cities (in Finnish), Researchers’ Night, 29.9.2017, Helsinki Observatory, Finland. Presentations: How RI’s can support sustainability studies in Finland, Climate University Orienteering, 21.11.2018, Helsinki, Finland; Breathing Helsinki – From street canyons over the roof level, INAR Climate Festival, 25.5.2018, Helsinki, Finland;Practical example of breathing Helsinki, Open access to information – lunch meeting for Back to the Future of School EU delegation, 1.2.2018, Helsinki, Finland; Breathing Helsinki – from wind tunnels to greenhouse gas emissions (in Finnish), Greenhouse gases, Science and Society, 27.10.2015, Helsinki, Finland; Wind, heat and carbon dioxide flowing in the city (in Finnish), A brunch & a discussion on urban climate on the roof of Torni, 11.5.2015, Helsinki, Finland; Career paths, Doctoral studies for master’s students, 13.4.2015, Helsinki, Finland; Successful interaction process: this is how we did it. BRIDGE, a joint project between University of Helsinki, City of Helsinki and EU, Network meeting for strategic research 10.3.2015, Helsinki, Finland; Participant in the panel discussion Indoor air of polluted megacity at the Indoor Air Quality days, 13.3.2014, Helsinki, Finland; Vegetation as the lungs of the urban atmosphere (in Finnish), University of Helsinki Think Corner, 26.6.2013, Helsinki, Finland; Aerosol particles and climate, Science journalist lunch in the 8th Conference of the Science Journalists, 25.6.2013, Helsinki, Finland; Urban climate and air pollutants (in Finnish), ‘Basics of Meteorology’ course directed for high-school teachers, 28.11.2012; Urban climate of Helsinki – how do we affect the surrounding air (in Finnish), University of Helsinki Think Corner, 19.6.2012, Helsinki, Finland; Climate chances but how: cities and the climate system (in Finnish), Kumpula Campus Alumni-evening, 17.3.2011, Helsinki, Finland.