Head of unit
PhD (analytical chemistry), University of Helsinki
MSc (analytical chemistry), University of Helsinki
Finnish Environment Institute SYKE
Laboratory Centre
Ecotoxicology and risk assessment (ELAB)
Postal address: Mustialankatu 3, 00790 Helsinki
Email: etunimi.sukunimi@ymparisto.fi
Phone: +358 295 251639
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Current tasks
In addition to administrative tasks, my reseach focuses on the themes as follows:
- Microplastic studies: µFTIR-analytics, environmental analytics, source assessment
- Engineered nanoparticles: characterisation, environmental fate
I am currently supervising three PhD students.
Background
I have worked at SYKE since 2009: first as a senior research scientist in the team of inorganic chemistry, then as a team leader of New technologies and experimental effect studies (2011-2013) and currently as a unit of head of Ecotoxicology and risk assessment (2014 - ). My thesis dealt with ”Chemical and source characterisation of size-segregated urban air particulate matter”.
Research projecs
- Quantification and mitigation of microplastics released from households (Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry)
- Optimization and harmonization of microspectroscopic methods for identification of microplastics in marine samples (Pohjoismaiden ministerineuvosto)
- Microplastics in Finnish domestic waters (Vesihuoltolaitoksen kehittämisrahasto)
- Microplastics from wastewater treatment plants to the environment (Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry)
Publications
I have co-authored over 130 scientific publications, of which about 50 papers come out in peer-reviewed scientific journals.