Leading Researcher
Title of Docent (Environmental Science), University of Jyväskylä
PhD (analytical chemistry), University of Helsinki
MSc (analytical chemistry), University of Helsinki
Contact information
Email: firstname.lastname@syke.fi
Tel. +358 295 251639
Finnish Environment Institute (Syke)
Research infrastructure
Environmental impacts
Mustialankatu 3, 00790 Helsinki
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Current tasks
My tasks include:
- to investigate the sources, fate and effects of microplastics and engineered nanoparticles
- to develop the analysis and characterisation methods (e.g. µFTIR, Pyr-GC-MS ja DLS) for the determination of micro- and nanoparticles from different environmental samples
- to act as an expert of the measurement techniques of microplastics and engineered nanoparticles in national and international networks and working groups (e.g. PRIORITY (EU Cost Action), ISO/TC 147/SC 2/JWG 1 and nanoturvallisuusverkosto)
- to supervise PhD students (currently 3)
Background
I have worked at SYKE since 2009: first as a senior research scientist in the team of inorganic chemistry, then as a group leader of New technologies and experimental effect studies (2011-2013), as a unit of head of Ecotoxicology and risk assessment (2014-2022) and currently as a leading researcher in the group of Environmental impacts. I did my PhD thesis on ”Chemical and source characterisation of size-segregated urban air particulate matter” at Finnish Meteorological Institute.
Research projects
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Abundance, characteristics and significance of nano- and microplastics in urban air (ACINMUA) (Research Council of Finland, 2023-2027)
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Metrological traceability of measurement data from nano to small-microplastics for a greener environment and food safety (PlasticTrace) (EU – EURAMET, 2022-2025)
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Plastics in agriculture: impacts, lifecycles & long-term sustainability (PAPILLONS) (EU-H2020, 2021-2025)
- WaterPlus - New methods to promote water purity (EU – European Regional Development Fund, 2020-2023)
- Remediation of stormwaters in Oulu (Elinkeino-, liikenne- ja ympäristökeskus (POPELY), 2019-2022)
- Microplastics from wastewater treatment plants to the environment (Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry, 2019-2022)
- Optimization and harmonization of microspectroscopic methods for identification of microplastics in marine samples (Pohjoismaiden ministerineuvosto, 2017-2020)
- Microplastics in Finnish domestic waters (Vesihuoltolaitoksen kehittämisrahasto, 2018)
- Quantification and mitigation of microplastics released from households (Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry, 2016-2017)
Publications
I have co-authored more than 140 scientific publications, of which more than 50 papers come out in peer-reviewed scientific journals.