Duties
Research and development tasks related to biodiversity and ecology, as well as the assessment of the environmental impacts of renewable energy. Improving the quality of long-term monitoring and the development of monitoring programs.
Education and academic titles
PhD (Biological and Environmental Science), University of Jyväskylä
Research and expertise
I am a researcher specialized in biodiversity modeling and geographic information system (GIS) applications at the Finnish Environment Institute. I have modelled species distributions and determined environmental and climate related factors that affects the species and entire communities.
I am specialized in spatial multi-criteria decision analysis, with a particular focus on topics related to the site selection for wind and solar energy installations. I have conducted studies of nature impacts of solar power plants and currently creating new data for biodiversity assessments for entire Finland.