Duties
Development Manager. Principal Metrologist. 1st Deputy Director of research infrastructures. Development of Syke's research infrastructures and related services, method standardisation in the environmental field.
Subject area
Education and academic titles
Title of Docent (Metrology in chemistry), University of Jyväskylä
PhD (Chemistry), University of Tartu
Research and expertise
I have been working in the Finnish Environment Institute since 2000. First, I was a chemist in the inorganic chemistry group at the laboratory being responsible e.g. for nutrient and mercury analytics. Since 2006, I was the leader of the same group and in 2010 I became the head of the metrology team established in the Environmental Measurement and Testing Laboratory. At the same time, I started to do my doctoral thesis on chemical metrology at the University of Tartu, which was completed four years later.
Currently, I work as a development manager at Syke Research Infrastructure unit and my duties are
- to develop Syke’s research, technology and quality infrastructures to meet the needs of sustainable solutions and new value chains, as well as ensuring the quality and reliability of environmental measurements
- to be responsible for activities of Syke as VTT-MIKES Designated Institute and calibration laboratory activities within the European Network of Metrology Institutes,
- to lead and act as an expert in national and international projects aimed at the quality of environmental information and the development of laboratory activities.
- to promote activities related to chemical metrology, i.e. measurement quality, reliability and traceability as well as the digitization of measurements.
- to act as an expert and trainer in the area of chemical method validation and measurement uncertainty estimations,
- to act as a chairman of the Finnish mirror group for water analysis/water quality and sampling (ISO/TC 147, CEN/TC 230). Member of several ISO and CEN working groups.
Memberships and networks
EURAMET Technical Committee for Metrology in Chemistry, Chairman (2022-2026) (2022 - 2026)
University of Tartu, Visiting Associate Professor (2015 - 2024)
Finnish mirror group for water analysis/water quality and sampling (ISO/TC 147, CEN/TC 230), Chairman (2025 onwards)
Metrology Advisory Board set by Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland, Member (substitute) (2022 - 2025)
Management board of Finntesting association (merger of Eurolab-Finland and Eurachem-Finland associations), Chairman (2019 onwards)
CITAC (Cooperation of International Traceability in Analytical Chemistry), Member (2015 onwards)
Eurachem Measurement Uncertainty and Traceability Working Group, Member (2014 onwards)
Finnish Advisory Board of Conformity Assessment Affairs, Member (2016 - 2022)
Steering group of Finnish national reference laboratory in the field of Environment / Ministry of Environment in Finland, Vice-chairman and member (2007 - 2009)
Eurolab expert group on measurement uncertainty that published Eurolab technical report 1/2007 “Measurement uncertainty revisited: Alternative approaches to uncertainty evaluation”, 2004-2006, Member (2004 - 2006)
Nordtest expert group on measurement uncertainty that published Nordtest Technical report TR537 “Handbook for calculation of measurement uncertainty in environmental laboratories”, Member (2001 - 2003)