SHORT CURRICULUM VITAE

• “Pools and fluxes of carbon on mineral soils and peatlands” 2001-2006.
• “Nutrient dynamics and management on forested mineral soils” 2002-2008.

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SUPERVISION, EVALUATION AND OTHER TASKS

Other academic and professional activities

I have supervised 12 M.Sc theses (8 Finnish and 4 foreign).

Supervised Ph.D and licentiate theses

• Christina Larsson, Licentiate thesis 1999, "EDXRF Analyses of Trace Elements in Trees", Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; co-supervisor.
• Kirsi Makkonen, Ph.D thesis 2002 “Fine root biomass and production in Scots pine stands”, Univ.of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry; main supervisor.
• Maija Salemaa, Ph.D thesis 2004 “Response of the understorey vegetation of boreal forests to heavy metal loading”, Univ. of Helsinki, Faculty of Biosciences; main supervisor.
• Tiina Nieminen, Ph.D thesis 2005 "Response of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) to a long-term Cu and Ni exposure", Univ. of Helsinki, Faculty of Biosciences; main supervisor.
• Jukka Luiro, Ph.D thesis project "Bioenergy from logging residues: nutrients and tree growth" started September 2006, Univ. of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry; main supervisor.
• Karna Hansson, Ph.D thesis project on fine root dynamics started summer 2006, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden; co-supervisor.

Ph.D Opponent

• For Ivika Ostonen 2003, “Fine root structure, dynamics and proportion in net primary production of Norway spruce forest ecosystem in relation to site conditions”, Univ. of Tarto, Estonia.
• For Űlle Pűttsepp 2004, “Effects of sustainable management practices on fine-root systems in willow (Salix viminalis, S.dasyclados), grey alder (Alnus incana) and Norway spruce (Picea abies) stands”, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
• For Svetlana Ladanai 2008, "Nutrient relations in coniferous forests", Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.

Pre-examiner of Ph.D theses  

• Ph.D thesis of Jukka Lippu 1999, Outi Priha 1999, Sirpa Piirainen 2002, Petteri Vanninen 2003, Jussi Heinonsalo 2004, Marjo Palviainen 2005, Heikki Nuorteva 2008.

Member of the Ph.D examination committees

• Nagwa Kamal-Eldin M. Salih 2001, “Diagnoses of nutrition of Norway spruce forests: Effects of fertilisation and acidification”, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Research, Uppsala, Sweden.
• Dallas Johnson 2002, “Phytocycling of Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn in northern forest ecosystems impacted by smelter emissions”,Univ. of Guelph, Canada.
• Bekele Lemma 2006, "Impact of exotic tree plantations on carbon and nutrient dynamics in abandoned farmland soils of southwestern Ethiopia" SLU, Dept. of Forest Soils, Sweden.
• Fantaw Yimer 2007, "Soil properties in relation to topographic aspects, vegetation communities and land use in the south-eastern highlands of Ethiopia",SLU, Dept. of Soil Sciences, Sweden.
• Mulugeta Zewdie 2008, "Temporal changes of biomass production, soil properties and ground flora in Eucalyptus globulus plantations in the central highlands of Ethiopia", SLU, Dept. of Forest Soils, Sweden

Evaluator

• Evaluator of Swedish research proposals for FORMAS (Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning), member of the evaluation group Biogeochemistry and Climate, 2003 - 2005 (ca. 90-100 applications annually), individual applications 2006-
• Evaluator of research (quality, scope and future potential) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, Soil-Water -Environment cluster (Dept. of Soil Sciences, Dept. of Environmental Assessment, Dept. of Forest Soils) 2006; member of an international evaluation team consisting of five scientists.
• Regular evaluator of other research and docentship applications (Finland, Netherlands, Estonia)

Referee for Tree Physiology (member of Editorial Review Board 1998, 2001; 2002), Ecosystems, J.Env. Quality, Global Change Biol., New Phytol., Plant and Soil, J. Veget. Sci., Acta Oecol., Agric.Forest Meteor., Ann. Bot., Ann. For. Sci., Can. J. For. Res., For. Ecol. Manage., Env. Poll., Water Air Soil Poll., Chemosphere, Forestry, J. For. Res., Scand. J. For. Res., Trees, Bor. Env. Res., Human Ecol. Risk Assessm., Stud. For. Suec., Silva Fennica, Folia Forestalia, X-Ray Spectrometry. >90 reviewed manuscripts in 1998-2008.

Tasks in scientific organisations

• Member of the Finnish national IPCC working group 2002-2007.
• Board member of the Finnish Society of Soil Sciences 2007-.
• Member of the Intern. Committee of the Intern. Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry, 2002-2006.
• Member of the Management Committees of the Cost Actions 631”Understanding and modelling plant-soil interactions in the rhizosphere environment” 2001-2002 and E38”Woody Root Processes” 2004-2008
• Member of the Management Committee of the Cost Action FP0803 ”Belowground carbon turnover of European forests" 2009 –.

Major tasks in international conferences and workshops since 2006

• “Roots, mycorrhiza and their external mycelia in carbon dynamics in forest soil”, main organizer of an international scientific meeting 9-13.9.2006
• Nordic network meeting on role of roots in the C budget of forest soils,Vantaa 21-23.4.2008, main organizer.
• Keynote Roots in boreal forest nutrient cycling in the 4th International Symposium on Physiological Processes of Woody Plants, Bangor, Wales, 16th - 20th September 2007.
• Member of the International Committee for Biogeomon 2009, 6th International Symposium on Ecosystem Behaviour, June 29th-July 3rd 2009, University of Helsinki, Finland.
• Member of the Scientific Committee for 7th ISRR Symposium 'Root Research and Applications'(RootRAP), 2 - 4 September 2009, Univ. of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria.