CURRICULUM VITAE
| Name: | Risto Sievänen |
| Business address: | Finnish Forest Research Intitute
Vantaa Research Center PB 18, 01301 Vantaa Finland |
| Home address: | Krämertintie 29
00620 Helsinki Finland |
| Date of birth: | 4.1.1953 |
| Place of birth: | Eno, Finland |
| Citizenship: | Finland |
| Marital status: | Married to Tuija Sievänen |
| Children: | Aino-Marja 23.9.1981
Armi Suvi Annikki 4.2.1985 |
| University Education: | M.Sc. Eng. Major: Systems Theory 4.4.1978
Helsinki University of Technology Lic.Tech. 21.6.1983 Helsinki University of Technology Dr.Tech. 7.12.1992 Helsinki University of Technology, Faculty of Information Technoloy |
| Languages: | Finnish (mother tongue), English (fluent),
German (fluent), Swedish (working knowledge) |
| Present position: | Research Scientist
Finnish Forest Research Institute |
| Former employment: | junior scientist, Finnish Forest Research Institute
1.1.1978-31.12.1979 research assistant Academy of Finland 1.1-30.6.1980 junior scientist, Finnish Forest Research Institute 1.7.1980-28.2.1981 research assistant, Academy of Finland 1.3.-30.6.1981 scientist, research scientist, Finnish Forest Research Institute, from 1.7.1982, continuing |
| Extended visits: | Student of Graduate School at Unversity of Minnesota, Faculty of Forestry,
coursework and working on a research project, 1.1.-31.12 1986 Visiting scientist, University of Kassel, Environmental Systems Research
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| Research projects: | Leader of project "Synthesis Of Tree Functioning And Architecture As A Problem Of Forest Ecology, Systems Analysis, Computational Mathematics, And Computer Science" financed by Academy of Finland 1996-1999. |
| Examination of theses: | Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis of:
Damrong Pipatwattanakul (University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Ecology) in 1996 Frank Berninger (University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Ecology) in 1996 |
| Theses supervision: | M Sc. : Petteri Vanninen (University of Helsinki, Department
of Forest Ecology)
Hanna Ylitalo (University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Ecology) Eero Lukkarinen (University of Helsinki, Department of Forest Resources) |
| Revision of manuscripts: | Manuscripts reviewed annually for Finnish (Silva Fennica, Folia Forestalia) and international journals (Forest Science, Forest Ecology and Management, Annales des Sciences Forestieres, Tree Physiology) since 1985. |
| Memberships in scientific societys: | The Finnish Society of Forest Science |
| Publications: | See a separate list |