University of Helsinki
Welcome to our blog to explore who we are and what we do! Our group studies the rapidly changing northern lakes, catchments and seas, and their interactions with each other and climate, from a temporal perspective. We look into the more recent and much deeper past of changing ecosystems via biological and geochemical information collected from sediment traps, sediment cores and other environmental samples. We are based at the Environmental Change Research Unit in the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Maija Heikkilä, Group Leader, Maija’s profile
Lilia Orozco, Doctoral Researcher (2020-), Lilia’s Profile
Mingzhen Zhang, Doctoral Researcher (2021-), Mingzhen’s Profile
Meri Mäkelä, Doctoral Researcher (2022-), Meri’s Profile
Sohvi Railo, Doctoral Researcher (2024-), Sohvi’s Profile at Tvärminne Zoological Station and University of Turku
Vilma Koljonen, MSc student (2023-)
Graduated alumni & post docs:
Ana Lúcia Lindroth Dauner, post doc 2021-2023, Ana’s profile
PhD 2023 Tiia Luostarinen Thesis
MSc 2023 Rebekka Salmi Thesis
MSc 2023 Sohvi Railo Thesis
MSc 2023 Meeri Näppilä Thesis
MSc 2023 Heini Mäkelä Thesis
MSc 2023 Anna Leppänen Thesis
MSc 2023 Antti Jokelainen Thesis
MSc 2021 Meri Mäkelä Thesis
MSc 2021 Maxime Courroux Thesis
MSc 2020 Tuuli Lehtosalo Thesis
MSc 2019 Benjamin Redmond Roche (PhD student at Royal Holloway University of London) Thesis
