Current
Harri Vasander Professor in Peatland Forestry (Department of Forest Sciences) Peatland classification, production and C dynamics of boreal peatlands, tropical peatlands – their nutrient and C dynamics. Order Sphagnum Mosses – The Stars of European Mires Contents and sample pages can be found here. |
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Kari Minkkinen Senior university lecturer (Department of Forest Sciences) Ecological impacts of peatland forestry, especially on the carbon balance and greenhouse gas fluxes in drained peatlands. Order Sphagnum Mosses – The Stars of European Mires Contents and sample pages can be found here. |
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Jyrki Jauhiainen University researcher / researcher (Department of Forest Sciences / Natural Resources Institute Finland) Greenhouse gas fluxes, peat carbon dynamics, and restoration of tropical peatlands, greenhouse gas emissions of boreal peatlands |
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Paavo Ojanen University researcher / researcher (Department of Forest Sciences / Natural Resources Institute Finland) Ecology of peatland forests. Current research topic: The effects of peatland forestry, rewetting and paludiculture on climate. |
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Juhani Päivänen Professor emeritus in Peatland Forestry (Department of Forest Sciences) Hydrology and management of peatland forests |
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Heikki Seppä Professor in Quaternary Geology (Department of Geosciences and Geography) Long-term geological and ecological development of northern peatlands; Quaternary palaeoclimatology |
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Minna Väliranta University researcher (Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme) Reconstructing past environmental changes from lake and peat sediment archives Environmental Change Research Unit ECRU |
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Sari Juutinen University researcher (Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme) Lake and peatland carbon dynamics and their response to environmental changes Environmental Change Research Unit ECRU |
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Kim Yrjälä Docent (Department of Forest Sciences) Microbes related to climate change and production of greenhouse gases. |
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Recent
Raija Laiho Currently the professor of peatland forestry at the Natural Resources Institute Finland.Peat soils, biogeochemistry. Current focus on decomposition of organic matter, and the effects of land-use, continuous cover forestry and climate change. |
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Jukka Laine Professor emeritus of peatland forestry at the Finnish Forest Research Institute. |
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Eeva-Stiina Tuittila Currently the professor of forest soil science at the University of Eastern Finland, School of Forest Sciences. |