Group Members

 

T Matthew Robson – Research Group Leader
(University of Helsinki Researcher, ViPS PI)

P1020794 Academy of Finland Project – studying the effects of the changing spectral composition of  light in forests and its implications for plant ecophysiology, forest ecology and global ecosystems. link to projects

Senior Lecturer National School of Forestry, University of Cumbria.

Maxime Durand – Post Doctoral Researcher 2020-2023 (Helsinki University Webpage)

Spearheading Academy Project research (2019-2023) into canopy light use efficiency under diffuse sunlight. From 2023-2026, Maxime is funded by Suomen Metsätieteellinen Seura, and Acadamy of Finland Post Doc, Fluttering Fields & Wuthering Winds: Canopy Photosynthesis Under High Frequency Sunflecks.

Maxime’s Publications

Maxime is testing how gas exchange and chlorophyll fluorescence respond to changing environmental conditions in forest stands.

Santa Neimane PhD Researcher 2021-2024
(Helsinki University Webpage)

Santa is experimentally testing how spectral composition affects plants and what this will mean for global ecosystems under future climates. Santa’s research is contributes to CanSEE Academy Project studying how diffuse sunlight in canopies affects plant morphology and light use.  Santa is funded by Wihuri Foundation (2021) and University of Helsinki Research Foundation (2022-2024).

Santa’s Publications

Adam Bloch  – IPS Master’s Student 2022-2024
(Helsinki University)

Adam is researching the effect of UV radiation on para-coumaric acid accumulation in Scots pine pollen. Adam’s research forms part of a collaborative project with the University of Bergen funded by the Norwegian Research Council.

Measuring UV irradiance of pine pollen

Twinkle Solanki – PhD Researcher 2017-2024
(Helsinki University Webpage)

Upscaling the Optical Properties of leaves to model their contribution to canopy light use efficiency and carbon assimilation over vertical and horizontal profiles of spectral irradiance

Twinkle’s Publications