Completed PhDs | |
Craig Brelsford PhD 2015-2020 Plant Science Researcher, |
Researching how spectral quality signals in forest canopies coordinate understorey phenology and feed-forward to optimise light use efficiency and carbon assimilation at the stand level? Craig’s PhD was funded by YEB Doctoral School and by CanSEE group. |
Saara M Hartikainen PhD 2015-2021. |
Saara researches the effect of canopy identity and location on solar radiation penetrating forest stands during spring phenology and how these changes affect UV-screening and phenology of the forest understorey species. Saara’s PhD research was funded by CanSEE through the Academy of Finland. |
Marta Pieristè PhD 2016-2020 Phytosanitary Specialist, Syngenta |
Marta is studying how sunlight penetrating forest canopies affects leaf traits during growth and decomposition. Marta’s PhD research was funded by the Region of Normandie, France & CanSEE group. |
David Israel PhD 2015-2022 |
David studies the role of aquaporins in functional plant water relations. David’s PhD research was funded (2015-2021) by the Finnish Cultural Foundation. |
Post Docs | |
Titta K Kotilainen
Senior Scientist with Luke – Finnish Natural Resources Institute |
Post Doc Researcher 2015-2018 Researching light conditions in greenhouses and under polytunnels, developing and validating site-specific modelled solar irradiance to work along varying conditions and environments. Titta was funded by Academy of Finland, Enterprise Grant and by CanSEE Group. |
Visiting Scientists on Mobility Exchange | |
Jakub Nezval – Biochemist at the University of Ostrava. | Visiting Researcher, 2013, 2014 & 2016. Communication by parent and ramets as evidence for light foraging in strawberries under a patchy UV radiation. |
Marieke Trasser – PhD Researcher with the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna | Graduate Research Assistant at Lammi Biological Station (March – August 2017) Master’s Exchange Student (University of Montpelier) Photoreceptor mediated responses to UV radiation and blue light in the forest understorey and under controlled conditions. |
Arthur Daviaud – Unilasalle Beauvais, France | Research Trainee (Sept-Dec 2021) Researching how spectral quality affects understorey senescence and end-of-season carbon assimilation at Lammi Biological Station. |
Marie Musiolková – Plant-Atmosphere Interactions, University of Ostrava, Czechia. | PhD Exchange; Nov 2014, Feb & Nov 2015 The role of seasonal atmospheric pollution in manipulating spectral composition of sunlight for plants growing in affected areas of Ostrava. |
Antti Takolander – ( Helsinki University) Researcher at SYKE, Finland | University of Helsinki Research Trainee 2012 Fitness related traits of European beech provenances growing beyond their northern range limit in Helsinki |
Alexandra Chatelet – Polytechnic Clermont Ferrand | Master Exchange Student 2011 Effects of water stress and shade/sun environmental treatments on seedlings of two Nothofagus species |
Virva Lyytikainen – University of Aberdeen (Research Assistant in Helsinki 2018) | Effects of spacing and variety on leaf optical properties and spectral irradiance penetrating a wheat canopy. |
Francisco Ferrera Cobos – CIEMAT, Madrid (3-month, PhD Student Exchange, 2020) | Modelling atmospheric & climatic factors affecting plant-available light across Spain. |
Pasi Pouta – Undergraduate Trainee at the University of Helsinki (Research Assistant in the French Alps, 2015) | Temporal patterns in leaf pigmentation under forest canopies and under high solar irradiance in the sub-alpine zone. |
Paulina Mastalerz – University College Cork, (Erasmus Exchange Honours, Summer 2014) | The effects of different light qualities on the growth, development and pigment content of wild strawberries (Fragaria vesca) |
Baiba Matule – Graduate Research Assistant (May 2020 – Oct 2021) (Helsinki University Webpage) | Optimal use of dynamic sunflecks by plant canopies for ecological resilience and food security. Funded by EDUFI award to T.M. Robson 9 months, and Oskar Öflunds Stiftelse 4 months. |
Rozenn Pineau – Honours Exchange Student Summer 2016 (Université Pierre et Marie Curie) | Research Internship at Lammi Biological Station – Effects of simulated herbivory on leaf pigments and flavonoids in Sorbus aucuparia (rowen/mountain ash) with northerly or southerly exposure. |