Alumni & Visitors

 

Completed PhDs  
Craig Brelsford
PhD 2015-2020

Plant Science Researcher,
Valoya, Finland

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.