Personnel

Katri Aarnio, Research Amanuensis​

• Introduced species, benthic communities, meiofauna, euthrophication, Baltic Sea​

​Phoebe Armitage, PhD Student

• Benthic ecology, algae-fauna interactions, community ecology, ecosystem functioning, trait-based approaches, polar marine ecology, benthic-pelagic coupling, climate change

Jean-François Blanc, PhD Student​

• Benthic ecology, algae-Fauna interactions, community ecology, biogeography, ecosystem-based management ​

Christoffer Boström, Associate Professor​

• Benthic community ecology, seagrass ecosystems, plant-animal interactions ​
• Experimental ecology, seascape ecology, art-science outreach​

Tony Cederberg, Manager at Husö biological station ​

• Status of the coastal waters and lakes on Åland Islands, state of the Baltic Sea, monitoring data and long-term data sets from Åland Islands
  
  

Floriaan Eveleens Maarse, PhD Student​

• Coastal lagoons, submerged aquatic vegetation, community ecology, eutrophication, macrophyte-invertebrate interactions 

Viktor Finnäs, PhD Student ​

• Otolith microchemistry, fish ecology, tracking of the migration and provenance of salmon fish in the Baltic Sea ​

Giannina Hattich, Project Researcher/Research Technician

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Heidi Herlevi, PhD Student  ​

• Benthic ecology, community ecology, fish ecology, coastal ecosystems, non-native species, trophic interactions, structural and functional community change 

Ida Hermansson, PhD Student​

• Behavioural ecology, population dynamics, predator-prey interactions, adaptive mechanisms, ecology of birds and mammals, conservation biology ​

Anna Ikonen, PhD Student

• Phytoplankton, adaptation, climate change, eutrophication, Baltic Sea

Andriana Koutsandrea, PhD Student

• Global warming, eco-physiology, benthic pelagic coupling, pelagic grazers

Lucinda Kraufvelin, PhD Student ​

• Global change, extreme events, environmental stressors, community ecology, food webs, experimental ecology 

Malla Lehtonen, Research assistant in the Centre for Sustainable Ocean Science

• Interdisciplinarity / Interdisciplinary research
• Art-science collaboration
• Cultural history

Jolanda Linsén, PhD Student ​

• Interdisciplinary research, Baltic Sea,  ecosystem services, human relationships to marine organisms, environmental governance, public participation, organizational structure

Kai Lindström, Professor ​

• Behavioural ecology, evolutionary ecology, sexual selection, population ecology ​
• The effect of habitat structure and disturbances on the mating system and sexual selection, female competition, parental care evolution, temperature and sexual selection ​

Linus Lähteenmäki, PhD Student​

• Behavioural ecology, fish ecology, migration behaviour of salmonids, fish telemetry ​

Marie Nordström, University Researcher​

• Food web ecology, community ecology, structural and functional community change, trophic interactions, trait-based approaches, global change ​
• Marine ecosystems, benthic ecosystems, coastal ecosystems, Arctic ecosystems 

Mikael von Numers, University Teacher​

• Island biogeography, species distribution patterns, long term changes among birds and plants, species distribution modelling, conservation biology

Christian Pansch-Hattich, Professor ​

• Ocean Change and Stress ecology, Experimental Ecology, Ecophysiology, Benthic Community Ecology, Mesocosm approaches ​
• Mitigation of Global Stress by Local Measures (interdisciplinary approaches, The Sea)

Roxana Preston, Project Researcher​

• Population genetics, Marine ecology, Aquatic macroalgae, Biodiversity

Riikka Puntila-Dodd, Project Researcher​

• Marine ecology, ecosystem modelling, invasive species, Ecopath with Ecosim

Irma Puttonen, Project Researcher​

• Baltic Sea eutrophication, Marine biogeochemistry, Sediments, Benthic habitats

Henna Raitanen, PhD Student ​

• Biodiversea LIFE IP, the Baltic Sea, biodiversity, algae, habitat restoration

Sarah Rühmkorff, PhD Student ​

• Benthic soft-bottom ecology, seagrass ecosystem, climate change, extrem events (marine heat waves), experimental ecology, mesocosm approach, seagrass genotypic and phenotypic plasticity, genetic microsatellites analysis

Tiina Salo, Project Researcher​

• Stress ecology, species interactions, evolutionary ecology, traits, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning ​
• Marine ecosystems, benthic ecosystems, coastal ecosystems, freshwater ecosystems​

Sonja Salovius-Laurén, University Researcher ​

• Benthic ecology, eutrophication and algal-invertebrate interactions ​
• Marine mapping, marine conservation and ecosystem-based management & maritime spatial planning

Conny Sjöqvist, Project Researcher​

• Phytoplankton ecology, molecular ecology, genomics, transcriptomics, adaptation, population genetics/genomics, microbial interactions

Martin Snickars, Senior lecturer, head of Husö biological station

• Fish ecology, shallow vegetated ecosystems, coastal lagoons and nursery areas ​
• Experimental ecology, coastal ecology ​

Patrik Ståhl, PhD Student

• Marine ecology, ecological networks, food webs, ekosystem modelling, Ecopath with Ecosim

Henri Sumelius, Project Researcher

• Marine biodiversity, biodiversity change, nature loss, littoral ecosystems, coastal ecology
• Fish ecology, population dynamics

Anna Törnroos-Remes, Associate Professor (tenure-track)​

• Functional ecology, benthic ecology, community ecology, trait-based approaches, seafloor disturbance ​
• Interdisciplinary studies focused on human-marine environment relationships, biodiversity and ecosystem services, socio-ecological challenges to marine and coastal management​

Karl Weckström, Research Assistant​

• Marine conservation planning, epifauna communities​​​

Johanna Yliportimo, PhD Student

• Sand goby, sexual selection, mating behavior, female reproduction

Markus Öst, University Lecturer​

• Behavioural ecology, population ecology, cognitive ecology, life-history evolution  ​
• Predator-prey dynamics, social evolution, antipredator adaptations, wildlife conservation, environmental stressors, avian ecology ​

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