University of Helsinki—Evolutionary Ecology

Maarit haataja (NÉE pahkala)

Curriculum vitae

Education and degrees

2006                          Post-doc, University of Helsinki, Finland.

2002-2005                Post-doc, University of Oulu, Finland.

2003                          Docent of Animal Ecology at the University of Oulu, Finland.

1998-2001                Ph.D. in Population Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden.

1992-1997                M.Sc. in Animal Biology, University of Oulu, Finland.

 

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor in Animal Ecology

During period of 1.8.2002 – 31 .10.2002 at the University of Oulu.          

 

Research experience

Research assistant, April-May 1995, University of Oulu.

Research assistant, April-July 1996, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Winfrith Technology Centre, England.

Research assistant, April-July 1997, University of Turku.

Researcher at Uppsala University, 1998-2001.

Post-doctoral researcher 2002-2005, University of Oulu.

 

Administrative experience

Member of the Biology Department Board at the University of Oulu, 2005.

Member of the profitability money dealing group at the University of Oulu, 2005 .

Member of Thursday-seminar working group at the University of Oulu, 2005.

 

Teaching experience             

Evolutionary Ecology (second-third year)

Lecture on “Environmental Change and Evolution”. University of Oulu 2002, 2003.

Lecture and exercise on ”Animal identification”. University of Oulu 2002.

Lecture on ”Animal identification”. University of Oulu 2003.

Lecture and seminars on Evolutionary Ecology. University of Oulu 2005.

                

Research grants

University researcher at the University of Helsinki, 6000 €, 2006-2007.

Partner in Jyväskylä Centre of Excellence, Academy of Finland grant of 1.7 milj. €, 2006-2008.

Partner in EU Marie Curie RT Network (SESASEX) grant of 227 609 €, 2005-2008.

Academy of Finland research grant of 108 000 €, 2003-2005.

Academy of Finland subsidy for a researcher’s return to Finland of 16 160 €, 2002.

Maj and Tor Nessling grant for PhD work of 36 806 €, 1998-2000.

University of Uppsala research grant of 36 000 SEK, 1999-2001.

NORFA mobility grant of 26 800 NOK, 1997.

Sederholm grant of 14 000 SEK, 1999.

Other grants of 1746 €, e.g. Erasmus, University of Oulu.

 

Co-operation

Professor Juha Merilä, University of Helsinki.

Professor Jukka Jokela, ETH-Zürich, Switzerland.

FT Anssi Karvonen, University of Jyväskylä.

FT Otto Seppälä, University of Jyväskylä.

FT Marja Isomursu, Evira, Oulu Regional Unit.

                                 

Supervision of examination works

Masters

Henna Piha 2002, University of Helsinki.

Ann-Marie Airaksinen 2004, University of Oulu.

Eija Sutinen 2005, University of Oulu.

Annukka Oksanen University of Turku, under preparation.

 

Supervision of examination works

Ph.D.

Stefano Rezzonico, University of Oulu, under preparation.

Katja-Riikka Pullinen, University of Helsinki, under preparation.

                

Supervision of high school students

Supervising experimental works, during summers 1998-2001 in Sweden.

Supervising experimental work in spring 2002 in Finland.

                                 

Examinant of MSc thesis

Kati Ponsiluoma 2002. Department of Biology, University of Oulu.

Marja-Riitta Kuosa 2005. Department of Biology, University of Oulu.

Hanna-Kaisa Lindström 2005. Department of Biology, University of Oulu.

 

Referee in international journals

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B       

Journal of Avian Biology

American Midland Naturalist

Herpetological Journal

Evolutionary Ecology

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

 

Conferences

Talk

Workshop, Environmental stress, genetic adaptation and evolution in Gif sur Yvette, France, 21 – 24.11.1998.

Workshop, Genetic methods- theory and practical application in Helsinki, Finland, 4 – 8.10.1999.

NorFa workshop, Environmental stress and genetic adaptation in Erken, Sweden, 25 – 29.11.2000.

Revolution-symposium, at the University of Uppsala, 1998-2001.

Oikos-symposium, Uppsala, 5-8.2.2001.

Dosent lecture, University of Oulu, 2003.

Visiting lecture, University of Turku, 2005.

Workshop, Host-parasite in Zürich, 2006.

 

Student participation

Genetics and Conservation meeting, Scandinavian Association for Genetics, Uppsala University and SLU. Uppsala, 20-22.8.1998.

Oikos-symposium, Kalmar, spring 1998.

Eight Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Aarhus, Denmark, 20-25.8.2001.

Workshop, Evolutionary ecology of resistance and defence. Konnevesi Research Station, Jyväskylä 12-14.12.2001.

 

Other

Commentator in Kaamos-symposium at the University of Oulu, 2004.