Jussi Heinonen
M.Sc., doctoral candidate
Department of Geosciences and Geography, P.O. Box 64
University of Helsinki
FI-00014 Helsinki
Finland
Phone:
+358-9-191-50802
E-mail:
jussi.s.heinonen@helsinki.fi
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AMANDA
Anorogenic magmatism in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica
Name
Jussi Sakari HeinonenDate and place of Birth
30th of March, 1981, Nokia, FinlandLanguage skills
Finnish (native), English (very good spoken and written), Swedish (rudimentary spoken and written)Education
2006: M.Sc., Geology and Mineralogy (grade: 5/5), University of Helsinki. Thesis titled “Petrology and geochemistry of the Paleoproterozoic metavolcanic rocks of the Takamaa area at Ylöjärvi, southern Finland” approved with grade magna cum laude approbatur. Secondary subjects: Chemistry (extent: cum laude approbatur; grade: 4/5) and Geophysics (extent: approbatur; grade: 4/5)2000: Upper secondary school graduate, Senior High School of Nokia, Finland (overall grade magna cum laude approbatur)
Previous professional occupations
2003–2005: Teaching assistant, University of Helsinki, Department of Geology (part-time)2004–2005: Field-work assistant, Au-ore prospecting in southern Finland, Northern Lion Gold Corporation (6 months)
Proffesional memberships
2007-> American Geophysical Union2007-> Mineralogical Society of America
2005-> Geological Society of Finland
Other academic and professional activities
Teaching of graduate students:2003–> Petrography (thin section studies), petrology, structural geology, bedrock mapping
Other academic duties:
2007–2010: University of Helsinki, Kumpula Science Library; Post-graduate student member of the library board
2008–2009: Geological Society of Finland; Secretary
2008: Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, United States; Visiting scientist (2 months)
2007–2008: Finnish Institute of Marine Research; FINNARP 2007 expedition to Antarctica; Director of the geological research party
Field work:
2007–2008: Bedrock mapping and sampling at western Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica (2 months)
Invited oral presentations:
2008: Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, United States: “Ferropicrites of Vestfjella, western Dronning Maud Land (Antarctica): evidence for mixing of magmas from ‘enriched’ (recycled) and ‘depleted’ mantle sources?”
Oral presentations in international symposia:
2007: Santa Barbara, CA, United States; 10th international symposium on Antarctic earth sciences: “Ferropicritic dikes of Vestfjella, western Dronning Maud Land: Fe-enriched mantle source for late-stage Karoo magmas”
2008: Reykjavik, Iceland; International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth’s Interior – General Assembly 2008: “Ferropicrites: concepts and controversies”