Experience

Metsähallitus

• Conservation Planner

  • May 2020 - Present

  Performing inventories of traditional semi-natural grassland habitats in Oulanka and Posio as part of the national HELMI habitats programme; recording and updating data on these habitats and planning the conservation management of these sites.



University of Helsinki, Kone Foundation

• Senior Researcher, Adjunct Professor

  • Mar 2017 - Aug 2018

  Currently seeking new challenges, particularly in the fields of ecology, conservation biology, environmental science and pedagogy. In between, I continue writing scientific papers, running courses on scientific writing, and doing work for organizations, principally the Eurasian Dry Grasslands Group and the Urban Europe Research Alliance.



NERC: Natural Environment Research Council

• Panel member

  • 2016 - 2016less than a year

  Expert evaluator for the Valuing Nature Programme: Understanding the value of the natural environment for improving human health and wellbeing.



Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto – The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation

• Environmental Scientist

  • 2002 - 201614 years



University of Helsinki

• Doctoral Researcher

  • Apr 2004 - Dec 2014

• Post-Doctoral Researcher

  • 2014 - 2014 less than a year , Kumpula campus, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland , Coordinating an undergraduate teaching programme in urban studies called the Urban Academy. I organized courses, provided support for students and taught an interdisciplinary course on urban studies.



King Abdul Aziz Airbase, Armed Forces Hospital

• Senior Technician, Histology

  • 1993 - 1994 1 year , Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Managed an Histopathology laboratory with a multicultural staff at a military hospital.

• Senior Technician, Histology

  • 1993 - 1994 1 year , Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Managed an Histopathology laboratory with a multicultural staff at a military airbase hospital.