People

Biodiversity Change research group brings together geographers and ecologists investigating different aspects of biodiversity change.
Julia Kemppinen, Group Leader

Current project

Academy Research Fellow project: Tundra plants in climate change - How microclimates shape species, populations, and communities? 2025-2029, Research Council of Finland.

 

Past projects

Postdoc project: Investigating the geodiversity-biodiversity relationship under climate change. 2022-2025, Research Council of Finland.

Postdoc project: Arctic physical geography. 2020-2022, University of Oulu.

PhD project: Soil moisture and its importance for tundra plants. 2016-2020, GeoDoc at University of Helsinki.

Adam Mahood, Visiting postdoctoral researcher

Postdoc project: Modelling microrefugia of plants across northern Europe

Aino-Maija Määttänen, Doctoral Researcher

PhD project: Ecological connectivity for promoting biodiversity under climate and land use change. PhD supervisors: Julia Kemppinen, Maria Hällfors & Jan Hjort

Camilla Reinikainen, Doctoral Researcher

PhD project: The effects of snow dynamics and geodiversity on the growing-season and diversity of Arctic plants. PhD supervisors: Julia Kemppinen & Pekka Niittynen

Mikko Saviranta, Doctoral Researcher

PhD project: Impacts of land use change on plant communities and their biodiversity in northern environments. PhD supervisors: Julia Kemppinen, Konsta Happonen & Tuija Maliniemi

Adam Williamson, Doctoral Researcher

PhD project: Plant trait signals from the tundra: Microclimate lessons for a warming world. PhD supervisors: Julia Kemppinen & Pekka Niittynen

MSc students

Looking for a MSc thesis topic and a supervisor? If you are enrolled in the master's programme at the University of Helsinki studying in the Master’s Programme in Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity conservation or Master's Programme in Integrative Plant Sciences, and you are looking for a MSc thesis supervisor for a biodiversity topic in Finnish or English, you can contact group leader Julia Kemppinen.