Team members

Marjut Rajasilta Docent, PhD

Areas of expertise:
Spawning areas and population,
Reproductive traits,
Lipids and fatty acids,
Changes in the pelagic ecosystem

Jari Hänninen Associate Professor

Areas of expertise:
Time series analyses,
Changes in the pelagic ecosystem

Katja Mäkinen Post-doctoral researcher

Areas of expertise:
Iodine project,
Time series analyses,
Lipids and fatty acids,
Changes in the pelagic ecosystem

Päivi Laine PhD

Areas of expertise:
Spawning population,
Reproductive traits

Johannes Sahlsten Project researcher, MSc

Areas of expertise:
Corynosoma parasites in herring
Trap net project

Aarne Lauerma Research assistant, MSc student

Thesis topic:
Maternal thyroid hormones, egg and larval traits

Tiia Karpela BSc & MSc student

Thesis topic:
River plumes, primary production, herring reproduction

Saara Miinala BSc student

Thesis topic:
Iodine in bladderwrack

Laura Lammi BSc student

Thesis topic:

Characteristics and occurrence of mysis shrimps in the Archipelago Sea

Tuuli Lehtimäki BSc student

Thesis topic:

Zooplankton sampling methodology

Eino Nousiainen BSc student

Thesis topic: 

Male herring characteristics

Previous team members

  • Jan Eklund, MSc
  • Mikael Elfving, MSc
  • Ilppo Vuorinen, Prof. emeritus
  • Petri Vahteri, MSc
  • Juha Kääriä, PhD
  • Kari Ranta-aho, MSc
  • + several summer interns and short-term project researchers