Education

2003: Doctor of Science in Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland 
1997: Licentiate of Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland 
1996 Master of Science in Civil Engineering, University of Washington, USA
1993: Master of Science in Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

Academic Positions

2009-pres, Professor of water resources engineering, Aalto University School of Engineering, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Eng.

2006-2009: Researcher, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Joensuu Research Unit

2003-2006: Post-doc researcher, Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Water Resources

1996-2002: Research assistant, Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Water Resources

1995-1996: Research assistant, University of Washington, Department of Civil Engineering, USA

1992-1994: Research assistant, Helsinki University of Technology, Laboratory of Water Resources

1992: Young scientists’ summer program, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria

Teaching Activities at Aalto University

Water Resources Planning

Transport of Harmful Substances P

Quality of natural waters

Research Interests

Hydrological modeling

Catchment processes

Land use and climate change impacts on hydrology

Forests and water

Land drainage

Transport of nutrients and solids

My research focuses on hydrological modelling, surface energy exchanges, snow and canopy processes, runoff generation, and solute transport. Special interests relate to water, energy, and nutrient cycles in forested, agricultural, and built areas with a special focus on cold region processes. Methodological approaches in research cover monitoring of catchment hydrological processes and development of runoff and load simulation models. Hydrological research serves for multidisciplinary fields including, e.g., geological, biological, meteorological, agricultural, and forest sciences, as well as range of civil engineering applications.