Laura Uusitalo

Personal information

Specialist Qualification in Management, Helsinki Business College, 2015
Adjunct Professor of Aquatic Sciences, University of Helsinki, 2012
PhD (fishery science), University of Helsinki, 2007
MSc, University of Helsinki, 2001 (Limnology major, Fisheries science and Computer science minors)
Studies in computer science, mathematics, and statistics, University of Helsinki
Matriculation examination, Tikkurila high school in Vantaa, 1996

Head of Unit (State of the Baltic Sea group), Finnish Environment Institute's Marine Research Centre, 1/2014 ->
Senior Research Scentist, Finnish Environment Institute's Marine Research Centre, 12/2011 ->
- Development of indicators for the Good Environmental Status of food webs
- Supporting the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive and HELCOM's Baltic Sea Action Plan
- PI, Work Package leader, Steering Committee member of the 7th Framework Prohgramme research project DEVOTES
Researcher, Finnish Environment Institute's Marine Research Centre, 2-11/2011
- Development on biodiversity indicators for Baltic Sea plankton communities
Research coordinator, researcher, University of Helsinki, 2006-2011
- Model development and research in several projects
- Planning and management of research group's projects. Nearly all of the projects are international co-operation projects, funded by EU throught the Framework Programmes and Interreg, and the Academy of Finland
- Management and reporting of EU 6th Framework Programme projects POORFISH and PRONE, the latter in the role of the project coordinator
- Communicating wih national and international partners from across Europe and Africa
Research trainee (PhD student) at Biological Interactions Graduate School, 2002-2005
Limnology assistant at University of Helsinki, January - April 2001
Research trainee at Dept. of Limnology and Environmental Protection, Univ. of Helsinki, nine months during June 1999 - December 2001

Teaching the use of Bayesian networks:
- Advanced courses in University of Helsinki, several occasions 2003-
- International workshops for environmental and fisheries scientists: Helsinki (Finland), Kotka (Finland), Bergen (Norway), Dakar (Senegal), Saaremaa (Estonia) 2003-
Teaching assistant in undergraduate statistics courses, University of Helsinki, 2002-2003
Teacher in water chemistry laboratory class for limnologists, University of Helsinki, 2001-2003
Teacher tutor for limnology and fisheries science freshmen, 2006-2007
Student tutor for limnology and fisheries science freshmen, 1999
Thesis supervisor
- Susanna Jernberg, PhD student 2016-
- Susanna Jernberg, MSc 2015
- Nerea Aalto, MSc 2015
- Inari Helle, PhD 2015
- Kirsi-Maaria Hoviniemi (neé Järvenpää), MSc 2008

Co-chair of the ICES/HELCOM Working Group on Integrated Assessments of the Baltic Sea, 2015-
Memeber of the Science Committee of the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES), 2014-
Co-chair of the ICES ASC 2013 session Q
Pre-examiner of PhD theses

Teppo Juntunen, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Bioligical and Environmental Sciences, 2013
Virpi Siipola, University of Helsinki, Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, 2017