Hanna-Kaisa Lakka

Hanna-Kaisa Lakka

Visiting Researcher
Unit
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Department / Division
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
Fields of science
119 Other natural sciences

Biography

Research

Ecological Research in Arctic Freshwater Ecosystems

Main research interest

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Biological and Environmental Science. My research interests cover a wide range of topics in ecology and environmental sciences, with a primary focus on Arctic freshwater ecosystems. Arctic freshwater ecosystems are under increasing threat from stressors including climate change, acidification, mining activity, environmental pollution and introduced species. My goal is to develop an improved understanding of how human-induced changes may affect the Arctic freshwater biome and what we can do to solve these problem globally.

I have extensive knowledge and fieldwork experience on freshwater ecosystems in Polar Regions. In my studies, I have used Arctic tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus arcticus), Fairy shrimps (Anostraca) and Daphnia as model organisms. Additionally, I have been working with IUCN Red List animals, rotenone treatments, life history traits, predator-prey interactions, energy transfer, aquatic food webs, paleoecology, bird ecology and parasites and been assessing the extinction risk of large crustaceans in numerous lakes and ponds in Finland and in Svalbard.

I started my studies at the University of Helsinki, Finland. During my MSc studies, I lived a year in Longyearbyen, studying Arctic Biology and collecting data for my MSc thesis in the University Centre in Svalbard, (UNIS). I completed my MSc degree in Biological and Environmental Sciences in 2013. After having a 5-year period in Norway, working at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, returned to Finland in 2019 and finished my PhD project on environmental changes in the Arctic freshwaters at University of Jyväskylä in 2020.

Teaching

I have experience in teaching at university level courses, including giving lectures of freshwater ecology and data management. Teaching at the University of Helsinki included four courses: (I) field and laboratory course in environmental ecology, (II) economic perspective on ecosystem services, (III)  EcoTeam- course focusing on sustainable and responsible consumption, and (IV) advanced course in environmental ecology focusing on water insect ecology and identification.  I have organized and taught in international data management workshops in the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) and in The Arctic University of Norway (UiT) in Norway. In addition, I have supervised two MSc students.

Publications

Publication
2023
Available through Open Access
Suomen Luontopaneelin julkaisuja.
Lakka, Hanna-Kaisa
Bäck, Jaana
El Geneidy, Sami
Elo, Merja
Herzon, Irina
Jokimäki, Jukka
Kulmala, Liisa
Laine, Ilona
Lehikoinen, Aleksi
Nieminen, Tiina M.
Oksanen, Elina
Pappila, Minna
Paulomäki, Hanna
Peura, Maiju
Puurtinen, Mikael
Silfverberg, Outi
Sinkkonen, Aki
Sääksjärvi, Ilari E.
Kotiaho, Janne S.
Publication
2023
Available through Open Access
Society for Experimental Biology annual conference.
Vojsava, Gjoni
Bruel, Rosalie
Ersoy, Zeynep
Calderó-Pascual, Maria
Barth, Lauren E.
Anton-Pardo, Maria
Baludo, Marjohn Y.
Bartrons, Mireia
Brucet, Sandra
Beyer, Jessica E.
Bernard, Anaëlle
Blackburn-Desbiens, Pénélope
Carey, Cayelan C.
Chaguaceda, Fernando
Chen, Huihuang
Christoffersen, Kirsten S.
Doubek, Jonathan P.
Dulić, Zorka P.
de Eyto, Elvira
Figary, Stephanie E.
Fischer, Janet M.
Forasaco, Elena
Gal, Gideon
García-Girón, Jorge
Ger, Kemal Ali
Gray, Emma
Grosbois, Guillaume
Gutierrez, Maria F.
Halabowski, Dariusz
Hambright, K. David
Harris, Ted D.
Hovel, Rachel A.
Jakobsson, Ellinor
Jensen, Thomas C.
Korponai, Janos
La Fuente, Sofia
Lakka, Hanna-Kaisa
Leoni, Barbara
Lepori, Fabio
López-Vázquez, Mercedes
Mariani, Matias
Mbizani, Mfundo
McCarthy, Valerie
McElarney, Yvonne R.
Menezes, Rosemberg F.
Merkli, Stefanie
Michaloudi, Evangelia
Montoya, José V.
Motitsoe, Samuel N.
Moore, Tadhg
Napoleoni, Raphaëlle
Nava, Veronica
Nejstgaard, Jens
Obertegger, Ulrike
Overholt, Erin P.
Papa, Rey Donne S.
Pomati, Francesco
Rautio, Milla
Richardson, David C.
Rippey, Brian
Rose, Kevin C.
Rudstam, Lars G.
Rusak, James
Santangelo, Jayme M.
Scofield, Anne E.
Seďa, Jaromír
Stockwell, Jason D.
Straile, Dietmar
Strecker, Angela L.
Thackeray, Stephen J.
Tanentzap, Andrew J.
Ungerer, Luke A.
Wander, Heather L.
Znachor, Petr