Otso Ovaskainen

Otso Ovaskainen

Academy Professor
Unit
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Department / Division
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
Room number
YA C441
Mobile
+358503092795
Postal address
Survontie 9

Biography

Biography

I am professor in mathematical and statistical ecology. My focus is in the development of statistical methods that help making more out of ecological data, as well as in the development of mathematical methods that help developing ecological theory. My current main areas are joint species distribution modelling, species identification from DNA, audio and image data, and agent-based modelling through spatio-temporal point processes. I lead the ERC-Synergy project LIFEPLAN that surveys wordls biodiversity with DNA, audio and image, and develops statistical methods for the analyses of those data. Currently I am an Academy Professor at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at JY, and I am a leader of the Predictive Community Ecology (PredCom) research group.

Publications

Publication
2025
Available through Open Access
Methods in Ecology and Evolution.
Mononen, Tommi
Hardwick, Bess
Alcobia, Sandra
Barrett, Adrian
Blagoev, Gergin, A.
Boyer, Stéphane
Gonçalves, Paula
Gottsberger, Brigitte
Groner, Elli
Ho, Chris C. Y.
Houska, Tahadlova Marketa
Kaus‐Thiel, Andrea
Krisai‐Greilhuber, Irmgard
Levesque‐Beaudin, Valerie
Lopez‐Vaamonde, Carlos
Moreau, Sebastien
Mrazova, Anna
Pentinsaari, Mikko
Pinder, Adrian
Quinlan, Kirsty
Remmers, Wolfram
Rosário, Inês T.
Sam, Katerina
Santos‐Reis, Margarida
Sire, Lucas
Sivault, Elise
Stoll, Stefan
Strutzenberger, Patrick
Vanderlingen, Lauren
Vannier, Fabrice
Vlasata, Tereza
Ovaskainen, Otso
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access
Nature Methods.
Ovaskainen, Otso
Winter, Steven
Tikhonov, Gleb
Abrego, Nerea
Anslan, Sten
deWaard, Jeremy R.
deWaard, Stephanie L.
Fisher, Brian L.
Furneaux, Brendan
Hardwick, Bess
Kerdraon, Deirdre
Pentinsaari, Mikko
Raharinjanahary, Dimby
Rajoelison, Eric Tsiriniaina
Ratnasingham, Sujeevan
Somervuo, Panu
Sones, Jayme E.
Zakharov, Evgeny V.
Hebert, Paul D. N.
Roslin, Tomas
Dunson, David
Publication
2025
Available through Open Access
Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Somervuo, Panu
Roslin, Tomas
Fisher, Brian L.
Hardwick, Bess
Kerdraon, Deirdre
Raharinjanahary, Dimby
Rajoelison, Eric Tsiriniaina
Lauha, Patrik
Griem, Lukas
Lehikoinen, Petteri
Niittynen, Pekka
Piirainen, Esko
Lumme, Markus
Riihikoski, Ville-Matti
Acevedo-Charry, Orlando
Adalsteinsson, Solny A.
Ahmad, Maaz
Alcobia, Sandra
Aldará, Jón
Andrew, Nigel R.
Anslan, Sten
Antonelli, Alexandre
Arena, Julieta Soledad
Arroyo Almeida, Santiago
Aster, Ines
Autto, Hannu
Aviles Gamboa, Anahi
Baixeras, Joaquín
Baldauf, Mario
Balestrieri, Rosario
Banelyte, Gaia Giedre
Barrett, Adrian
Beja, Pedro
Berg, Thomas Olof
Bergerot, Benjamin
Biro, Elizabeth G.
Blendinger, Pedro G.
Bollache, Loïc
Bou Dagher Kharrat, Magda
Boyer, Stephane
Bridell, Erika
Brotherson, Martyn
Brown, Leslie Robert
Buckley, Hannah L.
Buscardo, Erika
Buthelezi, Nokuphila
Cagnolo, Luciano
Calvente, Alice
Capobianco, Giovanni
Carreón-Palau, Laura
Carriere, Suzanne
Case, Bradley S.
Chang, Jenyu
Chaparro, Juan Matías
Chen, Chi-Ling
Chicoine, Christine
Christensson, Madeleine
Collado Rosique, Francisco
Colom Montero, William
da Fonseca, Ricardo do Sacramento
Da Silva, Luís P.
Dal Molin, Anamaria
Dallas, Tad
de Francesco, Maria Carla
Del Ángel-Rodríguez, Jorge Arturo
Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo
Dirnböck, Thomas
Djukic, Ika
Dladla, Philile
Domínguez Masciale, Jeremías
Dorigo, Thiago
Douwes, Errol
Ekrem, Torbjørn
Enderskog, Helena
Erefur, Charlotta
Fahad, Muhammad
Falahati-Anbaran, Mohsen
Farrell, Arielle
Ferland, Gabriel
Ferrari, Emanuele
Figueiredo, Axa
Forero, Fernando
Freiberga, Inga
Frosch-Radivo, Andrea
Ganchozo Intriago, Luis Alberto
Garzoli, Laura
Giacomotti, Paola
Gianuca, Andros T.
Gilg, Olivier
Gilg, Vladimir
Gísladóttir, Fanney
Glowacki, Ryan
Gottsberger, Brigitte
Gregoire, Jocelyn
Groner, Elli
Guedes, Patrícia
Guile, Aimee Michelle
Haase, Peter
Hadi, Fazal
Haidegger, Magdalena
Hansen, Leivur Janus
Hansen, Lars Holst
Harrop, Reid
Havnås, Harald
Herrera Báez, David
Ho, Chris C. Y.
Hohenbühel, Denise
Houska Tahadlova, Marketa
Hänninen, Jari
Höglund, Linda
Í Haraldsstovu, Kolbrún
Imbeau, Elise
Inkinen, Jasmin
Ishihara, Masae Iwamoto
Jackson, Abigail C.
Jansson, Gunnar
Jha, Rohit
Kager, Gerald
Kahale, Rhea
Kalttopää, Oula
Karai, Elizabeth Wanjiru
Karlsson, Dave
Kaus-Thiel, Andrea
Khan, Asghar
Khan, Qaisar
Kimoto, Keishi
Kipngetich, Shadrack Chumo
Klante, Clemens
Klemedtsson, Leif
Klinth, Mårten
Koskinen, Janne
Kotakorpi, Matti
Kreiling, Agnes-Katharina
Krisai-Greilhuber, Irmgard
Kristensen, Erik
König, Sebastian
Langenheder, Silke
Laurila, Kalevi
Le Gouar, Pascaline
Lecomte, Nicolas
Lecomte, Erin
Leitman, Paula Moraes
León-Cortés, Jorge L.
Li, Daijiang
Loehr, John
Lopez-Vaamonde, Carlos
Makari, Mehsen
Mangini, Gabriela Giselle
Maroschek, Michael
Mata, Vanessa A.
Matsuoka, Shunsuke
Mazzafera, Thais
McDonald, Paul G.
Meinert, Laura
Meléndez-González, Mayra
Mendoza-Henao, Angela M.
Moreau, Sebastien
Moreau, Jérôme
Mosbacher, Jesper
Moyer, Esteban
Mrazova, Anna
Mteshane, Samantha
Mungai, Nancy Wangari
Muñoz Herraiz, Gema
Murillo-Vázquez, Andrea
Musazzi, Simona
Mutanen, Marko
Müller, Jörg
Navarro Canales, Rebeca
Ndlovu, Monica
Nicolai, Annegret
Niessner, Armin
Nordén, Jenni
Nowak, Paweł
O’Connell, Erin
Orru, Arianna
Pagnon, Thomas
Pantoja-Diaz, Yurani Nayive
Pentinsaari, Mikko
Pilloni, Sebastian
Pinder, Adrian
Pinheiro, Thiago A.
Põlme, Sergei
Powell, Luke L.
Pröll, Gisela
Pulido-Santacruz, Paola
Queralt, Enrique
Quilantang, Mark Tristan
Quinlan, Kirsty
Ramirez, Ricardo
Rankinen, Juha
Rasino, Micaela Del Valle
Rebelo, Rui
Remmers, Wolfram
Retz, Franziska
Reyes, Evelin
Rivas Torres, Gonzalo
Rogers, Hanna M. K.
Rosário, Inês T.
Rosário Da Rosàrio da Costa, Sidney
Rütting, Tobias
Sahlstén, Johannes
Saliba, Carole
Salmirinne, Teppo
Sam, Katerina
Santos, Douglas
Santos-Reis, Margarida
Sawan, Michel
Schattanek-Wiesmair, Benjamin
Schiestl-Aalto, Pauliina
Schmidt, Niels Martin
Seibold, Sebastian
Seidl, Rupert
Seifert, Linda
Sithole, Malibongwe
Sivault, Elise
Smart, Jessica
Smerczyński, Ireneusz
Soda, Ayaka
Sousa-Lima, Renata S.
Stanisci, Angela
Stanley, Margaret C.
Steenkamp, Daleen
Stengel, Elisa
Stoll, Stefan
Strauss, Willem Maartin
Stur, Elisabeth
Sujala, Maija
Sundell, Janne
Svavarsdóttir, Jónína
Tedersoo, Leho
Tepsa, Saana
Tikochinsky, Maor Tiko
Tuominen, Esa-Pekka
Tweraser, Stefanie
Ulloa Espinosa, Catalina
Uusitalo, Joni
Vallinmäki, Mikko
Vannier, Fabrice
Varela, Abigail
Vatka, Emma
Veikkolainen, Silja
Vernes, Karl
Watts, Phillip C.
Weslien, Per
Wirth, Ciara
Wisniewski, Jana Helga
Young, Amanda B.
Övergaard, Robyn
Ovaskainen, Otso