Curriculum Vitae
Joona Lehtomäki
Helsinki, Finland
Academic profile:
http://bit.ly/1flGt1m
ORCID-ID:
0000-0002-7891-0843
Nationality:
Finnish
CV updated:
2015-09-20
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EDUCATION
2014
Ph.D., Depart ment of Bi ol ogi cal and Envi ronment al Sci ences, Uni versi t y of Hel si nki .
Major in ecology and evolutionary biology, grade: passed. Supervised by Atte Moilanen.
Thesis: Spatial conservation prioritization for Finnish forest conservation management.
2007
M.Sc., Depart ment of Bi ol ogi cal and Envi ronment al Sci ences, Uni versi t y of Hel si nki .
Major in environmental biology, grade: laudatur (5/5). Supervised by Atte Moilanen.
Thesis: The effect of landscape structure on butterfly movement in power line
rights-of-ways.
2000
Upper secondar y school , Ressun l uki o, Hel si nki .
3x laudatur, 2x eximia and 1 lubenter approbatur.
PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2015 -
Post-doct oral researcher, Conservat i on Bi odi versi t y Informat i cs Group,
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki.
Ecological decision-analysis on conservation resource allocation in boreal forest ecosystems, the effects of scale and connectivity on conservation planning, connectivity analysis
of the global protected area network, MSc supervision.
2010 - 2014 Researcher, Nat ure Envi ronment Cent re/Ecosyst em Servi ces,
Finnish Environment Institute, funding from the Ministry of the Environment
Large-scale conservation planning and decision-analysis in METSO-programme, application of Zonation software, expert elicitation, science communication, administrator and
practitioner training and capacity building.
2008 - 2014 Graduat e st udent (PhD), Met apopul at i on Research Cent re,
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki.
Ecological decision-analysis on conservation resource allocation in boreal forest ecosystems,the effects of scale and connectivity on conservation planning, GIS database management and analysis, spatial modelling and cartography, biodiversity informatics.
2007
Researcher, Research Programme for Bi odi versi t y,
Finnish Environment Institute.
Development and analysis of nation high nature value (HNV) farmland biodiversity
indicator system.
2006 - 2007 Consci ent i ous object or, Research Programme for Bi odi versi t y,
Finnish Environment Institute.
GIS data analysis and management, interpretation of remote sensing data, development of
forest polypore observation database, web development, science communication.
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RESEARCH PRODUCTS
Peer-reviewed publications
Lehikoinen, A., Burgas, D., Eriksson, H., Fraixedas, S., Henttonen, H., Laakkonen, H., Lehikoinen, P.,
Leht omäki , J., Leppänen, J., Mäkeläinen, S., Niemimaa, J., Pihlajaniemi, M., Santaharju, J. and
Välimäki, K. (in review). Factors affecting population dynamics of waterbirds in the Finnish Lapland: the role of climate and phase of the rodent cycle. Ornis Fennica. (open access)
Kullberg, P., Toivonen, T., Pouzols, F.M., Leht omäki , J., Di Minin, E. and Moilanen, A. (in press). Complementarity and area-efficiency in the prioritization of the global protected area network. PLoS
ONE. (open access)
Snäll, T., Leht omäki , J., Arponen, A., Elith, J. and Moilanen, A. (in press). Green infrastructure design
based on spatial conservation prioritization and modeling of biodiversity features and ecosystem
services. Environmental Management.
Leht omäki , J., Tuominen, S., Toivonen, T. and Leinonen, A. (2015). What Data to Use for Forest Conservation Planning? A Comparison of Coarse Open and Detailed Proprietary Forest Inventory Data
in Finland. PLoS ONE 10, e0135926. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0135926 (open access)
Auvinen, P., Ruokolainen, L., Hertzen, L. Von, Fyhrquist, N., Laatikainen, T., Leht omäki , J., Haahtela,
T., Hanski, I. and Pekkanen, J. (2015). Green areas around homes reduce atopic sensitization in
children. Allergy 70, 195?202. DOI:10.1111/all.12545 (open access)
Pouzols, F.M., Toivonen, T., Di Minin, E., Kukkala, A.S., Kullberg, P., Kuusterä, J., Leht omäki , J., Tenkanen, H., Verburg, P.H. and Moilanen, A. (2014). Global protected area expansion is compromised by
projected land-use and parochialism. Nature 516 (7531), 383?386. DOI:10.1038/nature14032
Leht omäki , J. and Moilanen, A. (2013). Methods and workflow for spatial conservation prioritization
using Zonation. Environmental Modelling and Software. 47, 128?137. DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.05.001 (open access)
Sirkiä, S., Leht omäki , J., Lindén, H., Tomppo, E. and Moilanen, A. (2012). Defining spatial priorities for
capercaillie Tetrao urogallus lekking landscape conservation in south-central Finland. Wildlife Biology. 18, 337?353. DOI:10.2981/11-073 (open access)
Arponen, A., Leht omäki , J., Leppänen, J., Tomppo, E. and Moilanen, A. (2012). Effects of connectivity
and spatial resolution of analyses on conservation prioritization across large extents. Conservation.
Biology. 26, 294?304. DOI:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01814.x
Arponen, A., Cabeza, M., Eklund, J., Kujala, H. and Leht omäki , J. (2010). Costs of integrating economics and conservation planning. Conservation Biology. 24, 1198?204.
DOI:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01539.x
Leht omäki , J., Tomppo, E., Kuokkanen, P., Hanski, I. and Moilanen, A. (2009). Applying spatial conservation prioritization software and high-resolution GIS data to a national-scale study in forest conservation. Forest Ecology and Management. 258, 2439?2449. DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.026
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Dissertations, guides and reports
Leht omäki J., Toivonen, T., Leathwick, J. and Moilanen, A. (in preparation). Planning and and executing spatial conservation prioritization project using Zonation. Technical guide.
Leht omäki , J. (2014). Spatial conservation prioritization for Finnish forest conservation management.
PhD dissertation. University of Helsinki. 60 pp. ISBN:978-951-51-0260-7.
Di Minin, E., Veach, V., Leht omäki , J., Montesino Pouzols, F. and Moilanen A. (2014). A quick introduction to Zonation. Unigrafia, Helsinki. 30 pp. ISBN: 978-952-10-9922-9.
Heliölä, J., Leht omäki , J., Kuussaari, M., Tiainen, J., Piha, M., Schulman, A., Lehtonen, H., Miettinen,
A. and Koikkalainen, K. (2009). High Nature Value farmland in Finland ? identification, monitoring
and economic conditions for maintenance. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Helsinki.
ISBN:978-952-453-469-7. (summary in English).
Leht omäki , J., 2006. The effect of landscape structure on butterfly movement in power line rights-ofways. MSc thesis. University of Helsinki. 84 pp. DOI:10.6084/m9.figshare.678269
Datasets
Leht omäki , J., Tuominen, S., Toivonen, T. and Leinonen, A. (2015). Data from: What data to use for
forest conservation planning? A comparison of coarse open and detailed proprietary forest inventory data in Finland. Dryad Digital Repository. DOI:10.5061/dryad.d9p4v
Cabeza, M., Fabritius, H., Leht omäki , J., Ovaskainen, O., Rönkä, K. and Wahlberg, N. (2015). Data from:
The dual role of rivers in facilitating or hindering movements of the false heath fritillary butterfly.
Dryad Digital Repository. DOI:10.5061/dryad.j55vv
Pouzols, F.M., Toivonen, T., Di Minin, E., Kukkala, A., Kullberg, P., Kuusterä, J., Leht omäki , J., Tenkanen, H., Verburg, P.H. and Moilanen, A. (2014). Data from: Global protected area expansion is compromised by projected land-use and parochialism. Nature, 516 (7531), 383-386.
http://avaa.tdata.fi/web/cbig/gpan/data-download
Software and visualizations
Leht omäki , J. (2015). zonator: Utilities for Zonation spatial conservation prioritization software. R
package version 0.4.0. https://github.com/cbig/zonator
Leht omäki , J. (2015). rdopa: R client to Joint Research Centre's DOPA REST API. R package version
0.1.6. https://github.com/ropensci/rdopa
Leht omäki , J., Parkkinen, J., Lahti, L., Jousimo, J. and Aukia, J. (2015). gisfin R package: Tools for reading open geographical data in Finland. https://github.com/rOpenGov/gisfin
Leht omäki , J., Toivonen, T., Ek, K., Järveläinen, P., Lehtinen, J. and Westman, S. (2014). Interactive visualization website: Global protected area expansion is compromised by projected land-use and
parochialism. Retrieved September 20, 2015, from http://avaa.tdata.fi/web/cbig/gpan
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PERSONAL GRANTS
2014
LUOVA graduat e school t ravel grant to attend the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014
(1500 ?)
2008 - 2009 Research Foundat i on of t he Uni versi t y of Hel si nki (compet i t i ve),
Early-career researcher grant (15 000 ?)
TEACHING AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE
University of Helsinki
Soft ware Carpent r y Boot camp, organiser of a graduate-level workshop on computational tools for
scientists (autumn semester [AS] 2015).
Int roduct i on t o open sci ence, organiser of a graduate-level short introductory course to open
science (AS 2015).
Concept s and pri nci pl es of spat i al conser vat i on pl anni ng, guest lecturer on a undergraduate-level
course (spring semesters [SS] 2013, 2014, 2015).
Bi odi versi t y i nformat i cs and dat a management , organiser of a graduate-level short-course
(AS 2014).
Maki ng Sci ence Mat t er - i ncreasi ng t he i mpact of envi ronment al fi ndi ngs, organiser of a
graduate-level short-course (AS 2013).
Conser vat i on bi ol ogy i n fragment ed l andscapes, organiser, guest lecturer and student mentor of a
undergraduate-level course (AS 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015).
Appl i ed geographi c i nformat i on syst ems, course assistant and guest lecturer on a
undergraduate-level course (AS 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).
University of Jyväskylä
Conser vat i on bi ol ogy and envi ronment al management , guest lecturer on a undergraduate-level
course (AS 2010, 2012).
Specific training events
Workshop/short-courses on spat i al conser vat i on pri ori t i zat i on and Zonat i on soft ware,
organiser and trainer in several academic training events (workshops organised in academic
confrences, e.g. ECCB 2009 Prague, ICCB 2011 Auckland, ICCB 2015 Montpellier). Also an organiser
and trainer for similar non-academic events in the Finnish Environment Institute, the Ministry of
Environment, Parks and Wildlife Finland and the Finnish Forest Centre.
CONSULTANCY AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2015
Short-course on spat i al conser vat i on pri ori t i zat i on, planning and running 1-day
short-course for the Swedish Environment Protection Agency, Stockholm.
2012 2013
Web desi gn and devel opment , the design and implementation of several academic
websites (e.g. http://allaine.it.helsinki.fi, http://gcc.it.helsinki.fi, http://cbig.it.helsinki.fi)
2010
Mappi ng al t ernat i ve l and-use al l ocat i on i n t he devel opment on Si poonkorpi
Nat i onal Park, GIS analysis and creating maps for alternative land-use plans for the
Helsinki Association for Nature Conservation.
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ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
2015
Kareksela, S., Aapala, K., Alanen, A., Haapalehto, T., Kaakinen, E., Kämäri, I., Lahti, T.,
Leht omäki , J., Leikola, N., Mikkonen, N., Moilanen, A., Salminen, P., Tuominen, S. and
Virkkala, R. Conservation and restoration in decision-making: Combining decision
support tools and local expertise when targeting complementarity and individual
hotspots. Poster presented at the 6th World Conference on Ecological Restoration
(SER), Manchester, the United Kingdom.
2015
Leht omäki , J. From global to local - How can spatial conservation prioritization inform
conservation policies and implementation. Invited talk at the Swedish Species
Information Centre at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
2015
Leht omäki , J. Whose priorities? Providing decision-support for Finnish forest
conservation decision-making. Invited talk at Ecology and Evolution Biology seminar
series at the department of biosciences, University of Helsinki.
2014
Leht omäki , J. Prioritizing protected area expansion in Finland - Connecting the dots. Oral
presentation at the 6th IUCN World Parks Congress, Sydney, Australia.
2013
Leht omäki , J. Operational conservation prioritization in Fennoscandian forest landscapes.
Oral presentation at the 11th INTECOL Congress, London, the United Kingdom.
2012
Leht omäki , J. How can Zonation support conservation planning of habitat networks.
Invited talk at CLIMES-seminar at the Finnish Environment Institute.
2011
Leht omäki , J. What should (spatial) conservation prioritization deliver? Speed
presentation at the 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB),
Auckland, New Zealand.
2010
Leht omäki , J. Habitat heterogeneity in spatial conservation prioritization. Invited talk at
the Australia Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis, Melbourne, Australia.
2009
Leht omäki , J., Tomppo, E., Hanski, I. and Moilanen, A. Big plans for practical forest
conservation. Poster presented at the 2nd European Congress of Conservation Biology
(ECCB), Prague, Czech Republic.
2009
Leht omäki , J. Big plans for practical forest conservation. Oral presentation at the 18th
Spring Symposium at the department of biosciences, University of Helsinki.
2008
Leht omäki , J. and Moilanen, A. Conservation prioritization in Finnish boreal forests.
Poster presented at the IUFRO Confrence on biodiversity in forest ecosystems and
landscapes, Kamloops, Canada.
2008
Leht omäki , J. Quantitative methods for targeting conservation management and intensive
forestry in Finnish forests - Can we have it both ways? Oral presentation at the 17th
Spring Symposium at the department of biosciences, University of Helsinki.
PEER-REVIEW ACTIVITY
Biological Conservation, Conservation Biology, Conservation Letters, Diversity and
Distributions, Landscape Ecology, Silva Fennica.
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MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
2014 -
Open Sci ence and Research Ini t i at i ve (Fi nni sh Mi ni st r y of Educat i on and Cul t ure),
Initiative specialist group.
2013 -
Open Knowl edge Fi nl and (open science working group)
2009 -
Soci et y for Conser vat i on Bi ol ogy (SCB)
2009 2010
Soci et y for Conser vat i on Bi ol ogy (SCB), Europe Section Student Affairs Committee.
LANGUAGES
Fi nni sh
Native (reading, speaking, writing)
Engl i sh
Fluent (reading, speaking, writing)
Swedi sh
Good (reading), basic (speaking, writing)
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
St akehol der engagement and sci ence communi cat i on. I have six years' experience in
stakolder engagement in spatial conservation planning, including organising workshops,
eliciting expert information and developing planning products. I have a strong presence in
several social media platforms (e.g. Twitter) and experience in using online collaboration
tools (e.g. Github).
Open sci ence. I have deep understanding on the concepts, benefits and costs of open
access publishing, open research data (including data management planning) and open
research methods. I am a founding member of Open Knowledge Finland's open science
working group, one the largest open science networks in Finland.
Programmi ng and comput at i onal t ool s. I have experience in following programming
languages: R (7 years, incl. geospatial packages and data manipulation, package
development, and visualization), Python (10 years, incl. various geospatial packages,
numpy, scipy, IPython, pandas, matplotlib, Django), Ruby (2 years, web development), Java
(2 years) and Javascript (1 year, web development and visualisation). I am fluent in Linux
desktop and server administration and MS Windows. I can do web development in
HTML/CSS (3 years experience) and have a working knowedge in PostgreSQL and MySQL
RDBMS. I am proficient in git version control system.
Geographi c i nformat i on syst ems. I am fluent in many desktop (ArcGIS, QGIS, GRASS)
and database (PostGIS) GIS, as well as programmatic libraries (e.g. GDAL, GEOS). I am
familiar with GeoServer web GIS and leaflet and OpenLayers client-side mapping libraries.
REFERENCES
Atte Moilanen, research director, [email protected], Department of Biosciences
PO Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Tuuli Toivonen, assistant professor, [email protected], Department of Geosciences and
Geography, PO Box 64 (Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2), FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Janne Kotiaho, professor, [email protected], Department of Biological and Environmental Science.
PO Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Petri Ahlroth, director, [email protected], Natural Environment Centre, Finnish Environment
Institute, PO Box 140 (Mechelininkatu 34a), FI-00260 Helsinki, Finland
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