Tuija I. Pulkkinen#
| Membership Number: | 3022 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2011 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 Vice President for Research and Innovation, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
- 2013 Professor, Aalto University, Department of Radio Science and Engineering, Espoo, Finland
- 2011 - 2014 Dean, Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering
- 2008 - 2010 Head, Earth Observation Programme, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 2004 - 2007 Head, Space Research Programme, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 2003 - 2004 Director, Geophysical Research Division, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 2000 - 2003 Research professor, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 1998 - 2000 Research manager, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 1988 - 1997 Scientist, Finnish Meteorological Institute
Fields of Scholarship
- Geomagnetic storms and substorms
- Sun-Earth connection physics
- Large-scale magnetospheric modeling: MHD simulations and empirical modeling
- Auroral electrodynamics
- Space plasma physics
Honours and Awards
- 2017, Julius Bartels Medal, European Geosciences Union
- 2014, US National Academy of Sciences, Foreign Associate
- 2011, Academia Europaea, member
- 2011, Academy of Technology (Teknillisten Tieteiden Akatemia), member
- 2010, The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters (Suomen Tiedeseura), member
- 2005, Royal Astronomical Society, associate member
- 2004, NASA Group Achievement Award2001, Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters (Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia), member1999, City of Helsinki Science Award
- 1998, James B. Macelwane Medal and fellowship of the American Geophysical Union
- 1993, Editors’ Citation for Excellence in Refereeing JGR-Space Physics, AGU
- 1991, Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Spring Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA
