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Date of birth: February 13, 1964
Place of work: Institute of Geology, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Title: Senior researcer
Degree: PhD, Uppsala University, in Quaternary geology, May 28, 1998.
Major Field of Study: Annually laminated lake sediments, pollen analysis, vegetation history, history of the Baltic Sea, sea-level changes, palaeoecology, palaeoclimatology and palaeogeography, prehistoric human impact upon landscape
Educational background: Diploma "Cum laude" Tartu University, Estonia in 1989, Philosophy Licentiat in Quaternary geology, Uppsala University, June 4, 1992.
Languages: Fluent in Estonian, English and Russian, medium in Swedish and Finnish
Scholarships: Holder of the Swedish Institute scholarship during 1991-1992 in the Department of Quaternary Geology, Uppsala University. Holder of the Rotalia Foundation scholarship, Seattle WA, 1994. International Science Foundation Grant LG9000 and LK9100, Estonian Science Foundation Grant No 2192. Post-doctoral target-funding from the Estonian Government, 1999-2000. Target-funding from the Estonian Government, 2001-2005
Awards: Estonian Academy of Sciences Karl Ernst von Baer scientific award, 2000
International courses: The Baltic Sea Environment, The Baltic University Programme, Uppsala University, 1992. Participation and teaching in the interdisciplinary program of European Intensive Post Graduate Courses "Environmental History of the Baltic region" 1991-93 PACT Palaeoecological Network (Council of Europe) and Stockholm University
International co-operation: European Pollen Database
Interdisciplinary projects: Palaeoenvironment in Gnezdovo (Smolensk) and Novgorod area, Russia. The Gotland Basin Experiment (GOBEX). The POLlen/LANDscape CALibration (POLLANDCAL) network. NordForsk network for research training on "Quantitative reconstructions of past land-use/land-cover and floristic diversity inferred from fossil pollen data". Annually laminated lake sediments - cooperation with GSF, Finland, Helsinki University
Current research: Target-funding from the Estonian Government, 2001-2005 "Holotseeni geosündmuste varvokronoloogiline ajaskaala" (The varvochronological timescale of Holocene geoevents), Target-funding 2006-2011 "Pärastjääaegsetes soo- ja järvesetetes talletunud keskkonnatingimuste ja kliima muutused ning nende modelleerimise võimalused" (Postglacial natural and human induced environmental and climate change recorded in lake and bog sediments); NEPAL - Nordic Network of Palaeoclimatology (2007-2009); ETF grant 7029 "Late-Glacial environmental conditions in Estonia: a palaeoecological study applying bio-, chrono- and lithostratigraphical methods" (Hilisjääaja keskkonnatingimused Lõuna-Eestis: bio-, krono ja litostratigraafia põhine paleoökoloogiline uurimus). Target funding 2012-2014 - SF0140021s12 "Pärastjääaja paleoökoloogia ja -kliima Balti regioonis" (Postglacial paleoecology and paleoclimate in the Baltic area) and ETF8552 "Late-Glacial vegetation succession along a NW–SE transect in the eastern Baltic area covered by the last Scandinavian Ice Sheet: a palaeoecological study"
Research administrative experience: TUT Institute of Geology council member, Associated editor of Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, Ministry of Environment scientific board 2002-2003, Estonian Geological Society, Estonian Science Foundation expert commission
