Jyrki Lappalainen

Jyrki Lappalainen serves as a University Lecturer at the University of Helsinki, affiliated with the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and the Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme. He also contributes to research through the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science.

• Research Focus: Environmental sciences, particularly in freshwater ecology, invasive species dynamics, and fisheries management.

His recent publications analyze spatial and environmental drivers in aquatic systems, including invasive round goby physiology, pikeperch movement patterns, and metacommunity structures. He actively participates in peer-review processes for journals like Biological Invasions and Fisheries Management and Ecology. As a co-supervisor for doctoral theses, he mentors emerging researchers in interdisciplinary environmental sciences.