Mari Kuoppamaa

Mari Kuoppamaa is a Researcher at the Environmental Health and Pulmonary Diseases Research Unit within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Oulu. She also serves as a coordinator for the Sámi Climate Council, integrating Sámi cultural perspectives into climate change discourse.

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Project Coordinator, Sámi Climate Council

Research Interests:
Dr. Kuoppamaa specializes in paleoecology and geosciences, focusing on Arctic environmental and vegetation changes caused by climate shifts, human activities, and reindeer herding since the last ice age. Her interdisciplinary approach combines natural science data with indigenous knowledge.

Publication Trends:
Recent work examines peatland regime shifts linked to climate events (2025), herbivore diversity impacts on tundra ecosystems (2023-2024), and coprophilous fungal spores as biomarkers for reconstructing reindeer herding history (2016-2018). Earlier studies address timberline fluctuations (2020), reindeer domestication (2019), and vegetation dynamics in Siberia and Lapland (2007-2011).