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Miina Rautiainen is a Full Professor in Remote Sensing at Aalto University, leading the Remote Sensing Research Team in the Department of Built Environment, School of Engineering. She holds dual professorships in Geoinformatics and the Department of Built Environment. Her research focuses on remote sensing and spectroscopy of forests and peatlands, with emphasis on albedo dynamics, vegetation structure, and climate change impacts. She has led major projects including the ERC Consolidator Grant (2018-2024) and multiple Research Council of Finland grants.
Education: Doctoral degree in Forest Sciences from the University of Helsinki (2005). Completed university pedagogy studies in the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki.
Research interests span remote sensing methodologies, forest ecology, peatland monitoring, and spectral analysis. Key projects include PEATSPEC (spectral characterization of boreal peatlands), ARTISDIG (digital twins for forest biodiversity), and BOREALITY (albedo-climate linkages). Awards include ERC funding and leadership in Finnish Society for Forest Sciences (2017-2020).
Publications emphasize spectral modeling, LiDAR applications, and climate-relevant vegetation dynamics. Supervised 8 doctoral theses including work on LiDAR-based biomass estimation, peatland rehabilitation, and wolverine habitat analysis. Team members include researchers like Aarne Hovi, Jussi Juola, and Iuliia Burdun.
Labs/Teams: Remote Sensing Research Team at Aalto, collaborating with VTT, Natural Resources Institute Finland, and international partners. Instrumentation includes spectral measurement devices, terrestrial LiDAR, and lab setups for leaf analysis.
