Tuomas Aakala

Tuomas Aakala is a researcher in the Department of Forest Sciences at the University of Helsinki. He serves as a supervisor in the Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Use of Renewable Natural Resources and leads interdisciplinary research projects focused on boreal forest dynamics, wildfire regimes, and climate change impacts.

• Current projects include EBOR (Ecological history of boreal forests) and studies on scale-dependent forest dynamics.
• International collaborations span Japan (Institute of Statistical Mathematics) and global fire regime analyses.
• His research integrates dendrochronology, ecological modeling, and climate-vegetation interactions.

Research Trends:

• Recent publications emphasize climate change adaptation in boreal ecosystems.
• Key themes: wildfire history, microclimate variability, and sustainable forest management.

Academic Activities:

• Active in peer-review processes (19 instances).
• Organized and presented at conferences (e.g., 2017 Prifor seminar).
• Hosted visiting researchers and conducted academic visits (e.g., Tokyo 2018).