Hannu Koskinen#
| Membership Number: | 4471 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1997 - present Professor in Space Physics, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki
- 2014 - 2017 Director of the Department of Physics, University of Helsinki
- 2010 - 2013 Director of the Division of Geophysics and Astronomy, University of Helsinki
- 2005 - 2006 Head of the Space Research Unit, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 1991 - 1997 Head of the Space Physics Division / Research Group, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 1987 - 1991 Senior Research Scientist, Finnish Meteorological Institute
- 1981 - 1987 Research Assistant / Associate Scientist, Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Sweden
- 2009, 3 months, International Space Science Institute, Bern, CH. Visiting Scientist
- 2008, 3 months, Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA. Visiting Scholar
- 1984-1985, 5 months, MIT, Center for Space Research, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., Visiting Scientist
Fields of Scholarship
- Space plasma physics
- Solar-terrestrial physics
- Ionospheric physics
- Magnetospheric physics
- Space weather
- Planetary plasma environments
- Solar system research
Honours and Awards
- 2009 International Academy of Astronautics, Member of Section 1
- 2005 Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Member
- 2006 Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Member
- 2015 Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 2010 Theodor Homén’s price of the Finnish Society of the Sciences and Letters
- 2001 Teacher of the year at the University of Helsinki, Department of Physical Sciences
