Markku Tapio Kulmala#
| Membership Number: | 3278 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/fellow/kulmala.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1996 - Professor, University of Helsinki
- 1993 - Docent, University of Kuopio
- 1990 - Head of Laboratory of Aerosol and Environmental Physics, University of Helsinki
- 2001 - Head of the Division of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Helsinki
- 2004-2009, 2011- Academy Professor, The Academy of Finland
- 2009-2010 King Carl XVI Gustaf’s Visiting professor in Environmental ScienceUniversity of Stockholm, ITM and University of Lund, Department of Physics and Department of Physical Geography and Ecosystems Analysis
- 2010 - Chair Integrated Land Ecosystem – Atmosphere Processes Study (iLEAPS)
- 2006-2010 EUCAARI, Coordinator
Fields of Scholarship
- Atmospheric sciences, physics, chemistry, earth system science, biosphee-aerosol-cloud-climate interactions
- Formation and growth mechanisms of atmospheric aerosols, aerosol dynamics, dynamics of atmospheric clusters
- Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions
- The effect of secondary biogenic aerosols on global aerosol load
- The relationships between the atmosphere/climate and different ecosystems, particularly the Boreal Forest
- Climate – air quality interactions
Honours and Awards
- 1988 The Finnish Aerosol Award for theoretical work in aerosol science, Sipoo 21.6.1988, the Finnish Association for Aerosol Research.;
- 1989 NOSA Aerosologist 1989, Copenhagen 9.11.1989, Nordic Society for Aerosol Research;
- 1994 KATL Award for University assistants, Helsinki 9.4.1994.;
- 1997 GAeF Marian Smoluchowski Award for Aerosol Research, Hamburg 17.9.1997, Gesellschaft fur Aerosolforschung.
- 2003 The World Cultural Council, Honorary Member, Helsinki 17.11. 2003,
- 2003 The Finnish Science Award, Helsinki 18.11 2003.
- 2004 The International Aerosol Fellow Award, Budabest 8.9. 2004.
- 2004 Honorary member of the Committee on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols, 29.7.2004, Kyoto, Japan;
- 2005 Doctor of Natural Sciences, Honorus Causa, University of Stockholm, 30.9. 2005;
- 2007 Wilhelm Bjerkenes medal (EGU), 17.4. 2007;
- 2008 Honorary Chair, Finnish Association for Aerosol Research, 30.10. 2008;
- 2008 Doctor, Honorus Causa, University of Tartu, 1.12. 2008.
- 2009 Fellow, American Geophysical Union, May 2009,
- 2010 Fuchs Memorial Award (American Association for Aerosol Research, Gesellschaft für Aerosolforschung, Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology), Helsinki 1.9.2010.
- 2004- Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, member
- 2007- The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, member
- 2009-2013 ERC AdG
