CV Hilkka Timonen

Title Head of Aerosol Composition research group, Principal Scientist
Contact hilkka.timonen@fmi.fi
Postal address Finnish Meteorological Institute, PL 503, FIN-00101 Helsinki, Finland
Street address Erik Palménin aukio 1, Helsinki
Phone number +358-50-3802864

Fields of expertise

  • Atmospheric aerosol and emission studies (e.g. vehicles, non-mobile machinery, power plants)

  • Aerosol composition, primary and secondary emissions

  • Carbonaceous aerosols, Black carbon, Brown carbon

  • Aerosol mass spectrometry

  • Atmospheric nano- and microplastic particles

Projects

  • Impacts of low-carbon fuels on exhaust emissions in realworld conditions for hard-to-electrify traffic sectors (REALCHEM)

  • BC, UFP, SOA and VOCs concentrations in Indoor and outdoor environments, sources and links between indoor and outdoor air quality (GIANT)

  • Urban air quality, aerosol sources and novel tools based on data provided by infrastructures (https://riurbans.eu/)

  • Business Finland/BC Footprint, BC emissions, atmospheric concentrations and metrics; www.bcfootprint.com

  • H2020/RI-URBANs, Research Infrastructures Services Reinforcing Air Quality Monitoring Capacities in European Urban & Industrial AreaS https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101036245

  • Jane ja Aatto Erkko Foundation/ Proof-of-Concept: Compact and precise sensor for global black carbon monitoring

  • H2020/SCIPPER, Shipping Contributions to Inland Pollution Push for the Enforcement of Regulations, https://www.scipper-project.eu/

University and other degrees

  • Docent (Aerosol physics/aerosol composition analysis), Tampere University of Technology, 1.7.2016

  • Ph.D in physics, University of Helsinki 2011

  • M.Sc. in chemistry, University of Eastern Finland

Previous professional appointments

  • Visiting scientist at VTT Technical Research centre, 15.9.-31.12.2024

  • Head of Aerosol Composition group, 1.1.2020->

  • Senior research scientist at Finnish Meteorological institute, 2013-2020

  • Visiting scientist at VTT Technical Research centre, 01.10.-31.12.2016

  • Post-doctoral scientist at University of Washington, USA, 2011 – 2013

  • Research scientist at Finnish Meteorological institute, Helsinki, Finland 2004 – 2011

  • Researcher at Disperse Technologies plc., UK, 2001-2002

  • Teaching assistant at University of Helsinki, 2000-2001

List of publications