CV Mika Komppula

Title Head of group (Atmospheric Measurements), Senior Scientist
Contact mika.komppula@fmi.fi
Postal address Finnish Meteorolgical Institute, P.O.Box 1627, 70211 KUOPIO
Street address Yliopistonranta 8, 70210 KUOPIO

Fields of expertise

• Lidar observations • Aerosol and cloud measurements • Atmospheric aerosols and their interaction with clouds • Pollen • Atmospheric icing

Projects

• Effects of transient air quality improvement during Nanjing Youth Olympics on physico-chemical and toxicological properties of urban air inhalable particles, CHIFI (2014-2018) • Real-time characterization of atmospheric Pollen with active remote sensing, RECAP (2016-2020) • Observations of real-time atmospheric icing conditions with ground-based remote sensing (2017-2018) • Ash clouds and national observation network (2020) • Aeroallergens and immunological preparedness for future climate scenarios: implications for public health promotion, ALL-IMPRESS (2020-2023) • ACTRIS aerosol profiles for CAMS (2021) • Observing extinction and visibility in the atmosphere (2021-2022)

University and other degrees

• Adjunct Professor (Docent), Environmental physics, University of Eastern Finland, 2011 • Ph.D, Physics, University of Helsinki, 2005 • M.Sc., Physics, University of Joensuu, 2001

Previous professional appointments

• Senior Research Scientist, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate and Global Change, Helsinki, 2007-2008 • Visiting Post-Doctoral Scientist, Institute for Tropospheric Research, Leipzig, Germany, 2006-2007 • Senior Research Scientist, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Climate and Global Change, Helsinki, 2005-2006 • Research Scientist, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Air Quality Research / Climate and Global Change, Helsinki, 2001-2005