CV Sami Romakkaniemi

Title Research Professor, Head of Unit
Contact Sami.Romakkaniemi@fmi.fi
Postal address Finnish Meteorological Institute, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland
Street address Yliopistonranta 8, 70210 Kuopio
Phone number +358 29 539 5561

Fields of expertise

  • Atmospheric aerosols

  • Climate change

  • Aerosol-cloud-precipitation-interactions

Projects

  • Aerosol-Cloud interactions: From measurements to modelling (2013-2018)

  • Ice Clouds and Ice Nucleation in the Arctic (2015-2018)

  • Optimization of Aerosol Seeding In rain enhancement Strategies (2017-2020)

  • Supercooled Water in Mid-level Mixed-Phase Clouds: Microphysics, Dynamics and Global Radiation Balance (2017-2021)

  • Constrained aerosol forcing for improved climate projections (2019-2023)

University and other degrees

  • 2012: Docent (Physics), University of Eastern Finland, Finland

  • 2005: Ph.D. in Environmental Physics, University of Kuopio, Finland

  • 2001: M.Sc. in Environmental Physics, University of Kuopio, Finland

Previous professional appointments

  • Finnish Meteorological Institute: Academy Research Fellow, 2014-2018

  • University of Eastern Finland: University Researcher, 2011-2013

  • University Of Kuopio: Postdoctoral Researcher, 2007-2010

  • University of Manchester: Postdoctoral Researcher, 2006-2007

  • University of Kuopio: Researcher, 2001-2006

List of publications