Annika Saarto
 FT

Biodiversity Unit

annika.saarto@utu.fi

+358 29 450 3982

+358 50 442 0249

Vesilinnantie 5

Turku


ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1568-3495

ORCID

Areas of expertise
Aerobiology; Pollen and spore monitoring; Biodiversity

Biography




Research

On-going projects and collaborations:

Aeroallergens and immunological preparedness for future climate scenarios: implications for public health promotion (ALL-IMPRESS), Academy of Finland, 2020-2023. Coordination: University of Eastern Finland (prof. Marjut Roponen). Partner: Finnish Meteorological Institute (doc. Mika Komppula).

Pedagogics of Biodiversity and Environmental Sustainability (PEBES), Finnish Agency for Education, 2022-2024. Coordination: University of Turku. Parners: Humak University of Applied Sciences, Bostwana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Namibia. http://sites.utu.fi/pebes

A System for real-time observation of Aeroallergens (SYLVA), Horizon Europe, 2023-2026. Coordination: Finnish Meteorological Institute (prof. Mikhail Sofiev).

New approaches in detection of pathogens and aeroallergens, COST action, The European Cooperation in Science and Technology, 2019-2023. Coordination: Aarhus University (prof. Carsten Skjøth).

Biodiversity Education Network, Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, 2021-2022. Coordination: University of Eastern Finland (prof. Elina Oksanen). https://www.biodiversityeducation.fi/ (only in Finnish)



Publications
  
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  • 10 kysymystä siitepölystä  (2026)  
    • Allergia, Iho & Astma
     Saarto, Annika
    (    E1 Popularised article)


  • Biotic interactions outweigh direct climate effects in shaping subarctic mountain birch ecosystem: Insights from four decades of integrated monitoringAirborne DNA reveals predictable spatial and seasonal dynamics of fungi  (2026)  
    • Ecological IndicatorsNature
     Poska, Anneli; Saarto, Annika; Reitalu, Triin; Vassiljev, Juri; Lisitsyna, Olga; Andersson, Tommi; Helenius, Pekka; Ruohomäki, Kai; Saarni, Saija; Saarinen, Timo; Suominen, Otso; Syvänperä, Ilkka; Vainio, Elina; Hicks, Sheila
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Pollen exposure and matriculation exam performance among students in Finland  (2026)  
    • Journal of Epidemiology and Community HealthScientific Data
     Hugg, Timo T.; Lehto, Janne; Jaakkola, Jouni J. K.; Kiihamäki, Simo-Pekka; Koivuranta, Matti; Pätsi, Sanna; Saarto, Annika; Korhonen, Marko
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Baobab & Marula: New Solutions to Global Warming and Food Security  (2025)   Adefila, Arinola; Cheikhyoussef, Ahmad; Egbadzor, Kenneth Fafa; Isomäki, Risto; Lepetu, Joyce; Saarto, Annika
    (    D6 Editorial work for a non-refereed scientific compilation book)


  • Digital Monitoring of Symptoms and Lung Function During Birch Pollen Season in Pediatric PatientsImpact of rising CO2 and temperature on grass phenology, physiology, and pollen release patterns in northern latitudes  (2025)  
    • Clinical and Translational AllergyEnvironmental and Experimental Botany
     Tanninen, Tiina Helena; Reiterä, Paula Hannele; Saarto, Annika; Burman, Janne; Pelkonen, Anna Susanna; Mäkelä, Mika Juhani
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Ilmastonmuutos muovaa siitepölykautta  (2025)  
    • LääkärilehtiPathogens
     Pessi, Anna-Mari; Saarto, Annika; Louna-Korteniemi, Maria
    (    A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )


  • Introduction: Why are Baobab and Marula so Important?Effects of tree pollen on throughfall element fluxes in European forests  (2025)  Baobab & Marula: New Solutions to Global Warming and Food Security Adefila, Arinola; Cheikhyoussef, Ahmad; Egbadzor, Kenneth Fafa; Isomäki, Risto; Lepetu, Joyce; Saarto, Annika
    (    D2 Article in a professional compilation book)


  • Lidar estimates of birch pollen number, mass, and CCN-related concentrationsSpectral dependence of birch and pine pollen optical properties using a synergy of lidar instruments  (2025)  
    • Atmospheric Chemistry and PhysicsAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics
     Filioglou, Maria; Tiitta, Petri; Shang, Xiaoxia; Leskinen, Ari; Ahola, Pasi; Patsi, Sanna; Saarto, Annika; Vakkari, Ville; Isopahkala, Uula; Komppula, Mika
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Locally emitted fungal spores serve as high-temperature ice nucleating particles in the European sub-ArcticAutomatic detection of airborne pollen: an overview  (2025)  
    • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
     Gratzl, Jürgen; Böhmländer, Alexander; Pätsi, Sanna; Pogner, Clara-E.; Gorfer, Markus; Brus, David; Doulgeris, Konstantinos Matthaios; Wieland, Florian; Asmi, Eija; Saarto, Annika; Möhler, Ottmar; Stolzenburg, Dominik; Grothe, Hinrich
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • Ragweed (Ambrosia) pollen transport and seed production in Finland during 1990–2022  (2025)  
    • Aerobiologia
     Louna-Korteniemi, Maria; Pätsi, Sanna; Ahola, Pasi; Ekebom, Agneta; Kyyhkynen, Maiju; Toiviainen, Linnea; Viljanen, Marika; Saarto, Annika
    (    A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


  • 50 vuotta siitepölyseurantaa Suomessa  (2024)  
    • Allergia, Iho & Astma
     Saarto, Annika
    (    E1 Popularised article)


  •   (2024)  
       Abrego, Nerea; Furneaux, Brendan; Hardwick, Bess; Somervuo, Panu; Palorinne, Isabella; Aguilar-Trigueros, Carlos A.; Andrew, Nigel R.; Babiy, Ulyana V.; Bao, Tan; Bazzano, Gisela; Bondarchuk, Svetlana N.; Bonebrake, Timothy C.; Brennan, Georgina L.; Bret-Harte, Syndonia; Bässler, Claus; Cagnolo, Luciano; Cameron, Erin K.; Chapurlat, Elodie; Creer, Simon; D’Acqui, Luigi P.; de Vere, Natasha; Desprez-Loustau, Marie-Laure; Dongmo, Michel A. K.; Jacobsen, Ida B. Dyrholm; Fisher, Brian L.; Flores de Jesus, Miguel; Gilbert, Gregory S.; Griffith, Gareth W.; Gritsuk, Anna A.; Gross, Andrin; Grudd, Håkan; Halme, Panu; Hanna, Rachid; Hansen, Jannik; Hansen, Lars Holst; Hegbe, Apollon D. M. T.; Hill, Sarah; Hogg, Ian D.; Hultman, Jenni; Hyde, Kevin D.; Hynson, Nicole A.; Ivanova, Natalia; Karisto, Petteri; Kerdraon, Deirdre; Knorre, Anastasia; Krisai-Greilhuber, Irmgard; Kurhinen, Juri; Kuzmina, Masha; Lecomte, Nicolas; Lecomte, Erin; Loaiza, Viviana; Lundin, Erik; Meire, Alexander; Mešić, Armin; Miettinen, Otto; Monkhouse, Norman; Mortimer, Peter; Müller, Jörg; Nilsson, R. Henrik; Nonti, Puani Yannick C.; Nordén, Jenni; Nordén, Björn; Norros, Veera; Paz, Claudia; Pellikka, Petri; Pereira, Danilo; Petch, Geoff; Pitkänen, Juha-Matti; Popa, Flavius; Potter, Caitlin; Purhonen, Jenna; Pätsi, Sanna; Rafiq, Abdullah; Raharinjanahary, Dimby; Rakos, Niklas; Rathnayaka, Achala R.; Raundrup, Katrine; Rebriev, Yury A.; Rikkinen, Jouko; Rogers, Hanna M. K.; Rogovsky, Andrey; Rozhkov, Yuri; Runnel, Kadri; Saarto, Annika; Savchenko, Anton; Schlegel, Markus; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Seibold, Sebastian; Skjøth, Carsten; Stengel, Elisa; Sutyrina, Svetlana V.; Syvänperä, Ilkka; Tedersoo, Leho; Timm, Jebidiah; Tipton, Laura; Toju, Hirokazu; Uscka-Perzanowska, Maria; van der Bank, Michelle; van der Bank, F. Herman; Vandenbrink, Bryan; Ventura, Stefano; Vignisson, Solvi R.; Wang, Xiaoyang; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Wijesinghe, Subodini N.; Wright, S. Joseph; Yang, Chunyan; Yorou, Nourou S.; Young, Amanda; Yu, Douglas W.; Zakharov, Evgeny V.; Hebert, Paul D. N.; Roslin, Tomas; Ovaskainen, Otso
      (      A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


    • European pollen reanalysis, 1980-2022, for alder, birch, and olive  (2024)  
         Sofiev, Mikhail; Palamarchuk, Julia; Kouznetsov, Rostislav; Abramidze, Tamuna; Adams-Groom, Beverley; Antunes, Celia M.; Arino, Arturo H.; Bastl, Maximilian; Belmonte, Jordina; Berger, Uwe E.; Bonini, Maira; Bruffaerts, Nicolas; Buters, Jeroen; Carinanos, Paloma; Celenk, Sevcan; Ceriotti, Valentina; Charalampopoulos, Athanasios; Clewlow, Yolanda; Clot, Bernard; Dahl, Aslog; Damialis, Athanasios; De Linares, Concepcion; De Weger, Letty A.; Dirr, Lukas; Ekebom, Agneta; Fatahi, Yalda; Gonzalez, Maria Fernandez; Gonzalez, Delia Fernandez; Fernandez-Rodriguez, Santiago; Galan, Carmen; Gedda, Bjoern; Gehrig, Regula; Bernstein, Carmi Geller; Roldan, Nestor Gonzalez; Grewling, Lukasz; Hajkova, Lenka; Hänninen, Risto; Hentges, Francois; Jantunen, Juha; Kadantsev, Evgeny; Kasprzyk, Idalia; Kloster, Mathilde; Kluska, Katarzyna; Koenders, Mieke; Laffersova, Janka; Leru, Poliana Mihaela; Lipiec, Agnieszka; Louna-Korteniemi, Maria; Magyar, Donat; Majkowska-Wojciechowska, Barbara; Mäkelä, Mika; Mitrovic, Mirjana; Myszkowska, Dorota; Oliver, Gilles; Ostensson, Pia; Perez-Badia, Rosa; Piotrowska-Weryszko, Krystyna; Prank, Marje; Przedpelska-Wasowicz, Ewa Maria; Pätsi, Sanna; Rajo, F. Javier Rodriguyez; Ramfjord, Hallvard; Rapiejko, Joanna; Rodinkova, Victoria; Rojo, Jesus; Ruiz-Valenzuela, Luis; Rybnicek, Ondrej; Saarto, Annika; Sauliene, Ingrida; Seliger, Andreja Kofol; Severova, Elena; Shalaboda, Valentina; Sikoparija, Branko; Siljamo, Pilvi; Soares, Joana; Sozinova, Olga; Stangel, Anders; Stjepanovic, Barbara; Teinemaa, Erik; Tyuryakov, Svyatoslav; Trigo, M. Mar; Uppstu, Andreas; Vill, Mart; Vira, Julius; Visez, Nicolas; Vitikainen, Tiina; Vokou, Despoina; Weryszko-Chmielewska, Elzbieta; Karppinen, Ari
        (        A1 Refereed data article in a scientific journal)


      • Forecasting daily total pollen concentrations on a global scale  (2024)  
        • Allergy
         Makra, László; Coviello, Luca; Gobbi, Andrea; Jurman, Giuseppe; Furlanello, Cesare; Brunato, Mauro; Ziska, Lewis H.; Hess, Jeremy J.; Damialis, Athanasios; Garcia, Maria Pilar Plaza; Tusnády, Gábor; Czibolya, Lilit; Ihász, István; Deák, Áron József; Mikó, Edit; Dorner, Zita; Harry, Susan K.; Bruffaerts, Nicolas; Packeu, Ann; Saarto, Annika; Toiviainen, Linnea; Louna-Korteniemi, Maria; Pätsi, Sanna; Thibaudon, Michel; Oliver, Gilles; Charalampopoulos, Athanasios; Vokou, Despoina; Przedpelska-Wasowicz, Ewa Maria; Guðjohnsen, Ellý Renée; Bonini, Maira; Celenk, Sevcan; Ozaslan, Cumali; Oh, Jae-Won; Sullivan, Krista; Ford, Linda; Kelly, Michelle; Levetin, Estelle; Myszkowska, Dorota; Severova, Elena; Gehrig, Regula; Calderón-Ezquerro, María Del Carmen; Guerra, César Guerrero; Leiva-Guzmán, Manuel Andres; Ramón, Germán Darío; Barrionuevo, Laura Beatriz; Peter, Jonny; Berman, Dilys; Katelaris, Connie H.; Davies, Janet M.; Burton, Pamela; Beggs, Paul J.; Vergamini, Sandra María; Valencia-Barrera, Rosa María; Traidl-Hoffmann, Claudia
        (        A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


      • Global Spore Sampling Project : A global, standardized dataset of airborne fungal DNA  (2024)  
        • Scientific Data
         Ovaskainen, Otso; Abrego, Nerea; Furneaux, Brendan; Hardwick, Bess; Somervuo, Panu; Palorinne, Isabella; Andrew, Nigel R.; Babiy, Ulyana V.; Bao, Tan; Bazzano, Gisela; Bondarchuk, Svetlana N.; Bonebrake, Timothy C.; Brennan, Georgina L.; Bret-Harte, Syndonia; Bässler, Claus; Cagnolo, Luciano; Cameron, Erin K.; Chapurlat, Elodie; Creer, Simon; D’Acqui, Luigi P.; de Vere, Natasha; Desprez-Loustau, Marie-Laure; Dongmo, Michel A. K.; Dyrholm Jacobsen, Ida B.; Fisher, Brian L.; Flores de Jesus, Miguel; Gilbert, Gregory S.; Griffith, Gareth W.; Gritsuk, Anna A.; Gross, Andrin; Grudd, Håkan; Halme, Panu; Hanna, Rachid; Hansen, Jannik; Hansen, Lars Holst; Hegbe, Apollon D. M. T.; Hill, Sarah; Hogg, Ian D.; Hultman, Jenni; Hyde, Kevin D.; Hynson, Nicole A.; Ivanova, Natalia; Karisto, Petteri; Kerdraon, Deirdre; Knorre, Anastasia; Krisai-Greilhuber, Irmgard; Kurhinen, Juri; Kuzmina, Masha; Lecomte, Nicolas; Lecomte, Erin; Loaiza, Viviana; Lundin, Erik; Meire, Alexander; Mešić, Armin; Miettinen, Otto; Monkhause, Norman; Mortimer, Peter; Müller, Jörg; Nilsson, R. Henrik; Nonti, Puani Yannick C.; Nordén, Jenni; Nordén, Björn; Paz, Claudia; Pellikka, Petri; Pereira, Danilo; Petch, Geoff; Pitkänen, Juha-Matti; Popa, Flavius; Potter, Caitlin; Purhonen, Jenna; Pätsi, Sanna; Rafiq, Abdullah; Raharinjanahary, Dimby; Rakos, Niklas; Rathnayaka, Achala R.; Raundrup, Katrine; Rebriev, Yury A.; Rikkinen, Jouko; Rogers, Hanna M. K.; Rogovsky, Andrey; Rozhkov, Yuri; Runnel, Kadri; Saarto, Annika; Savchenko, Anton; Schlegel, Markus; Schmidt, Niels Martin; Seibold, Sebastian; Skjøth, Carsten; Stengel, Elisa; Sutyrina, Svetlana V.; Syvänperä, Ilkka; Tedersoo, Leho; Timm, Jebidiah; Tipton, Laura; Toju, Hirokazu; Uscka-Perzanowska, Maria; van der Bank, Michelle; Herman van der Bank, F.; Vandenbrink, Bryan; Ventura, Stefano; Vignisson, Solvi R.; Wang, Xiaoyang; Weisser, Wolfgang W.; Wijesinghe, Subodini N.; Joseph Wright, S.; Yang, Chunyan; Yorou, Nourou S.; Young, Amanda; Yu, Douglas W.; Zakharov, Evgeny V.; Hebert, Paul D. N.; Roslin, Tomas
        (        A1 Refereed data article in a scientific journal)


      •   (2024)  
           Tossavainen, Tarleena; Kivimäenpää, Minna; Martikainen, Maria-Viola; Leskinen, Ari; Heinonen, Tiina; Pessi, Anna-Mari; Louna-Korteniemi, Maria; Pätsi, Sanna; Komppula, Mika; Saarto, Annika; Roponen, MarjutA1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal


        • Biomonitoring of Indoor Air Fungal or Chemical Toxins with Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes  (2023)  
             Paavanen-Huhtala Sari, Kalichamy Karunambigai, Pessi Anna-Mari, Häkkilä Sirkku, Saarto Annika Tuomela Marja, Andersson Maria A., Koskinen Päivi J.
            (            A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


          •   (2023)  
            • Biogeochemistry
             Verstraeten Arne, Brufaerts Nicolas, Cristofolini Fabiana, Vanguelova Elena, Neirynck Johan, Genouw Gerrit, De Vos Bruno, Waldner Peter, Thimonier Anne, Nussbaumer Anita, Neumann Mathias, Benham Sue, Rautio Pasi, Ukonmaanaho Liisa, Merilä Päivi, Lindroos Antti-Jussi, Saarto Annika, Reiniharju Jukka, Clarke Nicholas, Timmermann Volkmar, Nicolas Manuel, Schmitt Maria, Meusburger Katrin, Kowalska Anna, Kasprzyk Idalia, Kluska Katarzyna, Grewling Łukasz, Malkiewicz Małgorzata, Vesterdal Lars, Ingerslev Morten, Manninger Miklós, Magyar Donát, Titeux Hugues, Pihl Karlsson Gunilla, Gehrig Regula, Adriaenssens Sandy, Ekebom Agneta, Dahl Åslög, Ferretti Marco, Gottardini Elena
            (            A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)


          •   (2023)  
               Filioglou Maria, Leskinen Ari, Vakkari Ville, O'Connor Ewan, Tuononen Minttu, Tuominen Pekko, Laukkanen Samuli, Toiviainen Linnea, Saarto Annika, Shang Xiaoxia, Tiitta Petri, Komppula Mika
              (              A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
            •   (2022)  
              • Aerobiologia
               Buters Jeroen, Clot Bernard, Galán Carmen, Gehrig Regula, Gilge Stefan, Hentges François, O’Connor David, Sikoparija Branko, Skjoth Carsten, Tummon Fiona, Adams-Groom Beverley, Antunes Célia M., Bruffaerts Nicolas, Çelenk Sevcan, Crouzy Benoit, Guillaud Géraldine, Hajkova Lenka, Seliger Andreja Kofol, Oliver Gilles, Ribeiro Helena, Rodinkova Victoria, Saarto Annika, Sauliene Ingrida, Sozinova Olga, Stjepanovic Barbara
              (              A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )



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