Annika Saarto
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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 |
Aerobiology; Pollen and spore monitoring; Biodiversity
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)
- Spectral dependence of birch and pine pollen optical properties using a synergy of lidar instruments (2023)
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Automatic detection of airborne pollen: an overview (2022)
- Aerobiologia
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Bioaerosols in the atmosphere at two sites in Northern Europe in spring 2021: Outline of an experimental campaign (2022)
- Environmental Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Long-distance transport of Ambrosia pollen to Finland 1995-2021 (2022) 11th European Palaeobotany and Palynology Conference Abstracts, Program and Proceedings Louna-Korteniemi, Maria; Saarto, Annika; Pätsi, Sanna; Toiviainen, Linnea.
(Abstract) - Higher airborne pollen concentrations correlated with increased SARS-CoV-2 infection rates, as evidenced from 31 countries across the globe (2021)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Integrating Sustainability-Oriented Ecologies of Practice Across the Learning Cycle: Supporting Transformative Behaviours in Transgenerational, Transnational and Transdisciplinary Spaces (2021)
- Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Unusually high birch (Betula spp.) pollen concentrations in Poland in 2016 related to long-range transport (LRT) and the regional pollen occurrence (2021)
- Aerobiologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Airborne Pollen Observed by PollyXT Raman Lidar at Finokalia, Crete (2020)
- EPJ Web of Conferences
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Incorporation of pollen data in source maps is vital for pollen dispersion models (2020)
- Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Lidar Observations of Birch and Spruce Pollen in Finland (2020)
- EPJ Web of Conferences
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
