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CV Anna-Stiina Heiskanen (3 pages)

CURRICULUM VITAE– Anna-Stiina Heiskanen

1. FULL NAMES (surname, first name): Heiskanen Anna-Stiina1 Date of CV: June 6, 2020 2. NATIONALITY, CURRENT RESIDENCE Nationality: Finnish; Current residence: 3. ACADEMIC DEGREES 1998 Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy), Hydrobiology, University of , Finland. 1991 Ph.Lic. (Licenciate in Philosophy), Hydrobiology, , Finland. 1987 M.Sc. (Master of Science), Hydrobiology, University of Helsinki, Finland. 3. DOCENTSHIPS 1998 Docent (Adjunct Professor) in Marine Biology, University of Helsinki. 4. CURRENT POSITION 01.01.2017 - 31.12.2021 Director, Professor, Freshwater Centre, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) 5. PREVIOUS POSITIONS 01.04.2016- 31.03.2020 Research Professor 01.01.2014 – 31.12.2016 Head of Unit, Marine Research Centre, Marine Assessment and Management Unit, Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Helsinki 01.04.2009 – 31.12.2013 Head of Unit, Professor, SYKE Marine Research Centre, Modelling and Innovations Unit Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Helsinki. 01.05.2008 - 31.03.2009 Professor, Head of the Research Programme for the Protection of the Baltic Sea at the Research Department of the Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE), Helsinki. 16.10.2000-30.04.2008 Scientific officer, Action leader, Joint Research Centre - JRC, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Ispra, Italy. 1.1.2000 -15.10.2000 Head of the Plankton Ecology Unit, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki. 1995-1999 Research Scientist and Senior Scientist, Finnish Environment Institute, Helsinki. 1991-1995 Research assistant, of Finland. Research on Eutrophication of the Baltic Sea 1990-1993 Research assistant, Department of Biology, University of Jyväskylä (Finland), on leave. 1987-1990 Research scientist, University of Helsinki, Tvärminne Zoological Station (PELAG Project). 1982-1986 Research assistant and scientist, Finnish Institute of Marine Research, Helsinki (Part time). 6. MOST IMPORTANT VISITS ABROAD 16.10.2000-30.04.2008 Joint Research Centre - JRC, Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Italy. 1.10.-31.12.1993 Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø, Norway. 1.3.-30.9.1987 Zoological Department, University of Oslo, Norway. 7. OTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING, QUALIFICATIONS AND SKILLS 2018 Future Leaders Programme, HAUS Finnish Institute of Public Management 2017 Leadership in sustainable economic policy, 11th training programme, SITRA 2014 -2016 Specialist Qualification in Management (JET), Helsinki Business College 2007 Inter-institutional Management Training programme/ advanced knowledge and practical skills for leadership and staff management at the European institutions. European Administrative School (EAS), Brussels, Belgium Linguistic skills: Finnish (Mother tongue). Other languages: English: Proficient user, Swedish: Proficient user, Italian: Independent/ Basic user; German: Basic user; French: Basic user, Danish & Norwegian; Independent/ basic user. 8. MOST IMPORTANT RESEARCH FUNDING AND LEADERSHIP (SINCE 2010) 2018-2020 Enhancing Adaptive Capacity for Sustainable Blue Growth (BlueAdapt), Strategic Research Council at the Academy of Finland, Consortium director; http://www.blueadapt.fi/ 2016-2020 Horizon 2020: Baltic Consortium on Promoting Gender Equality in Marine Research Organisations (Baltic Gender), Horizon 2020 (GERI-4-2015), former Work package leader. 2016-2017 Nordic Council of Ministers (NMR): Biodiversity and ecosystem services in Nordic coastal ecosystems: an IPBES-like assessment, one of the lead authors. 2016 Nordic Council of Ministers (NMR): Ecosystem service approach as a common Nordic understanding for marine spatial planning. SYKE principal investigator

1 Address: SYKE, Latokartononkaari 11, FIN 00790 Helsinki, Finland, Tel. +358 295 251 162, Email: [email protected]; http://www.syke.fi/en-US/Experts/AnnaStiina_Heiskanen(38994);

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CV Anna-Stiina Heiskanen (3 pages)

2014 Nordic Council of Ministers (NMR): Marine ecosystem services in Nordic marine waters and the Baltic Sea – possibilities for valuation (MarEcoS). SYKE principal investigator. 2014-2017 BONUS 2012 (Viable ecosystem) project: Nutrient COcktails in COAstal zones of the Baltic Sea (COCOA), Work Package leader. 01/10/2012-30/09/2016 EU FP7 project: DEVelopment Of innovative Tools for understanding marine biodiversity and assessing good Environmental Status (DEVOTES), Work Package leader. 01/07/2011-31/12/2013 European Environment Agency's European Topic Centre for Inland, Coastal and Marine Waters, Task leader for the Marine Ecosystem Services Assessment. 01/09/2009-31/09/2012 SYKE project manager: "Baltic Sea Stern: Protection of the Baltic Sea: Benefits, Costs and Policy Instruments (PROBAPS)" (financed by the Finnish Government); 01/05/2009- 30/04/2013 EU FP7 project: Knowledge based management of European Seas (KnowSeas). SYKE principal investigator, leader of the Baltic Sea Work Package (WP7). 01/02/2009-31/01/2011 EU FP7 project: Water bodies in Europe: Integrative Systems to assess Ecological status and Recovery (WISER). SYKE PI, leader of the Dissemination Module. 01/06/2008-31/12/2010 European Environment Agency's European Topic Centre for Water, SYKE principal investigator and Marine Eutrophication task leader. 9. DOCTORAL THESIS SUPERVISED Jernberg, Susanna (on-going, University of Helsinki); Lehtoranta, Jouni (Ph.D. in 2003, University of Helsinki); Kremp, Anke (Ph.D. in 2000, University of Helsinki) 10. OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES, EXPERT DUTIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS Examiner/ opponent in Ph.D. Dissertations Since 2000, I have acted as opponent / examiner / pre-examiner at the Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Umeå Universities, Sweden; Turku and Helsinki Universities, Finland; University of Aarhus, Denmark, and Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø. Evaluation of research proposals 2010- 2015 Maj and Tor Nessling Foundation - Member of the scientific evaluation panel 2013 Reviewing research applications for the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. 2012 Evaluating project applications for the Östersjöstiftelsen (www.ostersjostiftelsen.se) 2012 Reviewer for the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies. 2009 Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Before 2008 Research Council of Norway, Division of Science and Technology. Memberships in most relevant scientific boards and committees (since 2010) 2011-2016 Member of the management board of the Baltic Nest Institute. 2005-2012 Member (until 2009) and Chair (until 2012) of the Public Policy Committee of the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography. Member/ Chair in national or international expert groups, evaluation or steering committees, as well as other expert duties (most important) 2020- UNECE Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes (Water Convention), national representative for the meeting of the parties. 2020 on-going; Chair of the Water Protection Group, Finnish-Russian Transboundary Water Commission 2019 on-going, Chair of the EurAqua - European Network of Freshwater Research Organisations 2018-2020 Member of the national steering group for flood and drought risk governance (Tulvakeskus) 2018-2020 Finnish Water Forum, Steering committee member (http://www.finnishwaterforum.fi/wp/en/) 2017-2018 Member of the expert group for preparation of the Research and Competence Agenda for the Blue Bioeconomy in Finland (https://mmm.fi/sininenbiotalous/tutkimus) 2016 Member of the HELCOM Project for Developing the Second Holistic Assessment of Ecosystem Health in the Baltic Sea (HOLAS II). 2016 Member of the evaluation committee for the Swedish Environment Agency’s Research Program on “Value of the Ecosystem Services” (Värdet av ekosystemtjänster) 2014-2015 Member of the evaluation committee of the Norwegian environmental research institutions. Norges Forskningsråd/ Research Council of Norway. 2014-2015 Chair of the Finnish expert group Monitoring Programs for the EU Marine Strategy Directive. 2011-2016 Vice member in the national EU15 Marine Policy Section 2010-2014 Chair of the HELCOM Monitoring and Assessment Group MONAS 2009-2010 Member of the EU-level expert working group for EU Marine Strategy Directive Good environmental status (GES) 'Eutrophication' task group (coordinated by JRC and ICES) 2009 – 2010, Chair/ member of the Finnish expert group for the implementation of the EU Marine Strategy Directive (set by the Ministry of the Environment). 2003-2008 Co-Leader of the EU-level expert Working Group on Ecological Status, under the Common

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CV Anna-Stiina Heiskanen (3 pages)

Implementation Strategy (CIS) of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). 2001-2003 Leader of the EU-level Working Group Intercalibration under the Common Implementation Strategy (CIS) of the Water Framework Directive (WFD) Referee in scientific and scholarly journals Since 1996 Scientific Referee in several peer reviewed international scientific journals (e.g. Limnology & Oceanography; Marine Ecology Progress Series, Continental Shelf Research; Journal of Marine Systems, Oceanologia, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science; Estuaries, Polar Biology; Polar Research; Hydrobiologia, Advances in Limnology, Aquatic Ecology, Boreal Environment Research, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Ecosystem Services, AMBIO, Sustainability) Memberships in scientific societies 2001-2012 American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, 1981- Suomen Biologian Seura Vanamo ry (The Biology Society of Finland – Vanamo) Invited keynote lectures abroad (most important, since 2007) 2015 Ecosystem dynamics in the Baltic Sea in a climate change perspective (ECOChange) Conference 2008 Invited plenary talk at the Ocean Sciences meeting on 2-7 March 2008 in Orlando, U.S.A (organised by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, the American Geophysical Union and The Oceanography Society; Topic: Towards sustainable management of aquatic ecosystems in the European Union – from the river basins to the open ocean) 2007 Invited presentation at the European Parliament "Protecting the quality of water in Europe" JRC- EU Parliament Interface Working Group (IWG) Meeting, 30 January 2007, Brussels. Belgium. (+numerous other presentations in scientific conferences, workshops, and science-policy workshops) Most important teaching and lecturing (since 2012) 2019 Lecturer at the Helsinki University course: Diagnosis of environmental problems in aquatic ecosystems, Title of my lecture: Diagnosis of policy needs in the EU Water Framework Directive. 2018 Invited lecture “Enhancing Adaptive Capacity for Sustainable Blue Growth: participation” at the AZTI – EEA Academy Summer School 2018 “Blue Growth: can marine environment support growth maintaining good ocean health? June 2018, San Sebastian (Spain). 2017 Invited lecture ”Nutrients, Eutrophication, and other large scale changes in the Baltic Sea – will the EU directives bring right solutions to the problems?” at the session, ”Threatened Baltic Sea, climate change, eutrophication, and biodiversity” at the The Science Forum 2017 – Limits of Freedom. 2016 Lecturer at the EUROMARINE Summer School “Marine ecosystem services, management and governance: linking social and ecological research”, June 2016, San Sebastian (Spain). 2015 Lecturer at the international EUROMARINE Summer School `Integrative assessment of marine systems: The Ecosystem Approach in practice´, June 2015 - San Sebastián (Spain). 2012, 2013 Lecturer at the Multidisciplinary university course “The state and future of the Baltic Sea”, organised by the Helsinki University Centre for Environment, HENVI. 2010 Lecturer at the Nordic Marine Academy PhD course: "Can eutrophication in the Baltic Sea be counteracted?" at the Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Umeå University, Sweden 11. SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL IMPACT OF RESEARCH Author and co-author of 60 peer-reviewed articles, and ca. 70 other research articles and reports; Google Scholar; ORCID ID: 0000-0003-2229-1171; ResearcherID: B-2933-2013/ Awards, prizes and honours 2010 Nomination in the Tieto-Finlandia - Annual competition for the best popular science book in Finland: Bäck et al. (eds.) 2010: Itämeren Tulevaisuus (Future of the Baltic Sea). Gaudeamus, Helsinki. Certificates of Appreciation: Best Peer Reviewed Article (2006), and Support to EU Policy (2005), Excellence Award for Support to EU Policy (2005) awarded by the EC Joint Research Centre. Other Societal impact 2017-2018 Participated in the preparation of the research and competence agenda for the Blue Bioeconomy in Finland (https://mmm.fi/sininenbiotalous/tutkimus) 2014-2015 Contributions to the preparation of the Monitoring programme and the Programme of measures for the implementation of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive in Finland. 2001-2008 preparation of the Guidances for the Common Implementation Strategy of the EU Water Framework Directive (No. 2,6, 13, and 14) and the Commission Decisions (2008/915/EC) and (2005/646/EC). 12. POSITIONS OF TRUST IN SOCIETY AND OTHER SOCIETAL MERITS 2012, December 6th, Knight of the White Rose of Finland (Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun ritarimerkki)

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