Minna Palmroth (born 10 May 1975)[1] is a professor in computational space physics at the University of Helsinki; her particular area of interest is magnetospheric physics and solar wind - magnetosphere interactions.[2][3][4][5]
Minna Palmroth | |
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| Born | 10 May 1975 Sahalahti, Finland |
| Alma mater | University of Helsinki |
| Occupation | Space physicist |
Life
editPalmroth is from Sahalahti, a small village in the former municipality by the same name near the city of Tampere, Finland.[5]
Palmroth graduated high school from Kangasala High School and completed her master's degree in physics from the University of Helsinki in 1999. She received her doctorate in philosophy majoring in physics in 2003. Palmroth completed her doctoral thesis in English about: Solar wind: magnetosphere interaction as determined by observations and a global MHD Simulation dealt with the interaction of the solar wind (the jet of particles originating from the sun) with the Earth with the magnetosphere based on observational data and a global magnetohydrodynamic simulation.[6]
At the Finnish Meteorological Institute from 2011 to 2016 she led the Earth observation research team, and from 2013 to 2016, she was a space researcher there. Since the beginning of 2017, he has been a professor of space physics at the University of Helsinki. During the years 2018–2025, she will direct the Finnish Center of Excellence for Sustainable Space Science and Technology.[7]
She has studied the need to address the tons of "space junk" that currently orbits the Earth.[8]
Honors and distinctions
editPalmroth received the Väisälä prize in 2016. Since 2018, she has been a member of the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters. Palmroth is also a member of the Academy of Technical Sciences. In 2021, she was also invited to become a member of the Finnish Science Society. In 2022, she was awarded the JV Snellman Award. In 2022, she was invited to become a member of the Academia Europæa.[9] In February 2023, Palmroth was awarded the Copernicus Medal for her pioneering work on the space environment simulator Vlasiator and her achievements in advancing space physics.
References
edit- ^ "List of Members" (PDF). Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters. 2020s. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Minna Palmroth". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "Six-dimensional model for space weather forecasts | University of Helsinki". University of Helsinki. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ Pokhotelov, D.; von Alfthan, S.; Kempf, Y.; Vainio, R.; Koskinen, H.E.J.; Palmroth, M. (17 December 2013). "Ion distributions upstream and downstream of the Earth's bow shock: first results from Vlasiator". Annales Geophysicae. 31 (12): 2207–2212. Bibcode:2013AnGeo..31.2207P. doi:10.5194/angeo-31-2207-2013. hdl:10138/161497.
- ^ a b "Minna Palmroth | Diversity in HPC". www.hpc-diversity.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
- ^ "DSpace". helda.helsinki.fi. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ PhD, Minna PalmrothUniversity of Helsinki | HY · Department of Physics 34 85 ·. "Minna Palmroth | PhD | University of Helsinki, Helsinki | HY | Department of Physics". ResearchGate. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
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- ^ "Minna Palmroth". Member. Academia Europaea. Retrieved 4 October 2024.