Minna Palmroth

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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]

Life

Palmroth is from Sahalahti, a small village in the former municipality by the same name near the city of Tampere, Finland. [5] She studied physics at the University of Helsinki, graduating in 1999 with her first degree and in 2003 with a post-graduate degree. From 2013 to 2016, she was a researcher at the Earth Observation Programme of the Finnish Meteorological Institute. [6] In January 2018, she was appointed director of the Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space. [6]

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References

  1. "List of Members" (PDF). Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters . 2020s. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. "Minna Palmroth". University of Helsinki. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  3. "Six-dimensional model for space weather forecasts | University of Helsinki". University of Helsinki. 25 April 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  4. 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 .
  5. 1 2 "Minna Palmroth | Diversity in HPC". www.hpc-diversity.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
  6. 1 2 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)