People
WDRG is a unique research group with multidisciplinary approach. Our research group is a combination of professors, post-docs and doctoral students with various backgrounds. For more information and detailed publication list, please click the personal links in People page and visit Aalto People site.
Research group leaders
Academic coordinators
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Post-doctoral researchers
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[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Fen%2Fpersons%2Fkpade-hounkpatin|target:_blank” image=”id^3176|url^/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Ozias-scaled-e1670231265455.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Ozias|description^null” name=”Ozias Hounkpatin” pos_in_org=”PH.D.” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Soil conservation | Nutrient management | Food
[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Fen%2Fpersons%2Fmeeri-karvinen||target:%20_blank|” image=”id^2312|url^/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/MeeriKarvinen_kuvaMV.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^MeeriKarvinen_kuvaMV|description^null” name=”Meeri Karvinen” pos_in_org=”D.Sc. (Tech)” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Sustainability education | University pedagogy
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Doctoral researchers
[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Fen%2Fpersons%2Fqiankun-niu|target:_blank” image=”id^3155|url^/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Qiankun_Niu.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Qiankun_Niu|description^null” name=”Qiankun Niu” pos_in_org=”M.Sc. (Tech)” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Food security | Climate change | Land use
[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Fen%2Fpersons%2Fsofija-dukanovic|target:_blank” image=”id^3328|url^/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sofija.jpeg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Sofija|description^null” name=”Sofija Djukanovic” pos_in_org=”M.Sc.” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Drinking water | Natural organic matter
[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ title_text_typography=”” team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Ffi%2Fpersons%2Fvilma-ristikangas|target:_blank” image=”id^3535|url^/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Vilma_Ristikangas.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Vilma_Ristikangas|description^null” name=”Vilma Ristikangas” pos_in_org=”M.A. (Hum)” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Water governance | Resilience | Policy implementation
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[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Fen%2Fpersons%2Fthomas-banafa||target:%20_blank|” image=”id^2313|url^/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Thomas.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Thomas|description^null” name=”Thomas Banafa” pos_in_org=”M.Sc. (tech.)” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Governance | Water security[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Fen%2Fpersons%2Fanup-shrestha|target:_blank” image=”id^3196|url^/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Anup_cropped-scaled.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Anup_cropped|description^null” name=”Anup Shrestha” pos_in_org=”M.Sc.” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Disaster Risk Management | Flood Modelling | Hydrology
[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Fen%2Fpersons%2Fxiaoqi-feng|target:_blank” image=”id^3372|url^/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Xiaoqi.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Xiaoqi|description^null” name=”Xiaoqi Feng” pos_in_org=”M.A. (Edu)” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Engineering education | Interdisciplinary pedagogies | Collaborative learning
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[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Fen%2Fpersons%2Fsina-masoumzadeh-sayyar|target:_blank” image=”id^3302|url^/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Sina.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Sina|description^null” name=”Sina Masoumzadeh Sayyar” pos_in_org=”M.Sc. (tech.)” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Asset Management | Wastewater networks
[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Ffi%2Fpersons%2Fessi-huotari|target:_blank” image=”id^3437|url^/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/EssiHuotari.png|caption^null|alt^null|title^EssiHuotari|description^null” name=”Essi Huotari” pos_in_org=”M.Sc.” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Sustainability transformation | Knowledge co-creation | Science-society interfaces
[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Ffi%2Fpersons%2Fjeroen-poelert|target:_blank” image=”id^3533|url^/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jeroen.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^Jeroen|description^null” name=”Jeroen Poelert” pos_in_org=”M.Sc.” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Food Systems | Agroecology | Water management
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Research affiliates and visiting researchers
[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Fen%2Fpersons%2Firina-mancheva|target:_blank” image=”id^2934|url^/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/MicrosoftTeams-image-10.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^MicrosoftTeams-image (10)|description^null” name=”Irina Mancheva” pos_in_org=”Ph.D.” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Water governance | Environmental policy | Policy implementation
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[/ult_team][ult_team team_member_style=”style-2″ team_img_opacity=”1″ team_img_hover_opacity=”0.2″ team_member_name_color=”#ffffff” team_member_org_color=”#ffffff” team_member_description_font_style=”font-weight:bold;” team_member_desc_color=”#647184″ team_member_responsive_enable=”” link_switch=”on” staff_link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.aalto.fi%2Ffi%2Fpersons%2Fqing-xia|target:_blank” image=”id^3287|url^/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/QingXia.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^QingXia|description^null” name=”Qing Xia” pos_in_org=”M.Sc. (tech.)” title_box_padding=”padding-top:270px;”]Environmental input-output analysis | Water footprint assessment | Sustainability
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WDRG Master thesis workers
- Bhattarabhop Viriyaroj
- Camila Gallo
- Pihla Seppälä
- Mohamud Zaahid
- Markus Laasonen
- Tiia Westerberg
- Wenli Lin
- Henrika Parviainen
- Javed Nisha
WDRG Alumni
- Anni Lehikoinen, Research assistant -2024
- Antti Kallanranta, Research assistant -2024
- Suvi Ojala, Research assistant -2024
- Vilma Sandström, Post-doctoral researcher -2024
- Lauri Ahopelto, Doctoral researcher -2024
- Miina Porkka, Post-doctoral researcher -2023
- Matias Heino, Post-doctoral researcher -2023
- Stefano Antonini, Research assistant -2023
- Eero Alkio, Research assistant -2023
- Anise McCrone, Research assistant -2023
- Lisa Sparf, Research assistant -2023
- Juho Mäkelä, Research assistant -2023
- Eveliina Heikkala, Research assistant -2023
- Maria Kosonen, Research assistant -2023
- Jouni Kärppä, Research assistant -2023
- Sara Saukkonen, Research assistant -2023
- Heini Karinen, Research assistant -2023
- Aino Ahvo, Research assistant -2022
- Pekka Kinnunen, Doctoral researcher -2022
- Yean Ng, Research assistant -2022
- Amy Fallon, Doctoral researcher -2022
- Erik Salminen, visiting researcher -2021
- Anna Chrysafi, Post-doctoral researcher -2021
- Alexander Horton, Post-doctoral researcher -2021
- Laura Verbrugge, Post-doctoral researcher -2021
- Jialiang Cai, Post-doctoral researcher -2021
- Xiaomeng Zhang, visiting Doctoral researcher -2021
- Inkeri Seppälä, Research assistant -2021
- Elizabeth Akins, Research assistant -2021
- Marika Riikonen, Research assistant -2021
- Eelis Hemberg, Research assistant -2021
- Esra Marvin, Research assistant -2021
- Elina Lehikoinen, Doctoral researcher -2020
- Maiju Narikka, Research assistant 2020
- Roope Kouki, Research assistant 2020
- Hafsa Munia, Doctoral researcher -2020
- Joseph Guillaume, Post-doctoral Researcher -2019
- Timo Räsänen, Post-doctoral researcher -2017
- Mirja Kattelus, Doctoral researcher -2017
- Aura Salmivaara, Doctoral researcher -2015
- Shokhrukh Jalilov, Post-doc researcher -2015
- Muhammad Mizanur Rahaman, Post-doctoral Researcher -2013
- Virpi Stucki, Doctoral researcher -2011
- Ulla Heinonen, Doctoral researcher -2009