Janne Rinne appointed Scientific Director of AnaEE Finland
Janne Rinne, Principal scientist at the Natural Resources Institute Finland, has been appointed Scientific Director of AnaEE (Analysis and Experimentation on Ecosystems) Finland for the period 2022-2026 from 15 August.
The main tasks of the Scientific Director of AnaEE Finland are to lead Finland's experimental ecosystem research activities and promote the use of research platforms in Finland and internationally. AnaEE Finland's national node consists of 12 top-level research platforms that are part of the AnaEE ERIC (European Research Infrastructure Consortium).
Janne Rinne has a PhD in meteorology.
- Since my PhD research, I have focused on ecosystem-atmosphere interactions and in particular gas exchange. I have conducted field-based research in a wide range of ecosystems, from Lapland to the tropics and from fields to forests," says Rinne.
Rinne finds the role of Scientific Director of the Finnish AnaEE very interesting, especially now that the research infrastructure is in its start-up phase. He says his experience with ICOS RI (Integrated Carbon Observation System Research Infrastructure) has developed his thinking on research infrastructures and given him a perspective on distributed research infrastructures.
- On the other hand, AnaEE is very different in nature from the observation-based ICOS. On the substance side of the AnaEE research platforms, I sometimes step well outside my comfort zone, i.e. to learn new things. This will certainly be useful for creating new and interesting scientific openings in the future," Rinne reflects.
According to Rinne, the work of the Scientific Director of AnaEE Finland is above all about developing research infrastructure and coordinating related research.
- Some of the platforms provided by AnaEE are also relevant to my own research interests, such as the dynamics of ecosystem and atmospheric gas exchange and the changes in these processes caused by different land uses and climate forcing. I will therefore be able to use the research services provided by AnaEE in the future. In addition, AnaEE can provide interesting links to topics outside my own areas of expertise, such as biodiversity change," says Rinne.
Experimental ecosystem research can provide insights into the causal relationships in ecosystems, which Rinne believes are more difficult to verify through observation alone.
- Manipulative experiments can also seek to simulate possible future scenarios, for example, of climate change, air quality or biodiversity change, and explore their effects on ecosystem functioning. In this way, AnaEE is very complementary to ICOS and ACTRIS in my own research area," concludes Rinne.
AnaEE Finland is a network of research infrastructures that supports and coordinates national experimental ecosystem research. AnaEE Finland's members are the Natural Resources Institute Finland, the University of Helsinki, the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Oulu and the University of Turku. AnaEE Finland's activities are part of the Integrated Atmospheric and Earth System Research Infrastructure (INAR RI).
