Luke's professorial lectures - next ones Research Professors Martin Lidauer and Aleksi Lehtonen
Luke's Professorial Lectures series celebrates Luke's newly appointed research professors and assistant professors. The lectures offer the opportunity to hear about the new professors' research field, current research and future visions. At the same time, the lectures form a holistic overview of the research carried out in Luke's strategic focus areas. Research professor Martin Lidauer and research professor Aleksi Lehtonen will give their next lecture.
Get to know the themes of the lectures through the descriptions below and come and listen on 17 November 2022 from 12:00 to 13:00!
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Genomic-based improvement of cattle in response to climate change
Martin Lidauer, research professor (Quantitative Genetics), production systems (at 12.00-12.30)
Genetic improvement of our livestock is a central avenue to reduce environmental impact of livestock farming. Over the last 10 years, Luke has been heavily involved in research on developing genomic predictions for resource efficiency in Nordic dairy cattle. In this lecture I will review what we have achieved, our current research topics, and the research aims of the near future.
Chair: Anu Kaukovirta, Vice President, Production Systems
Principal Scientist Martin Lidauer appointed as research professor
Forests and climate change mitigation
Aleksi Lehtonen, research professor (Carbon Dynamics in Forest Bioeconomy), bioeconomy and environment (at 12.30-13.00)
The use of forests and mitigation of climate change has been widely discussed recently. Finland aims to be carbon neutral by 2035. The forests should produce wood, act as carbon sinks and promote biodiversity. Our research is focused on finding ways to combine these diverse goals.
In my lecture, I will address our key research questions and methods, as well as our preliminary results. I will talk about how we study the effects of forest use on carbon sinks and greenhouse gas emissions, how selection harvest on drained peatlands affects tree growth and carbon sequestration, how clear-cutting is estimated to increase greenhouse gas emissions, and how we can simulate the future development of Finnish forests and to quantify the climate effects of the use of forests in Finland.
Chair: Jani Lehto, Vice President, Bioeconomy and Environment
Aleksi Lehtonen appointed as Research Professor in Luke
The lectures are open to all interested participants and given in a popularized way on Teams and in English.
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