Eija Tanskanen

Eija Tanskanen, Director of the Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory and Professor of Space Physics, leads the SafeEarth research programme on safety issues. In recent years, she has spent her time understanding, among other things, the Sun's activity and the effects of its magnetic storms. Magnetic disturbances affect navigation, communication, electricity distribution and related societal functions. Eija Tanskanen wants to understand these functions even better. Eija Tanskanen has spent her career in a variety of research, teaching and management positions both at home and abroad. At NASA's Goddard Space Research Centre, she was able to follow closely the management of international space projects and contributed to the brainstorming of new projects. At the University of Bergen, Mr Tanskanen was involved in research on geomagnetic disturbances and their effects, and in the development of new methods for analysis and measurement.