Hanna Kokko
{{short description|Finnish scientist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox scientist
| honorific_prefix =
| name = Hanna Kokko
| honorific_suffix =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| image =
| image_size =
| image_upright =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = 1971
| birth_place =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| resting_place =
| resting_place_coordinates =
| home_town =
| other_names =
| siglum =
| pronounce =
| citizenship =
| nationality = Finnish
| fields = Evolutionary ecology, Sustainability science
| workplaces = {{Plainlist |
- University of Zurich (2014-present)
- Australian National University (2010-2014)
- University of Helsinki (2003-2010)
- University of Jyväskylä (2002-2003)
- University of Glasgow (2000-2002)
- University of Cambridge (1998-2000)
}}
| patrons =
| education =
| alma_mater = {{Plainlist|
University of Helsinki (Ph.D. 1997)
Helsinki University of Technology (BSc., MSc.)
}}
| thesis_title =
| thesis_url =
| thesis_year =
| doctoral_advisor =
| academic_advisors =
| doctoral_students =
| notable_students =
| known_for =
| influences =
| influenced =
| awards = {{Plainlist |
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020)
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2014)
- Australian Laureate Fellowship (2010)
}}
| author_abbrev_bot =
| author_abbrev_zoo =
| spouse =
| partner =
| children =
| signature =
| signature_alt =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
Hanna Kokko (born 1971) is a scientist and full professor at the University of Zurich. She works in the fields of evolution and ecology and is known for her research on the evolution and maintenance of sex, the feedback between ecology and evolution, and the evolutionary ecology of cancer.{{cite news |url=https://metode.org/issues/entrevista-revistes/interview-with-hanna-kokko.html |title=Interview with Hanna Kokko |access-date=5 May 2020 |date=5 April 2019 |last1=Carazo |first1=Pau |last2=Garcia-Roger |first2=Eduardo M. }}
Career
Kokko attended the Helsinki University of Technology for her undergraduate engineering degree. While there, she became interested in biology and decided to complete a one-year biology research Master's degree. She completed her Ph.D. at the University of Helsinki on the topic of sexual selection and the evolution of mate choice in 1997. During this time, she was mentored by William Sutherland.{{cite news |url=https://www.science.org/content/article/evolutionary-ecology-locally-and-globally |title=Evolutionary Ecology, Locally and Globally |last=Forde |first=Anne |date=23 December 2005 |access-date=5 May 2020 |publisher=Science Magazine }}
Kokko has since held positions at the University of Cambridge, the University of Glasgow, the University of Jyväskylä, the University of Helsinki, and the Australian National University, and she is currently a professor in evolutionary ecology at the University of Zürich.{{cite news |url=https://skr.fi/en/ajankohtaista/defender-diversity-life |title=Defender of the diversity of life |date=4 March 2016 |access-date=5 May 2020 |publisher=Finnish Cultural Foundation }} From 2008 to 2009 she served as co-chair of {{ill|Vanamo-seura|fi}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.vanamo.fi/toiminta/hallituksen-j%C3%A4senet-kautta-aikain |title=Hallituksen jäsenet kautta aikojen |access-date=5 May 2020 |publisher={{ill|Vanamo-seura|fi}} |language=Finnish |trans-title=Board members through the ages }}
Awards and honors
Kokko's book Kutistuva turska (Shrinking Cod) was awarded the Finnish State Award for Public Information ({{ill|Tiedonjulkistamisen valtionpalkinto|fi}}) in 2009. She received the 2010 {{ill|Per Brinck Oikos Award|sv}}{{cite web |url=http://www.oikos.ekol.lu.se/pbow2010.html |title=Oikos – The Per Brinck Oikos Award 2010 |access-date=5 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410104833/http://www.oikos.ekol.lu.se/pbow2010.html |archive-date=10 April 2011 }} and the British Ecological Society's Founder's Prize.{{cite web |url=https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/membership-community/honours-awards-and-prizes/founders-prize/ |title=Founders' Prize |access-date=5 May 2020 |website=British Ecological Society }} In 2010, she was awarded an Australian Laureate Fellowship.{{cite news |url=https://www.anu.edu.au/files/review/2010-anu-annual-report.pdf |title=Annual Report 2010 |date=April 2011 |work=Australian National University |access-date=3 May 2020 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/ALF10/ALF_professor_hanna_kokko.pdf |title=Professor Hanna Kokko |access-date=5 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218005443/http://www.arc.gov.au/pdf/ALF10/ALF_professor_hanna_kokko.pdf |archive-date=18 February 2011 |url-status=dead }} She became a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2014{{cite web |url=https://biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/new-academy-science-fellows |title=New Academy of Science Fellows |date=26 March 2014 |access-date=5 May 2020 |website=Australian National University }} and won the Finnish Cultural Foundation's outstanding cultural achievement award in 2016.{{cite web |url=https://skr.fi/en/ajankohtaista/finnish-cultural-foundation-awarded-record-25-million-grants |title=Finnish Cultural Foundation awarded record 25 million in grants |date=2 March 2016 |access-date=5 May 2020 |website=Finnish Cultural Foundation }} In 2020, she became an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.{{cite web |url=https://www.amacad.org/new-members-2020 |title=New Members |website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |access-date=5 May 2020 }}
Selected publications
- Bargum, K. & Kokko, H. (2008). {{ill|Kutistuva turska ja muita evoluution ihmeitä|fi}}, WSOY (fi). {{ISBN|978-951-0-34020-2}}
- Kokko, H. (2007). [https://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/life-sciences/quantitative-biology-biostatistics-and-mathematical-modellin/modelling-field-biologists-and-other-interesting-people?format=HB&isbn=9780521831321 Modelling for Field Biologists (and Other Interesting People)], Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|9780521831321}}.
References
External links
- [https://www.ieu.uzh.ch/en/staff/member/kokko_hanna.html Homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210716125400/https://www.ieu.uzh.ch/en/staff/member/kokko_hanna.html |date=16 July 2021 }} at University of Zurich
- [https://www.kokkonuts.org/ Lab team website]
- [https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=8zhcc4wAAAAJ Google Scholar]
- [https://twitter.com/kokkonutter?lang=en Twitter]
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kokko, Hanna}}
Category:Evolutionary biologists
Category:Women evolutionary biologists
Category:Mathematical ecologists
Category:Theoretical biologists
Category:Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
Category:Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Category:Academic staff of the University of Helsinki
Category:Academic staff of the Australian National University