Tuija Pulkkinen
{{short description|Finnish professor of space science and technology}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Tuija I. Pulkkinen
| alma_mater = University of Helsinki (MS, PHD)
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| awards = Macelwane Medal (1998)
Julius Bartels Medal (2017)
| field = {{Plainlist|
- Space Physics
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| website = {{URL|https://clasp.engin.umich.edu/people/pulkkinen-tuija/}}
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Tuija I. Pulkkinen (born 1962) is a Finnish space physicist. Her primary research foci are studying
the energy flow from the solar wind to the near-Earth space environment and the
energy dissipation processes in the magnetosphere.
Early life and education
Pulkkinen was born in 1962. She received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in theoretical physics from the
University of Helsinki in 1987 and 1992.{{cite web |last1=Olsen |first1=E.J. |title=Dr. Tuija Pulkkinen named next CLaSP department chair |url=https://news.engin.umich.edu/2018/06/dr-tuija-pulkkinen-named-next-clasp-department-chair |website=Michigan Engineer News Center |accessdate=28 August 2019}}
Research and career
Pulkkinen's main research contributions are related to modelling current in the magnetotail during the growth of storms and
understanding its importance for magnetotail instabilities. She has broad experience in both modeling and data analysis.
Pulkkinen received the American Geophysical Union Macelwane Medal in 1998 for outstanding research by a young scientist.{{cite journal |last1=Baker |first1=Daniel |title=Pulkkinen receives James B. Macelwane Medal |journal=EOS |date=23 June 1998 |volume=79 |issue=25 |pages=293 |doi=10.1029/98EO00219 |doi-access=free }}
Pulkkinen was affiliated with the Finnish Meteorological Institute from 1998 to 2010. In 2011 she became Dean of the School of Electrical Engineering at Aalto University; she was vice president for Research at the same institution for 2014–2018. She became chair of the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan in 2018.{{cite web |last1=Olsen |first1=E.J. |title=Dr. Tuija Pulkkinen named next CLaSP department chair |url=https://news.engin.umich.edu/2018/06/dr-tuija-pulkkinen-named-next-clasp-department-chair |website=Michigan Engineer News Center |accessdate=28 August 2019}}
Awards and honors
- 1988: Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union{{cite web |title=TUIJA I. PULKKINEN |url=https://honors.agu.org/winners/tuija-i-pulkkinen/ |website=AGU Honors |publisher=American Geophysical Union |accessdate=28 August 2019}}
- 2001: Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters{{cite web |title=Members of Finnish Academy of Science and Lett |url=https://acadsci.fi/suomalainen-tiedeakatemia/jasenet/kotimaiset-jasenet.html |website=Finish Academy of Science and Letters |accessdate=28 August 2019}}
- 2010: Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters{{Cite web |title=Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters Ordinary Members |url=https://scientiarum.fi/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Ordinarie-ledamoter-25.10.2022.pdf |access-date=26 October 2022}}
- 2011: Foreign Member of the Academia Europaea.{{cite web|title=Tuija Pulkkinen|url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Pulkkinen_Tuija|work=Member|publisher=Academia Europaea|access-date=2025-01-11}}
- 2014: Foreign Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences{{cite web |title=Tuija Pulkkinen |url=http://www.nasonline.org/member-directory/members/20033176.html |website=National Academy of Science |accessdate=13 August 2019}}
- 2017: Julius Bartels Medal, European Geosciences Union{{cite web |title=Bartels Medal |url=https://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/julius-bartels/2017/tuija-i-pulkkinen/ |publisher=European Geosciences Union |accessdate=13 August 2019}}
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Category:University of Helsinki alumni
Category:Academic staff of Aalto University
Category:University of Michigan faculty
Category:Women space scientists
Category:Finnish women scientists
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Category:Members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Category:Members of Academia Europaea
Category:20th-century American women scientists
Category:21st-century American women scientists
Category:20th-century Finnish physicists
Category:21st-century Finnish physicists