About us

ReSoLVE (Research on SOlar Long-term Variability and Effects) is a Center of Excellence established in 2014 and funded by the Academy of Finland. We are a group of 5 research teams from University of Oulu, Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) and Aalto University focused on studying the long-term solar variability and its effects in near-Earth space, atmosphere and climate.

University of Oulu

  • Kalevi Mursula, Professor, leader of HELIOS team, director of ReSoLVE
  • Ilya Usoskin, Professor, leader of COSMIC team, vice-director of ReSoLVE
  • Timo Asikainen, Docent, Academy research fellow, leader of ENERGETIC team
  • Ilpo Virtanen, PostDoc, ReSoLVE coordinator
  • Alexander Mishev, PostDoc
  • Liyun Zhang, PostDoc

  • Anton Artamonov, PhD student
  • Eleanna Asvestari, PhD student
  • Tibebu Getachew, PhD student
  • Amr Hamada, PhD student
  • Lauri Holappa, PhD student
  • Jennimari Koskela, PhD student
  • Ville Maliniemi, PhD student
  • Stepan Poluianov, PhD student
  • Iiro Virtanen, PhD student

  • Timo Qvick, M.Sc. student
  • Miro Ruopsa, M.Sc. Student
  • Antti Salminen, M.Sc. student
  • Pauli Väis;änen;, M.Sc. student
  • Jaakko Astikainen, B.Sc. student
  • Elina Heikkinen, B.Sc. student
  • Ismo Tähtinen, B.Sc. student

Aalto University

Website of DYNAMO team

  • Maarit J. Käpyl;ä, Docent, leader of DYNAMO team (Aalto)

  • Juha Karhunen, Professor (supervising professor)
  • Petri J. Käpyl;ä, Docent
  • Matthias Rheinhardt, PhD

  • Elizabeth Cole, PhD student
  • Jyri Lehtinen, PhD student
  • Nigul Olspert, PhD student
  • Miikka Väis;äl;ä, PhD student

Finnish Meteorological Institute

Website of MAGNETIC team

  • Eija Tanskanen, Professor, leader of MAGNETIC team

  • Katerina Andréeov;á, PostDoc
  • Liisa Juusola, PostDoc
  • David Pérez-Su;árez;, PostDoc

  • Reko Hynönen;, PhD student
  • Shabnam Nikbakhsh, PhD student
  • Pyry Peitso, PhD student
  • Joonas Viuho, M.Sc student
  • Aleksi Porokka, B.Sc. student