Harri T. Kankaanpää

Biography

I am a chemist by education. I worked with Fourier infrared spectroscopy at the University of Helsinki in the beginning of my scientific career. During the master thesis stage I got into the Finnish Institute of Marine Research to research and develop protocols to measure pulp and paper mill emissions in the marine environment. The topic of my Ph. D. thesis was man-made and natural organic halogen compounds in the marine realm. I have a 25-year experience in marine research. Especially marine sediments and compounds produced by harmful algae have been targets of my research. I have worked approximately 450 days on various research vessels, predominantly on the Finnish r/v Aranda. I have been acting as a chief of numerous expeditions on r/v Aranda since 1994. I participated to the FINNARP marine expedition to the Antarctica in 1995/1996. 

Research Interest

Improving field observation techniques * Underwater measurement stations * Small-time-window changes in marine chemical status * Relationships between seafloor quality and water currents * Smart use of echo sounding technology * Underwater sounds * Unknown marine phenomena, Space research * Popularisation of research findings * Visualisation and sonification of data * Audiovisual and music production plus editing