1. Joona Lehtomäki
Academic profile: http://bit.ly/1flGt1m
ORCID-ID: 0000-0002-7891-0843
Nationality: Finnish
CVupdated: 2015-09-24
joona.lehtomaki@gmail.comHelsinki,Finland
(+358) 40 826 9069
jlehtoma.github.io
fi.linkedin.com/in/jlehtoma
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EDUCATION
2014 Ph.D., Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki.
Major in ecology and evolutionary biology, grade: passed. Supervised by Atte Moilanen.
Thesis: Spatial conservation prioritization for Finnish forest conservation management.
2007 M.Sc., Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki.
Major in environmental biology, grade: laudatur (5/5). Supervised by Atte Moilanen.
Thesis: The effect of landscape structure on butterfly movement in power line
rights-of-ways.
2000 Upper secondary school, Ressun lukio, Helsinki.
3x laudatur, 2x eximia and 1 lubenter approbatur.
PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2015 - Post-doctoral researcher, Conservation Biodiversity Informatics Group,
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki.
Ecological decision-analysis on conservation resource allocation in boreal forest ecosys-
tems, the effects of scale and connectivity on conservation planning, connectivity analysis
of the global protected area network, MSc supervision.
2010 - 2014 Researcher, Nature Environment Centre/Ecosystem Services,
Finnish Environment Institute, funding from the Ministry of the Environment
Large-scale conservation planning and decision-analysis in METSO-programme, applica-
tion of Zonation software, expert elicitation, science communication, administrator and
practitioner training and capacity building.
2008 - 2014 Graduate student (PhD), Metapopulation Research Centre,
Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki.
Ecological decision-analysis on conservation resource allocation in boreal forest ecosys-
tems,the effects of scale and connectivity on conservation planning, GISdatabase man-
agement and analysis, spatial modelling and cartography, biodiversity informatics.
2007 Researcher, Research Programme for Biodiversity,
Finnish Environment Institute.
Development and analysis of nation high nature value (HNV) farmland biodiversity
indicator system.
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Curriculum Vitae
Conscientious objector, Research Programme for Biodiversity,
Finnish Environment Institute.
GISdata analysis and management, interpretation of remote sensing data, development of
forest polypore observation database, web development, science communication.
2006 - 2007

2. RESEARCH PRODUCTS
Lehikoinen, A., Burgas, D., Eriksson, H., Fraixedas, S., Henttonen, H., Laakkonen, H., Lehikoinen, P.,
Lehtomäki, J., Leppänen, J., Mäkeläinen, S., Niemimaa, J., Pihlajaniemi, M., Santaharju, J. and
Välimäki, K. (in review). Factors affecting population dynamics of waterbirds in the Finnish Lap-
land: the role of climate and phase of the rodent cycle. Ornis Fennica. (open access)
Kullberg, P., Toivonen, T., Pouzols, F.M., Lehtomäki, J., Di Minin, E. and Moilanen, A. (in press). Com-
plementarity and area-efficiency in the prioritization of the global protected area network. PLoS
ONE. (open access)
Snäll, T., Lehtomäki, J., Arponen, A., Elith, J. and Moilanen, A. (2015). Green infrastructure design
based on spatial conservation prioritization and modeling of biodiversity features and ecosystem
services. Environmental Management. Online First. DOI:10.1007/s00267-015-0613-y (open access)
Lehtomäki, J., Tuominen, S., Toivonen, T. and Leinonen, A. (2015). What Data to Use for Forest Con-
servation Planning? A Comparison of Coarse Open and Detailed Proprietary Forest Inventory Data
in Finland. PLoSONE 10, e0135926. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0135926 (open access)
Auvinen, P., Ruokolainen, L., Hertzen, L. Von, Fyhrquist, N., Laatikainen, T., Lehtomäki, J., Haahtela,
T., Hanski, I. and Pekkanen, J. (2015). Green areas around homes reduce atopic sensitization in
children. Allergy 70, 195?202. DOI:10.1111/all.12545 (open access)
Pouzols, F.M., Toivonen, T., Di Minin, E., Kukkala, A.S., Kullberg, P., Kuusterä, J., Lehtomäki, J., Tenka-
nen, H., Verburg, P.H. and Moilanen, A. (2014). Global protected area expansion is compromised by
projected land-use and parochialism. Nature 516 (7531), 383?386. DOI:10.1038/nature14032
Lehtomäki, J. and Moilanen, A. (2013). Methods and workflow for spatial conservation prioritization
using Zonation. Environmental Modelling and Software. 47, 128?137. DOI:10.1016/j.en-
vsoft.2013.05.001 (open access)
Sirkiä, S., Lehtomäki, J., Lindén, H., Tomppo, E. and Moilanen, A. (2012). Defining spatial priorities for
capercaillie Tetraourogalluslekking landscape conservation in south-central Finland. Wildlife Bi-
ology. 18, 337?353. DOI:10.2981/11-073 (open access)
Arponen, A., Lehtomäki, J., Leppänen, J., Tomppo, E. and Moilanen, A. (2012). Effects of connectivity
and spatial resolution of analyses on conservation prioritization across large extents. Conservation.
Biology. 26, 294?304. DOI:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01814.x
Arponen, A., Cabeza, M., Eklund, J., Kujala, H. and Lehtomäki, J. (2010). Costs of integrating econom-
ics and conservation planning. Conservation Biology. 24, 1198?204.
DOI:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01539.x
Lehtomäki, J., Tomppo, E., Kuokkanen, P., Hanski, I. and Moilanen, A. (2009). Applying spatial conser-
vation prioritization software and high-resolution GISdata to a national-scale study in forest con-
servation. Forest Ecology and Management. 258, 2439?2449. DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2009.08.026
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Peer-reviewed publications
Curriculum Vitae

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Dissertations,guides and reports
Lehtomäki J., Toivonen, T., Leathwick, J. and Moilanen, A. (in preparation). Planning and and execut-
ing spatial conservation prioritization project using Zonation. Technical guide.
Lehtomäki, J. (2014). Spatial conservation prioritization for Finnish forest conservation management.
PhD dissertation. University of Helsinki. 60 pp. ISBN:978-951-51-0260-7.
Di Minin, E., Veach, V., Lehtomäki, J., Montesino Pouzols, F. and Moilanen A. (2014). A quick intro-
duction to Zonation. Unigrafia, Helsinki. 30 pp. ISBN: 978-952-10-9922-9.
Heliölä, J., Lehtomäki, J., Kuussaari, M., Tiainen, J., Piha, M., Schulman, A., Lehtonen, H., Miettinen,
A. and Koikkalainen, K. (2009). High Nature Value farmland in Finland ? identification, monitoring
and economic conditions for maintenance. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Helsinki.
ISBN:978-952-453-469-7. (summary in English).
Lehtomäki, J., 2006. The effect of landscape structure on butterfly movement in power line rights-of-
ways. MSc thesis. University of Helsinki. 84 pp. DOI:10.6084/m9.figshare.678269
Datasets
Lehtomäki, J., Tuominen, S., Toivonen, T. and Leinonen, A. (2015). Data from: What data to use for
forest conservation planning? A comparison of coarse open and detailed proprietary forest inven-
tory data in Finland. Dryad Digital Repository. DOI:10.5061/dryad.d9p4v
Cabeza, M., Fabritius, H., Lehtomäki, J., Ovaskainen, O., Rönkä, K. and Wahlberg, N. (2015). Data from:
The dual role of rivers in facilitating or hindering movements of the false heath fritillary butterfly.
Dryad Digital Repository. DOI:10.5061/dryad.j55vv
Pouzols, F.M., Toivonen, T., Di Minin, E., Kukkala, A., Kullberg, P., Kuusterä, J., Lehtomäki, J., Tenka-
nen, H., Verburg, P.H. and Moilanen, A. (2014). Data from: Global protected area expansion is com-
promised by projected land-use and parochialism. Nature, 516 (7531), 383-386.
http://avaa.tdata.fi/web/cbig/gpan/data-download
Curriculum Vitae
Software and visualizations
Lehtomäki, J. (2015). zonator: Utilities for Zonation spatial conservation prioritization software. R
package version 0.4.0. https://github.com/cbig/zonator
Lehtomäki, J. (2015). rdopa: R client to Joint Research Centre's DOPA REST API. R package version
0.1.6. https://github.com/ropensci/rdopa
Lehtomäki, J., Parkkinen, J., Lahti, L., Jousimo, J. and Aukia, J. (2015). gisfin R package: Tools for read-
ing open geographical data in Finland. https://github.com/rOpenGov/gisfin
Lehtomäki, J., Toivonen, T., Ek, K., Järveläinen, P., Lehtinen, J. and Westman, S. (2014). Interactive vi-
sualization website: Global protected area expansion is compromised by projected land-use and
parochialism. Retrieved September 20, 2015, from http://avaa.tdata.fi/web/cbig/gpan

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TEACHINGAND TRAININGEXPERIENCE
Curriculum Vitae
Software Carpentry Bootcamp, organiser of a graduate-level workshop on computational tools for
scientists (autumn semester [AS] 2015).
Introduction to open science, organiser of a graduate-level short introductory course to open
science (AS2015).
Concepts and principles of spatial conservation planning, guest lecturer on a undergraduate-level
course (spring semesters [SS] 2013, 2014, 2015).
Biodiversity informatics and data management, organiser of a graduate-level short-course
(AS2014).
Making Science Matter - increasing the impact of environmental findings, organiser of a
graduate-level short-course (AS2013).
Conservation biology in fragmented landscapes, organiser, guest lecturer and student mentor of a
undergraduate-level course (AS2010, 2011, 2012, 2015).
Applied geographic information systems, course assistant and guest lecturer on a
undergraduate-level course (AS2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015).
University of Helsinki
University of Jyväskylä
Conservation biology and environmental management, guest lecturer on a undergraduate-level
course (AS2010, 2012).
Specific training events
Workshop/short-courses on spatial conservation prioritization and Zonation software,
organiser and trainer in several academic training events (workshops organised in academic
confrences, e.g. ECCB 2009 Prague, ICCB 2011 Auckland, ICCB 2015 Montpellier). Also an organiser
and trainer for similar non-academic events in the Finnish Environment Institute, the Ministry of
Environment, Parks and Wildlife Finland and the Finnish Forest Centre.
CONSULTANCYAND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Short-course on spatial conservation prioritization, planning and running 1-day
short-course for the Swedish Environment Protection Agency, Stockholm.
2015
Web design and development, the design and implementation of several academic
websites (e.g. http://allaine.it.helsinki.fi, http://gcc.it.helsinki.fi, http://cbig.it.helsinki.fi)
2012 -
2013
Mapping alternative land-use allocation in the development on Sipoonkorpi
National Park, GISanalysis and creating maps for alternative land-use plans for the
Helsinki Association for Nature Conservation.
2010
PERSONAL GRANTS
Research Foundation of the University of Helsinki (competitive),
Early-career researcher grant (15 000 ?)
2008 - 2009
LUOVA graduate school travel grant to attend the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014
(1500 ?)
2014

5. ACADEMICPRESENTATIONS
Curriculum Vitae
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Lehtomäki, J. From global to local - How can spatial conservation prioritization inform
conservation policies and implementation. Invited talk at the Swedish Species
Information Centre at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
2015
Lehtomäki, J. Whose priorities? Providing decision-support for Finnish forest
conservation decision-making. Invited talk at Ecology and Evolution Biology seminar
series at the department of biosciences, University of Helsinki.
2015
Lehtomäki, J. Prioritizing protected area expansion in Finland - Connecting the dots. Oral
presentation at the 6th IUCN World Parks Congress, Sydney, Australia.
2014
Lehtomäki, J. Operational conservation prioritization in Fennoscandian forest landscapes.
Oral presentation at the 11th INTECOL Congress, London, the United Kingdom.
2013
Lehtomäki, J. How can Zonation support conservation planning of habitat networks.
Invited talk at CLIMES-seminar at the Finnish Environment Institute.
2012
Lehtomäki, J. What should (spatial) conservation prioritization deliver? Speed
presentation at the 25th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB),
Auckland, New Zealand.
2011
Lehtomäki, J. Habitat heterogeneity in spatial conservation prioritization. Invited talk at
the Australia Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis, Melbourne, Australia.
2010
Lehtomäki, J., Tomppo, E., Hanski, I. and Moilanen, A. Big plans for practical forest
conservation. Poster presented at the 2nd European Congress of Conservation Biology
(ECCB), Prague, Czech Republic.
2009
Lehtomäki, J. Big plans for practical forest conservation. Oral presentation at the 18th
Spring Symposium at the department of biosciences, University of Helsinki.
2009
Lehtomäki, J. and Moilanen, A. Conservation prioritization in Finnish boreal forests.
Poster presented at the IUFRO Confrence on biodiversity in forest ecosystems and
landscapes, Kamloops, Canada.
2008
Lehtomäki, J. Quantitative methods for targeting conservation management and intensive
forestry in Finnish forests - Can we have it both ways? Oral presentation at the 17th
Spring Symposium at the department of biosciences, University of Helsinki.
2008
Kareksela, S., Aapala, K., Alanen, A., Haapalehto, T., Kaakinen, E., Kämäri, I., Lahti, T.,
Lehtomäki, J., Leikola, N., Mikkonen, N., Moilanen, A., Salminen, P., Tuominen, S. and
Virkkala, R. Conservation and restoration in decision-making: Combining decision
support tools and local expertise when targeting complementarity and individual
hotspots. Poster presented at the 6th World Conference on Ecological Restoration
(SER), Manchester, the United Kingdom.
2015
PEER-REVIEWACTIVITY
Biological Conservation, Conservation Biology, Conservation Letters, Diversity and
Distributions, Landscape Ecology, Silva Fennica.

6. Curriculum Vitae
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MEMBERSHIPSIN PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Open Knowledge Finland (open science working group)2013 -
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB)2009 -
Society for Conservation Biology (SCB), Europe Section Student Affairs Committee.2009 -
2010
Open Science and Research Initiative (Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture),
Initiative specialist group.
2014 -
LANGUAGES
Finnish Native (reading, speaking, writing)
English Fluent (reading, speaking, writing)
Swedish Good (reading), basic (speaking, writing)
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
REFERENCES
Atte Moilanen, research director, atte.moilanen@helsinki.fi, Department of Biosciences
PO Box 65 (Viikinkaari 1), FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Tuuli Toivonen, assistant professor, tuuli.toivonen@helsinki.fi, Department of Geosciences and
Geography, PO Box 64 (Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2), FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Janne Kotiaho, professor, janne.kotiaho@jyu.fi, Department of Biological and Environmental Science.
PO Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland
Petri Ahlroth, director, petri.ahlroth@ymparisto.fi, Natural Environment Centre, Finnish Environment
Institute, PO Box 140 (Mechelininkatu 34a), FI-00260 Helsinki, Finland
Stakeholder engagement and science communication. I have six years' experience in
stakolder engagement in spatial conservation planning, including organising workshops,
eliciting expert information and developing planning products. I have a strong presence in
several social media platforms (e.g. Twitter) and experience in using online collaboration
tools (e.g. Github).
Open science. I have deep understanding on the concepts, benefits and costs of open
access publishing, open research data (including data management planning) and open
research methods. I am a founding member of Open Knowledge Finland's open science
working group, one the largest open science networks in Finland.
Programming and computational tools. I have experience in following programming
languages: R (7 years, incl. geospatial packages and data manipulation, package
development, and visualization), Python (10 years, incl. various geospatial packages,
numpy, scipy, IPython, pandas, matplotlib, Django), Ruby (2 years, web development), Java
(2 years) and Javascript (1 year, web development and visualisation). I am fluent in Linux
desktop and server administration and MSWindows. I can do web development in
HTML/CSS(3 years experience) and have a working knowedge in PostgreSQL and MySQL
RDBMS. I am proficient in git version control system.
Geographic information systems. I am fluent in many desktop (ArcGIS, QGIS, GRASS)
and database (PostGIS) GIS, as well as programmatic libraries (e.g. GDAL, GEOS). I am
familiar with GeoServer web GISand leaflet and OpenLayers client-side mapping libraries.