Name	Position	Research Interests
Vihma, Timo	Research Professor, Group Leader	Arctic and Antarctic meteorology Polar climate system dynamics and climate change Arctic-midlatitude linkages Atmospheric moisture budget in polar regions Cyclones and anticyclones and their impacts in high latitudes Surface energy budget and atmospheric boundary layer processes Sea ice processes and variability
Cheng, Bin	Senior Scientist	Thermodynamical modeling of snow and ice for polar oceans, boreal and Tibet Plateau lakes Development of the HIGHTSI process model Polar climate Multi-source remote sensing data applications for polar snow and sea ice Lake ice phenology, snow and ice physical processes and mass balance Operational snow and sea ice forecasts for the seasonal ice-covered seas Field observations of snow and ice mass balance using SIMBA buoys
Erner, Irene	Research Scientist	Numerical Weather Prediction Sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasts Stratospheric processes Stratosphere-troposphere interactions Teleconnections
Karpechko, Alexey	Research Professor	Large scale atmospheric circulation Sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasts Stratosphere-troposphere interactions Climate dynamics Climate change
Koskentausta, Juho	Doctoral researcher	Large scale atmospheric circulation Global climate modeling
Naakka, Tuomas	Research Scientist	Atmospheric moisture Heat and moisture transport Large and synoptic scale circulation
Pirrazini, Roberta	Senior Scientist	Surface radiation and energy budget over snow and ice Observation and modeling of the interaction of solar radiation with snow and ice Sea ice albedo feedback and cloud radiative forcing on surface temperature over polar regions Development of instrumental systems to measure albedo from snow/ice surface and from unmanned aerial vehicles
Shevnina, Elena	Research Scientist	Stochastic hydrology Numerical modelling of hydrological processes Statistical analysis of extreme events Hydrological response to climate change Glacier hydrology
Valkonen, Elina	Research Scientist	Cyclone - sea ice - ocean interactions in Arctic and Antarctica High latitude extreme weather (cyclones, anticyclones, ARs etc.) Sea ice and snow processes and variability over polar oceans Machine learning in polar meteorology Extratropical cyclone tracking
van den Broek, Daan