Emilia Kilpua Explained

Birth Name:	Emilia Katja Johanna Huttunen
Birth Date:	18 November 1977
Birth Place:	Oulu, Finland
Workplaces:	University of Helsinki
Thesis Title:	Interplanetary shocks, magnetic clouds and magnetospheric storms
Thesis Url:	http://hdl.handle.net/10138/23203
Thesis Year:	2005
Doctoral Advisor:	Hannu E. J. Koskinen

Emilia Kilpua (born November 18, 1977, in Oulu) is a Finnish space scientist. She is currently Professor of Space Physics at the University of Helsinki.^[1]

Background and career

Kilpua was born and raised in Oulu, northern Finland, where auroras are commonplace in winter. She studied theoretical physics and mathematics at the University of Helsinki, followed by a Master's degree and PhD, with a thesis titled Interplanetary shocks, magnetic clouds and magnetospheric storms, which she completed in 2005.^[2] She undertook a postdoctoral research associate post in the Space Sciences Laboratory at UC Berkeley. She moved back to Finland in 2008.

Scientific interests

Kilpua's primary research focus is space weather, particularly with an eye to improving forecasting.^{[3] [4]} She has made advances in our understanding of the formation and propagation of coronal mass ejections to Earth,^[5] as well as the response of the magnetospheric system, particularly the Earth's radiation belts.^[6]

Awards and honours

• 2022: Associate editor for Astrophysics and Space Science^[7]
• 2021: Väisälä Prize of the Finnish Academy of Sciences^[8]
• 2020: Member of Finnish Academy of Letters and Sciences^[9]
• 2020: Member of Finnish Space Situational Awareness working team
• 2019: 2021 President of Board of The Finnish Physical Society^[10]
• 2017: Member of Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)
• 2017: Awarded a European Research Council Consolidator Grant^[11]
• 2017: 2021 Member of Board of Solar Physics Division - European Physical Society
• 2016: 2019 Vice president of Board of The Finnish Physical Society
• 2015: Co-Investigator for BebiColombo SIXS

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emilia Kilpua . 2022-08-17 . University of Helsinki . en.
2. Web site: Emilia Kilpua . 2022-08-17 . multiverse.ssl.berkeley.edu.
3. Web site: Tiedeykkönen: Aurinko on monimutkainen hiukkaskattila - Venus ja Jupiter loistavat tähtitaivaalla Yle Areena – podcastit . 2022-08-17 . areena.yle.fi . fi.
4. Web site: Keränen . Matti . Vuonna 2012 Aurinko oli lähellä täräyttää kunnolla maapalloa - Avaruustutkija Emilia Kilpua hyötyi hurjasti: "Se osoittautui yhdeksi mittaushistorian voimakkaimmista magneettikentistä" . 2022-08-17 . Tekniikka&Talous . 10 February 2018 . fi.
5. Web site: 2020-02-11 . Euroopan aurinkoluotain kuvaa Auringon navat . 2022-08-17 . Tiede . fi.
6. Book: Physics of Earth's Radiation Belts . Astronomy and Astrophysics Library . 2022 . en . 10.1007/978-3-030-82167-8. 978-3-030-82166-1 . 240322137 . Koskinen . Hannu E. J. . Kilpua . Emilia K. J. .
7. Web site: Astrophysics and Space Science . 2022-08-17 . Springer . en.
8. Web site: Tiedeakatemia myönsi Väisälä-palkinnot professori Emilia Kilpualle ja apulaisprofessori Christian Webbille Helsingin yliopisto . 2022-08-17 . www.helsinki.fi . 13 December 2021 . fi.
9. Web site: Uudet jäsenet . 2022-08-17 . Tiedeakatemia . fi.
10. Web site: Board . 2022-08-17 . en-GB.
11. Web site: Karttunen . Anu . Emilia, 39, aikoo ratkaista aurinkomyrskyjen arvoituksen . 2022-08-17 . Talouselämä . 26 February 2017 . fi.