Jukka Alm
Adjunct Professor, Senior Scientist, Natural Resources Institute (Luke) Finland
Dr. Alm has worked on carbon cycling and GHG exchange (CO2, CH4, N2O) at terrestrial / aquatic environments such as peatlands, lakes, reservoirs, forestry buffer zones and soil freeze thaw cycles. He has also worked on forest soil carbon inventories in emerging economies in Asia and Africa. Since the year 2004 Dr. Jukka Alm has served IPCC as Lead Author in his areas of expertise, contributing to several Guidelines for National GHG Inventory (2006 IPCC AFOLU Guidelines, IPCC Reporting Software, 2013 IPCC Wetland Supplement, and the 2019 IPCC Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines). He has published more than 60 scientific papers in international journals and numerous other scientific publications. Dr. Alm is currently an expert member in Finnish Ramsar Wetland Working Group, member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the GHG Inventory Project in Finland. His current interest is to contribute in development of GHG inventory methods for flooded lands, especially freshwater reservoirs.