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Tuija I. Pulkkinen (born 1962) is a Finnish space physicist. Her primary research foci are studying
the energy flow from the solar wind to the near-Earth space environment and the
energy dissipation processes in the magnetosphere.
Early life and education
Pulkkinen was born in 1962. She received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in theoretical physics from the
University of Helsinki in 1987 and 1992.
Research and career
Pulkkinen's main research contributions are related to modelling current in the magnetotail during the growth of storms and
understanding its importance for magnetotail instabilities. She has broad experience in both modeling and data analysis.
Pulkkinen received the American Geophysical Union Macelwane Medal in 1998 for outstanding research by a young scientist.
Pulkkinen was affiliated with the Finnish Meteorological Institute from 1998 to 2010. In 2011 she became Dean of the School of Electrical Engineering at Aalto University; she was vice president for Research at the same institution for 2014–2018. She became chair of the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering at the University of Michigan in 2018.
Awards and honors
1988: Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union
2001: Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
2010: Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
2014: Foreign Member, U.S. National Academy of Sciences
2017: Julius Bartels Medal, European Geosciences Union