RK
Riikka Kietäväinen
University of Helsinki, Geological Survey of Finland, University of Turku, University of Helsinki, Museum of Natural History
Research areas: Environmental Science · Environmental Chemistry · Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena · Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology · Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
0000-0002-4867-777X
Employment
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University of Helsinki Associate Professor2026 - Present
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University of Helsinki Assistant Professor2022 - 2025
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Geological Survey of Finland Head of Science and Innovations2022 - 2022
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Geological Survey of Finland Senior Scientist2019 - 2022
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University of Helsinki University Lecturer2019 - 2019
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Geological Survey of Finland Research Scientist2014 - 2019
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Geological Survey of Finland Research Scientist2010 - 2013
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University of Helsinki, Museum of Natural History Editor-in-chief, Geologia.fi2009 - 2011
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University of Turku Research Assistant2009 - 2010
Education
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Publications (32)
- Challenges in dating groundwater with tracers in Precambrian bedrock and postglacial sedimentary aquifers Save
- Episodic records of deep microbial methanogenesis throughout the Caledonian mountain range exhumation Save
- Threshold responses of soil greenhouse gas fluxes to rock fragment content in boreal forest soils Save
- Experiences and observed challenges in using groundwater dating tracers in Finland Save
- Unexpected oxygen calls for rethinking redox conditions in deep geological repositories Save
- Active methylotrophic methanogenesis by a microbial consortium enriched from a terrestrial meteorite impact crater Save
- Naturally occurring volatile organic compounds in deep bedrock groundwater Save
- Microbial methanogenesis fueled by freshwater infiltration and oil biodegradation in the Siljan impact structure, Sweden Save
- Candidatus Desulforudis audaxviator dominates a 975 m deep groundwater community in central Sweden Save
- Lithosphere 2024 Save
- What the Flux? – Water-Rock-Microbe Interactions and Crustal Gases in the Deep Subsurface Save
- Ancient organic matter in black shales as a carbon source for deep subsurface life Save
- Implications of a short carbon pulse on biofilm formation on mica schist in microcosms with deep crystalline bedrock groundwater Save
- Dissolved Microbial Methane in the Deep Crystalline Crust Fluids-Current Knowledge and Future Prospects Save
- Epilithic Microbial Community Functionality in Deep Oligotrophic Continental Bedrock Save
- Quality evaluation and explorative analysis of hydrogeochemical data of Olkiluoto site Save
- Rock Surface Fungi in Deep Continental Biosphere-Exploration of Microbial Community Formation with Subsurface In Situ Biofilm Trap Save
- Microbial metabolic potential in deep crystalline bedrock Save
- Ultradeep Microbial Communities at 4.4 km within Crystalline Bedrock Save
- Rare Biosphere Archaea Assimilate Acetate in Precambrian Terrestrial Subsurface at 2.2 km Depth Save