Otso Ovaskainen

Otso Ovaskainen

Academy Professor
Unit
Faculty of Mathematics and Science
Department / Division
Department of Biological and Environmental Science
Room number
Email
otso.t.ovaskainen@jyu.fi
Mobile
+358503092795
Postal address
Survontie 9

Biography

Biography

I am professor in mathematical and statistical ecology. My focus is in the development of statistical methods that help making more out of ecological data, as well as in the development of mathematical methods that help developing ecological theory. My current main areas are joint species distribution modelling, species identification from DNA, audio and image data, and agent-based modelling through spatio-temporal point processes. I lead the ERC-Synergy project LIFEPLAN that surveys wordls biodiversity with DNA, audio and image, and develops statistical methods for the analyses of those data. Currently I am an Academy Professor at the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences at JY, and I am a leader of the Predictive Community Ecology (PredCom) research group.

Publications

Publication
2025

Ecology
Saine, Sonja
Penttilä, Reijo
Fukami, Tadashi
Furneaux, Brendan
Hytönen, Tuija
Miettinen, Otto
Monkhouse, Norman
Mäkipää, Raisa
Pennanen, Jorma
Zakharov, Evgeny V.
Ovaskainen, Otso
Abrego, Nerea
Publication
2025

Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences
Abrego, Nerea
Saine, Sonja
Penttilä, Reijo
Furneaux, Brendan
Hytönen, Tuija
Miettinen, Otto
Monkhouse, Norman
Mäkipää, Raisa
Pennanen, Jorma
Zakharov, Evgeny V.
Ovaskainen, Otso
Publication
2025

Landscape Ecology
Meramo, Katarina
Vasko, Ville
Pietikäinen, Tia-Marie
Laine, Veronika N.
Ovaskainen, Otso
Lilley, Thomas M.
Publication
2025

Functional Ecology
Aguilar‐Trigueros, Carlos A.
Ovaskainen, Otso
Abrego, Nerea
Publication
2025

Molecular Ecology
Naranjo‐Orrico, D.
Ovaskainen, O.
Furneaux, B.
Purhonen, J.
Arancibia P. , A.
Burg, S.
Moser, N.
Niku, J.
Tikhonov, G.
Zakharov, E.
Monkhouse, N.
Abrego, N.
Publication
2024

Citizen Science : Theory and Practice
Nokelainen, Ossi
Lauha, Patrik
Andrejeff, Sebastian
Hänninen, Jari
Inkinen, Jasmin
Kallio, Aleksi
Lehto, Harry J.
Mutanen, Marko
Paavola, Riku
Schiestl-Aalto, Pauliina
Somervuo, Panu
Sundell, Janne
Talaskivi, Jussi
Vallinmäki, Mikko
Vancraeyenest, Aurélie
Lehtiö, Ari
Ovaskainen, Otso
Publication
2024

PLoS Computational Biology
Rahman, Anis Ur
Tikhonov, Gleb
Oksanen, Jari
Rossi, Tuomas
Ovaskainen, Otso
Publication
2024

Nature
Abrego, Nerea
Furneaux, Brendan
Hardwick, Bess
Somervuo, Panu
Palorinne, Isabella
Aguilar-Trigueros, Carlos A.
Andrew, Nigel R.
Babiy, Ulyana V.
Bao, Tan
Bazzano, Gisela
Bondarchuk, Svetlana N.
Bonebrake, Timothy C.
Brennan, Georgina L.
Bret-Harte, Syndonia
Bässler, Claus
Cagnolo, Luciano
Cameron, Erin K.
Chapurlat, Elodie
Creer, Simon
D’Acqui, Luigi P.
de Vere, Natasha
Desprez-Loustau, Marie-Laure
Dongmo, Michel A. K.
Jacobsen, Ida B. Dyrholm
Fisher, Brian L.
Flores de Jesus, Miguel
Gilbert, Gregory S.
Griffith, Gareth W.
Gritsuk, Anna A.
Gross, Andrin
Grudd, Håkan
Halme, Panu
Hanna, Rachid
Hansen, Jannik
Hansen, Lars Holst
Hegbe, Apollon D. M. T.
Hill, Sarah
Hogg, Ian D.
Hultman, Jenni
Hyde, Kevin D.
Hynson, Nicole A.
Ivanova, Natalia
Karisto, Petteri
Kerdraon, Deirdre
Knorre, Anastasia
Krisai-Greilhuber, Irmgard
Kurhinen, Juri
Kuzmina, Masha
Lecomte, Nicolas
Lecomte, Erin
Loaiza, Viviana
Lundin, Erik
Meire, Alexander
Mešić, Armin
Miettinen, Otto
Monkhouse, Norman
Mortimer, Peter
Müller, Jörg
Nilsson, R. Henrik
Nonti Puani, Yannick C.
Nordén, Jenni
Nordén, Björn
Norros, Veera
Paz, Claudia
Pellikka, Petri
Pereira, Danilo
Petch, Geoff
Pitkänen, Juha-Matti
Popa, Flavius
Potter, Caitlin
Purhonen, Jenna
Pätsi, Sanna
Rafiq, Abdullah
Raharinjanahary, Dimby
Rakos, Niklas
Rathnayaka, Achala R.
Raundrup, Katrine
Rebriev, Yury A.
Rikkinen, Jouko
Rogers, Hanna M. K.
Rogovsky, Andrey
Rozhkov, Yuri
Runnel, Kadri
Saarto, Annika
Savchenko, Anton
Schlegel, Markus
Schmidt, Niels Martin
Seibold, Sebastian
Skjøth, Carsten
Stengel, Elisa
Sutyrina, Svetlana V.
Syvänperä, Ilkka
Tedersoo, Leho
Timm, Jebidiah
Tipton, Laura
Toju, Hirokazu
Uscka-Perzanowska, Maria
van der Bank, Michelle
van der Bank, F. Herman
Vandenbrink, Bryan
Ventura, Stefano
Vignisson, Solvi R.
Wang, Xiaoyang
Weisser, Wolfgang W.
Wijesinghe, Subodini N.
Wright, S. Joseph
Yang, Chunyan
Yorou, Nourou S.
Young, Amanda
Yu, Douglas W.
Zakharov, Evgeny V.
Hebert, Paul D. N.
Roslin, Tomas
Ovaskainen, Otso
Publication
2024

Forest Ecology and Management
Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian
Ovaskainen, Otso
Møller, Peter Friis
Johannsen, Vivian Kvist
Byriel, David Bille
Justesen, Mathias Just
Riis-Nielsen, Torben
Hansen, Aslak Kappel
Gottlieb, Lasse
Schmidt, Inger Kappel
Publication
2024

Animal Conservation
Gaget, E.
Ovaskainen, O.
Bradter, U.
Haas, F.
Jonas, L.
Johnston, A.
Langendoen, T.
Lehikoinen A., S.
Pärt, T.
Pavón‐Jordán, D.
Sandercock B., K.
Soultan, A.
Brommer J., E.

Research groups

Research group

Predictive Community Ecology Group

A research group jointly run by Nerea Abrego and Otso Ovaskainen at the Department of Biological and Environmental Science