Curriculum Vitae,               Sirpa Liisa Anneli Kurppa      18th October 2010 Personal Data

Date and place of birth          1^st December 1953 Joroinen

Nationality                            Finnish

Civil status                            Married, family of three children (born 1987, 1990, 1992)

Phone and email                   +358 040 548 6968 sirpa.kurppa@mtt.fi

Present and previous professional appointments

      MTT, Agrifood Research Finland, Biotechnology and Food Research, Team of Sustainable Bio-economy, Professor 1.4.2007- , Plant Production, Professor 1.1.2006-30.3.2007, Environmental Research, Unit leader 1.1.1997-31.12.2005, Member of the Management Group at MTT, 1.1.1997-31.12.2005

      Agricultural Research Centre of Finland, MTT, Institute of Plant Protection: Professor 1.7.1993-31.12.1996, acting professor 1.12.1990-30.6.1993, before that employed in research staff of MTT from 1.12.1982.

Teaching positions and adjunct professorships, universities

      Docent, University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Zoology, appointment 13.11.1990

Education

      Doctor of Agriculture and Forestry  Helsinki University, 28.5.1990:

Leadership training

      Specialist Qualification in Management. University of Helsinki, Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education. Passed August 2006.

Supervisor, pre-examiner. member of examiner team or  opponent for doctoral dissertations for nine students, totally.

Scientific expert positions

      Member for the updating group of the Programme to promote sustainable consumption and production. 2011.

      The Finnish National Strategy for Food 2030, Member of the steering group of 2009-2010.

      The Committee for the Future of the Finnish Parliament, member of the working group of forest and food 2009-2010

      Nornet - Northern environmental research network, vice member of the executive group (2000-2006)

      The ETU2030 -program of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland, member of the working group focusing on ecological approach (2000-2002)

      University of Helsinki, Palmenia Centre for Continuing Education, PD Programme for agricultural experts - biosciences, technology and economics, member of the board (1999-2004).

Positions of trust:

      The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, member

      Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists, NJF: Chair person of the presidium of NJF (1999-2003) Chair person of the board of the Finnish Association of NJF (1999-2003) Secretary of the Finnish Association of NJF (1995-1998) Finnish representative in the section board of plant protection (1995-1999)

      Seed Potato Centre of Finland, member and vice chairperson of the board of trustees (1999-2002)

      Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the advisory board for plant protection, chairperson (1991-1996)

Previous research:

- for international co-operation:

      EU INCO-DEV project: Sustainable Agro-ecosystem Management and Development of Rural-Urban Interaction in regions and cities of China. SUSDEV-CHINA (2002-2006).

      Finnish International Development Agency FINNIDA, Quality control of Agricultural Projects (Egypt), Field consulting on good plant protection practice, (1994-1995), member of the group of experts. Several visits to Egypt, and Egypt Finland Agricultural Project EFAP, (1994-1996), member of the steering group.

Most important foreign visits: 

      Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Wellington, NZ. OECD Co-operative Research Programme: Biological Resource Management for Sustainable Agricultural Systems, 28.8.2006 - 28.1.2007. 

      University of California, Riverside, Department of Nematology 1.1.1984 - 30.6.1984

      Canada Agriculture Research Station, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1.7.1984 - 31.12.1984 nematodes 

      Scottish Horticultural Research Institute, (Scottish Crop Research Institute), Dundee 1.9.1978-31.1.1979

Publications:

The total list of the latest ones published at web www.mtt.fi and the total list published at web http://www.mtt.fi/asteri/Sirpa_Kurppa_CV_eng.pdf