About me
I work as a staff scientist in the unit of Materials Science and Environmental Engineering, which belongs to the faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences of Tampere University. I’m responsible of the research infrastructure and analytical equipment of the sub-unit of Bio and Circular Economy (BIC) together with the rest of the laboratory team.
I have an educational background in environmental engineering (PhD 2021, TAU), aquatic ecology (MSc 2010, QMUL) and laboratory engineering (2009, Piramk). I have gained lot of analytical and experimental experience while working as a laboratory technician for an ophthalmological company, and in different research-related tasks in national and international research facilities in the field of natural sciences and environmental engineering. In 2020–2022, I worked as a clay specialist and a project leader (IPMA level D) in the field of hazardous waste management.
Responsibilities
- Research support (e.g., helping in planning of projects and experiments, developing methods, interpreting data)
- Coordination of the use of BIC’s laboratories and equipment in Festia and Konetalo hall 5
- Maintenance and users’ training of BIC’s analytical equipment
- Planning and processing the procurement for BIC's laboratories
- Planning of BIC’s research facilities in Sähkötalo Research Hub project
Fields of expertise
Instrumental analytics (e.g., gas and liquid chromatography, spectrophotometry, atomic spectroscopy, mass spectrometry), microbiological methods, aerobic methane oxidation, sulfate reduction, disposal of spent nuclear fuel, bentonite mechanical evolution, soil-microbial interactions.
Latest publications
3D modelling of long-term sulfide corrosion of copper canisters in a spent nuclear fuel repository
Ma, J., Pekala, M., Alt-Epping, P., Pastina, B., Maanoja, S. & Wersin, P., 2022, In: Applied Geochemistry. 146, 12 p., 105439.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Control of microbial activity by engineered barriers in subterranean waste disposal
Maanoja, S., 2021, Tampere: Tampere University. (Tampere University Dissertations - Tampereen yliopiston väitöskirjat; vol. 448)Research output: Book/Report › Doctoral thesis › Collection of Articles
Modelling of solute transport and microbial activity in diffusion cells simulating a bentonite barrier of a spent nuclear fuel repository
Kiczka, M., Pekala, M., Maanoja, S., Muuri, E. & Wersin, P., 2021, In: APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE. 211, 11 p., 106193.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
The effect of compaction and microbial activity on the quantity and release rate of water-soluble organic matter from bentonites
Maanoja, S., Palmroth, M., Salminen, L., Lehtinen, L., Kokko, M., Lakaniemi, A-M., Auvinen, H., Kiczka, M., Muuri, E. & Rintala, J., 15 Sept 2021, In: APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE. 211, 11 p., 106192.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Compacted bentonite as a source of substrates for sulfate-reducing microorganisms in a simulated excavation-damaged zone of a spent nuclear fuel repository
Maanoja, S., Lakaniemi, A. M., Lehtinen, L., Salminen, L., Auvinen, H., Kokko, M., Palmroth, M., Muuri, E. & Rintala, J., 1 Oct 2020, In: APPLIED CLAY SCIENCE. 196, 13 p., 105746.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Evaluation of methods for enhancing methane oxidation via increased soil air capacity and nutrient content in simulated landfill soil cover
Maanoja, S. & Rintala, J., 2018, In: Waste Management. 82, p. 82-92 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Origin and fate of methane in the Eastern Tropical North Pacific oxygen minimum zone
Chronopoulou, P-M., Shelley, F., Pritchard, W. J., Maanoja, S. T. & Trimmer, M., 2017, In: ISME Journal. 11, p. 1386–1399 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Utilisation of clay-derived benzoic acid in sulphate reduction by mixed microbial culture
Maanoja, S., Parkkinen, L., Palmroth, M., Kokko, M., Lakaniemi, A-M., Tolvanen, K. & Rintala, J., 25 Sept 2017.Research output: Other conference contribution › Abstract › Scientific
Nitrous oxide as a function of oxygen and archaeal gene abundance in the North Pacific
Trimmer, M., Chronopoulou, P-M., Maanoja, S. T., Upstill-Goddard, R. C., Kitidis, V. & Purdy, K., 1 Dec 2016, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Communications. p. 1-10 10 p., 13451.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Factors affecting the elimination capacity of a passive methane biofilter
Maanoja, S. & Rintala, J., 2015, BioTechniques Ghent 2015 The 6th international conference on biotechniques for air pollution control: Conference Proceedings. p. 83-88 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Professional