INSTAAR: Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski

Fellow of INSTAAR; Research Scientist, Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA.

PhD: 1981, University of Lund, Sweden; DSc. 1989, University of Stockholm, Sweden.

Mervi.Hjelmroos-koski@colorado.edu
(303)-492-5158

INSTAAR Directorate Members

Specialty: Palynology, pollen transport and deposition, pollination biology, long-distance transport of biological material, airborne fungal spores

Research Interests: (1) Annual pollen deposition and pollen–climate calibrations in the Colorado Front Range, to better understand pollen–vegetation relationships and vegetation responses to climate change, (2) Composition of atmospheric organic carbon with special reference to pollen grains and fungal spores and (3) Native vegetation responses to invasive pollinators.

Selected Publications:

Heikkinen, M.S.A., Hjelmroos-Koski, M. K., Haggblom, M.M & Macher, J. M. 2005. Chapter XIII. Bioaerosols. Invited capture in: Ruzer, Lev and Harley, Naomi H. (Eds.) Aerosols Handbook: Measurement, Dosimetry and Health Effects. pp. 291-342; CRC Press.
Marks, G.B., Colquhoun, J.R., Girgis, S.T., Hjelmroos-Koski, M., Treloar, A., Hansen, P., Downs, S. & Car, G. 2001. Thunderstorm outflows are a common cause of epidemics of asthma during spring and summer. –Thorax 56:468-471.
Hjelmroos M., Benyon FHL, Culliver S., Jones AS. 1999. Airborne allergens: Interactive identification of allergenic pollen grains and fungal spores. Institute of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sydney, Australia 1999.
Razmovski, V., O’Meara, TJ, Hjelmroos, M, Marks, G, Tovey, ER. 1998. Adhesive tapes as capture surfaces in Burkard sampling. Grana. 37:305-310.
Hjelmroos, M. 1996. Washout of long-distance transported pollen grains by snow and rain. In: A.-M. Robertsson, S. Hicks, J. Risberg & A. Åkerlund (Ed.) Landscapes and Life. - PACT 50:485-496.
Hjelmroos, M. 1996. Long-distance transport of the biological particles of desert origin. In: Guerzoni and Chester (Eds.) The Impact of Desert Dust Across the Mediterranean, 247-252. Kluwer Academic Publishers. The Netherlands.
Hjelmroos, M., Schumacher, M. & van Hage-Hamsten, M. 1995. Heterogeneity of pollen proteins within individuals of Betula pendula trees. - International Archives of Allergy and Immunology 108:368-376.
Franzen, L., Hjelmroos, M., Kallberg, P., Brorstrom-Lunden, E., Juntto, S. & Savolainen, A-L. 1994. Yellow snow - a case study of long-range transport of dust in northern Fennoscandia, March 1991. - Atmospheric Environment 28:3587-3604.
Hjelmroos, M. & Franzen, L. 1994. Implications of recent long-distance pollen transport events on the interpretation of fossil pollen records in Fennoscandia. - Rev. Palaeobotany and Palynology 82:175-189.
Hjelmroos, M., Egen, N. & Schumacher, M. 1993. Optimising the extraction of allergens in Betula pollen grains as determined by isoelectric focusing (IEF) in polyacrylamide gels. Allergie et Immunologie 25:137-140.
Hjelmroos, M. 1993. Relationship between airborne fungal spore presence and weather variables. Cladosporium and Alternaria. - Grana 32:40-47.
Hjelmroos, M. 1991. Evidence of long-distance transport of Betula pollen. - Grana 30:215-228.

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