Hanna Kokko | |
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| Born | 1971 |
| Nationality | Finnish |
| Alma mater | University of Helsinki (Ph.D. 1997) Helsinki University of Technology (BSc., MSc.) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evolutionary ecology,Sustainability science |
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Hanna Kokko (born 1971) is a scientist and full professor at theUniversity of Zurich. She works in the fields ofevolution andecology and is known for her research on the evolution and maintenance ofsex, the feedback between ecology and evolution, and the evolutionary ecology ofcancer.[1]
Kokko attended theHelsinki University of Technology for her undergraduate engineering degree. While there, she became interested in biology and decided to complete a one-year biology research Master's degree. She completed her Ph.D. at theUniversity of Helsinki on the topic ofsexual selection and the evolution ofmate choice in 1997. During this time, she was mentored byWilliam Sutherland.[2]
Kokko has since held positions at theUniversity of Cambridge, theUniversity of Glasgow, theUniversity of Jyväskylä, theUniversity of Helsinki, and theAustralian National University, and she is currently a professor in evolutionary ecology at theUniversity of Zürich.[3] From 2008 to 2009 she served as co-chair ofVanamo-seura [fi].[4]
Kokko's bookKutistuva turska (Shrinking Cod) was awarded the Finnish State Award for Public Information (Tiedonjulkistamisen valtionpalkinto [fi]) in 2009.[3] She received the 2010Per Brinck Oikos Award [sv][5] and theBritish Ecological Society's Founder's Prize.[6] In 2010, she was awarded anAustralian Laureate Fellowship.[7][8] She became a Fellow of theAustralian Academy of Science in 2014[9] and won theFinnish Cultural Foundation's outstanding cultural achievement award in 2016.[10] In 2020, she became an International Honorary Member of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences.[11]
