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Personal profile
Artistic and research interests
I am currently working as a part-time Postdoctoral Researcher. I mainly focus on advising doctoral students and on teaching at Aalto WAT courses, in addition to international research collaborations.
My expertise covers the flow of water and the transport of sediment and nutrients in rivers, streams and ditches. The applied focus is on developing and assessing nature-based solutions in river and agricultural water management. I am particularly interested in the complex interactions between flow, vegetation and riverine transport and retention processes.
My current main international collaborators include Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, University of Sheffield, Deltares, Institute of Geophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and Warsaw University of Life Sciences.
My current main national collaborators are University of Helsinki and the Finnish Environment Institute (Syke). My main affiliation is Syke, where I work as Senior Researcher.
You can follow my work at https://bsky.app/profile/kaisavastila.bsky.social
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctoral degree, Engineering and Technology, Aalto University
Award Date: 26 Jan 2016
Master's degree, Engineering and Technology, Teknillinen korkeakoulu
Award Date: 18 May 2009
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Evaluating multiannual sedimentary nutrient retention in agricultural two-stage channels
Västilä, K. & Jilbert, T., Dec 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 16 p., 722.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Flume Investigation of Hydraulics of Nature-like Patchy Vegetation
Khalid, A., Västilä, K. & Järvelä, J., 2025, p. 19-22. 4 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Scientific › peer-review
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Incorporating blockage effect of flexible woody vegetation patches in flow resistance analyses
Khalid, H. A., Vastila, K. & Jarvela, J., Oct 2025, In: Acta Geophysica . 73, 5, p. 4639-4654 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Blockage effect of emergent riparian vegetation patches on river flow
Bae, I., Ji, U., Järvelä, J. & Västilä, K., May 2024, In: Journal of Hydrology. 635, 15 p., 131197.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Kaksitasouomien tulvatasanteet kiintoaineen ja fosforin pidättäjinä: tietoa mitoituksen, hoidon ja valuma-aluetekijöiden vaikutuksista
Västilä, K., Jilbert, T., Virta, M., Ronkainen, T., Koskiaho, J., Wikström, J., Valkama, P., Kauppila, M. & Joensuu, S., 2024, In: Vesitalous. 2024, 06, p. 33-41 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Projects
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Västilä SA-tutkijatohtori: Nature-based solutions for hydro-environmental engineering: Coupling vegetation hydrodynamics with sedimentary nutrient processes
Västilä, K. (Principal investigator)
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2023
Project: RCF Postdoctoral Researcher
Datasets
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Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry (ADV) data on flow-vegetation interaction in partly vegetated channels with flexible and rigid vegetation
Västilä, K. (Contributor), Järvelä, J. (Contributor), Rowiński, P. (Contributor), Giugni, M. (Contributor), Gualtieri, P. (Contributor) & Caroppi, G. (Creator), Mendeley Data, 12 Feb 2021
DOI: 10.17632/p6m666p4kb.2, https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/p6m666p4kb and one more link, http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/p6m666p4kb.2 (show fewer)
Dataset
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Flume data on flow resistance of flexible foliated woody vegetation
Västilä, K. (Creator), Box, W. (Creator), Aberle, J. (Creator) & Järvelä, J. (Creator), Zenodo, 16 Jul 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12749413, https://zenodo.org/records/12749414
Dataset
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Data of Västilä & Jilbert (2024): Sedimentary nutrient retention in an agricultural two-stage channel over the first 9 years: analytical framework and application to a case study site
Västilä, K. (Creator), Järvelä, J. (Creator), Jilbert, T. (Creator), Andelin, M. (Creator), Louhio, A. (Creator), Peltola, A. (Creator) & Koivusalo, H. (Creator), Zenodo, 21 Mar 2024
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4729536, https://zenodo.org4729537 and one more link, https://zenodo.org/records/14581160 (show fewer)
Dataset
Activities
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Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Västilä, K. (Visiting researcher)
26 Aug 2019 → 18 Sept 2019Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Korea Institute of Construction Technology
Västilä, K. (Visiting researcher)
7 Oct 2018 → 12 Oct 2018Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Environmental two-stage channels: potential for catchment-scale reductions in nutrient transport?
Västilä, K. (Speaker), Aberle, J. (Contributor), Järvelä, J. (Contributor), Kalinowska, M. B. (Contributor), Meyn, T. (Contributor), Mikkelsen, O. (Contributor) & Rowiński, P. M. (Contributor)
2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference presentation
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Adam Kiczko
Västilä, K. (Host)
6 Aug 2018 → 10 Aug 2018Activity: Hosting a visitor types › Hosting an academic visitor
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Acta Geophysica (Journal)
Västilä, K. (Editorial board member)
Sept 2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Membership of an editorial board
Press/Media
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Influence of vegetation maintenance on flow and mixing : case study comparing fully cut with high-coverage conditions
22/03/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Pelto turvaan tulvalta uomia muuttamalla
03/09/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Platåer ger glada öringar och renare vattendrag
02/09/2021
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Maankuivatus ja ilmastonmuutos -seminaari torstaina 18.10. Dipolissa
16/10/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Tulvajoki sisätiloissa – Aalto-yliopiston laboratorion vesikourulla etsitään yhteistä kieltä luontoäidin kanssa
08/04/2018
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance