Dr.MAEDA Eduardo Eiji

Assistant Professor , School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, HKU

MSc (2008 – National Institute for Space Research, Brazil) PhD (2011 - University of Helsinki, Finland)

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2299 0605
2858 3477
KBSB 2N10

Teaching areas

Remote sensing
Spatial analysis
GIS
Environmental changes
Environmental modelling
Research interests
Remote sensing of ecosystems
Terrestrial ecosystem dynamics
Microclimate
Land use change
Climate change
Global and regional energy fluxes
Current research
Impacts of forest disturbances on microclimate
Forest structural and functional traits
Regional climate change
Deforestation
Agricultural expansion
Changes in ecosystem functioning
Selected Fellowships
09/2018 – 08/2023 – Academy of Finland Research Fellowship
09/2013 – 08/2016 – Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Fellowship
07/2011 – 08/2012 – Postdoctoral Researcher at the European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)
Recent Publications
Maeda, E.E., Haapasaari, P., Helle, I., Lehikoinen, A., Voinov, A. Kuikka, S. (2021). “Black boxes and the role of modelling in environmental policy making ". Frontiers in Environmental Science, doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2021.629336.
Maeda, E.E., Abera, T., Siljander, M., Aragão, L., Moura, Y., Heiskanen, J. (2021). “Large-scale commodity agriculture exacerbates the climatic impacts of Amazonian deforestation". PNAS, doi: 10.1073/pnas..
Abera, T., Heiskanen, J., Maeda, E.E., Pellikka, P., (2020) “Land surface temperature trend and its drivers in East Africa”. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, doi: 10.1029/2020JD033446
Junior, C. S., Aragão, L, Anderson, L, Fonseca, M., Shimabukuro, Y., Krug, T., Vancutsem, C., Achard, F., Beuchle, R., Saatchi, S., Numata, I., Silva, S., Silva, C., Maeda, E.E., Longo, M., (2020) “Persistent collapse of biomass in Amazonian forest edges following deforestation leads to unaccounted carbon losses”. Science Advances, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aaz8360.
Guan, Y., Lu, H, He L., Adhikari, H, Pellikka, P, Maeda, E.E., Heiskanen, J. (2020) “Intensification of the Dispersion of the Global Climatic Landscape and its Potential as a New Climate Change Indicator”. Environmental Research Letters, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aba2a7
Liu, Y., Tang, Z., Abera, T., Zhang, X., Hannele, H., Pellikka, P., Maeda, E.E. (2020) “Spatio-temporal distribution and source partitioning of formaldehyde over Ethiopia and Kenya”. Atmospheric Environment, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117706.
Abera, T., Heiskanen, J., Pellikka, P., Adhikari, H., Maeda, E.E. (2020) “The overlooked impacts of bushland loss on East African climate”. Science of the Total Environment, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137255.
Lu, H, Y Guan, L He, P Pellikka, J Heiskanen, Maeda, E.E. (2019) “Patch aggregation trends of the global climate landscape under future global warming scenarios”. International Journal of Climatology, doi: 10.1002/joc.6358.
Abera, T., Heiskanen, J., Pellikka, P., Maeda, E.E. (2019) “Impact of rainfall extremes on energy exchange and surface temperature anomalies across biomes in the Horn of Africa”. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107779.
Silveira, E., Terra, M., Steege, H., Maeda, E.E., Acerbi-Junior, F., Scolforo, J.R. (2019). “Carbon-diversity hotspots and their owners in Brazilian Savanna, Atlantic Forest and Semi-Arid Woodland domains”. Forest Ecology and Management, doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2019.117575.
Abera, T., Heiskanen, J., Pellikka, P., Rautiainen, M., Maeda, E.E. (2019) “Clarifying the role of radiative mechanisms in the spatio-temporal changes of land surface temperature across the Horn of Africa”. Remote Sensing of Environment, doi: 10.1016/j.rse.2018.11.024.
Maeda, E. E., Lisboa, F., Kaikkonen, L., Kallio, K., Koponen, S., Brotas, V., Kuikka, S. (2019) “Temporal patterns of phytoplankton phenology across high latitude lakes unveiled by long-term time series of satellite data”. Remote Sensing of Environment, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.12.006.
Piiroinen, R., F. Fassnacht, Heiskanen, B. Maeda, E.E, J. Mack, & P. Pellikka (2018). “Invasive tree species detection in the Eastern Arc Mountains biodiversity hotspot using one class classification”. Remote Sensing of Environment, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2018.09.018
Abera, T., Heiskanen, J., Pellikka, P., Maeda, E.E. (2018) “Rainfall–vegetation interaction regulates heat stress during extreme dry events in the Horn of Africa”. Global and Planetary Change, doi: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2018.05.002