Heidi Rautiainen

Postdoctor, Reindeer husbandry,
Phone
+4618671562
Postdoctoral researcher with a focus on spatial analyses and machine learning to follow animal movement patterns and fine-scale behaviors.

Presentation

Research skills:

Working with collection, handling, and analysing large data sets of (GPS and acceleration) data in R, QQIS and Anaconda, with main interest in spatial modeling and machine learning. Co-production of knowledge with stakeholders, both by individual interviews (using thematic content analysis approach) and workshops. 

Research activities:

In the organizing committee for Arctic Ungulate Conference, Jokkmokk, 2019 and in the organizing and scientific committee for Reindeer Husbandry Conference, Alta, 2025. 
 

Research groups

Teaching

Teaching (mainly reindeer biology, husbandry, welfare, and diseases) in bachelor and master courses at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, SLU:

Teaching (R and GIS) in PhD courses Data handling and high-quality illustrations for publications (P000085) and Animal movements - from free ranging to restricted indoor environments (P000012), with focus on spatial data handling and modelling in R.

Publications