{"id":2529,"date":"2025-03-19T07:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T07:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macroecology.ut.ee\/?post_type=our-people&#038;p=2529"},"modified":"2025-03-19T07:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T07:57:09","slug":"dr-mats-otto-kristian-ittonen","status":"publish","type":"our-people","link":"https:\/\/macroecology.ut.ee\/en\/our-people\/dr-mats-otto-kristian-ittonen\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Mats Otto-Kristian Ittonen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Research Fellow in Macroecology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am broadly interested in biogeography and particularly the consequences of climate change on species distributions. For my PhD at Stockholm University, I studied evolutionary adaptation during a butterfly species\u2019 climate change-driven range expansion, but in my postdoctoral work I am expanding my focus to macroecology and different taxonomic croups. My primary focus is on soil fungi that interact with plants, but I also plan to study the spread of agricultural pest insects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-bluesky  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/matsittonen.bsky.social\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M6.3,4.2c2.3,1.7,4.8,5.3,5.7,7.2.9-1.9,3.4-5.4,5.7-7.2,1.7-1.3,4.3-2.2,4.3.9s-.4,5.2-.6,5.9c-.7,2.6-3.3,3.2-5.6,2.8,4,.7,5.1,3,2.9,5.3-5,5.2-6.7-2.8-6.7-2.8,0,0-1.7,8-6.7,2.8-2.2-2.3-1.2-4.6,2.9-5.3-2.3.4-4.9-.3-5.6-2.8-.2-.7-.6-5.3-.6-5.9,0-3.1,2.7-2.1,4.3-.9h0Z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Bluesky<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-google  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=CsB2i9AAAAAJ&#038;hl=en&#038;oi=ao\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M12.02,10.18v3.72v0.01h5.51c-0.26,1.57-1.67,4.22-5.5,4.22c-3.31,0-6.01-2.75-6.01-6.12s2.7-6.12,6.01-6.12 c1.87,0,3.13,0.8,3.85,1.48l2.84-2.76C16.99,2.99,14.73,2,12.03,2c-5.52,0-10,4.48-10,10s4.48,10,10,10c5.77,0,9.6-4.06,9.6-9.77 c0-0.83-0.11-1.42-0.25-2.05H12.02z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Google<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-chain  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/matsittonen.com\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M15.6,7.2H14v1.5h1.6c2,0,3.7,1.7,3.7,3.7s-1.7,3.7-3.7,3.7H14v1.5h1.6c2.8,0,5.2-2.3,5.2-5.2,0-2.9-2.3-5.2-5.2-5.2zM4.7,12.4c0-2,1.7-3.7,3.7-3.7H10V7.2H8.4c-2.9,0-5.2,2.3-5.2,5.2,0,2.9,2.3,5.2,5.2,5.2H10v-1.5H8.4c-2,0-3.7-1.7-3.7-3.7zm4.6.9h5.3v-1.5H9.3v1.5z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Link<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n\n<li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-mail  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"mailto:mats.ittonen@ut.ee\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19,5H5c-1.1,0-2,.9-2,2v10c0,1.1.9,2,2,2h14c1.1,0,2-.9,2-2V7c0-1.1-.9-2-2-2zm.5,12c0,.3-.2.5-.5.5H5c-.3,0-.5-.2-.5-.5V9.8l7.5,5.6,7.5-5.6V17zm0-9.1L12,13.6,4.5,7.9V7c0-.3.2-.5.5-.5h14c.3,0,.5.2.5.5v.9z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">Mail<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2530,"template":"","class_list":["post-2529","our-people","type-our-people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macroecology.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-people\/2529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macroecology.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macroecology.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/our-people"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macroecology.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macroecology.ut.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}