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Leho Ainsaar

https://www.etis.ee/CV/Leho_Ainsaar/est
10.06.1963
509 8624 (5812)
leho.ainsaar@ut.ee

Teenistuskäik

Töökohad ja ametid
01.01.2021–...   
Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja täppisteaduste valdkond, ökoloogia ja maateaduste instituut, geoloogia professor (1,00)
01.03.2020–31.12.2020   
Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja täppisteaduste valdkond, ökoloogia ja maateaduste instituut, geoloogia juhtivteadur (1,00)
01.01.2018–29.02.2020   
Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja täppisteaduste valdkond, ökoloogia ja maateaduste instituut, geoloogia vanemteadur (1,00)
01.01.2016–31.12.2017   
Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja täppisteaduste valdkond, ökoloogia ja maateaduste instituut, direktor (0,90)
01.01.2016–31.12.2019   
Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja täppisteaduste valdkond, ökoloogia ja maateaduste instituut, geoloogia vanemteadur (0,10)
04.09.2015–31.12.2015   
Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond, Tartu Ülikooli Ökoloogia- ja Maateaduste Instituut, geoloogia vanemteadur (0,10)
01.01.2008–31.12.2012   
Tartu Ülikool, Loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskond, Tartu Ülikooli Ökoloogia- ja Maateaduste Instituut, direktor (1,00)
01.11.2003–31.07.2007   
Tartu Ülikool, Bioloogia-geograafiateaduskond, Geoloogia instituut*, geoloogia vanemteadur (1,00)
1993–2003   
Tartu Ülikool, Bioloogia-geograafiateaduskond, Geoloogia instituut, Lektor (1,00)
1991–1993   
Tartu Ülikool, Bioloogia-geograafiateaduskond, Geoloogia instituut, Assistent (1,00)
1986–1988   
Tartu Ülikool, Bioloogia-geograafiateaduskond, Geoloogia instituut, stazöör-uurija (1,00)
 
 
Haridustee
1993–2001   
Tartu Ülikool, bioloogia-geograafiateaduskond, PhD (geoloogia)
1991–1992   
Tartu Ülikool, bioloogia-geograafiateaduskond, geoloogiamagister
1981–1986   
Tartu Ülikool, bioloogia-geograafiateaduskond, geoloogia inseneri diplom
1978–1981   
Tartu 5. Keskkool
 
 
Teadusorganisatsiooniline ja -administratiivne tegevus
2020−...   
Tartu Ülikooli loodus- ja täppisteaduste valdkonna dekaan
2016−...   
Tartu Ülikooli loodus- ja täppisteaduste valdkonna nõukogu liige
2018−2019   
Tartu Ülikooli Ökoloogia ja maateaduste instituudi direktor
2016−2017   
Tartu Ülikooli Senati liige
2012−2014   
Tartu Ülikooli Senati liige
2008−2015   
Tartu Ülikooli loodus- ja tehnoloogiateaduskonna nõukogu liige
2008−2011   
Tartu Ülikooli nõukogu liige
2007−2007   
Tartu Ülikooli Ökoloogia ja Maateaduste Instituudi direktori k.t.
2007−2019   
Tartu Ülikooli Ökoloogia ja Maateaduste Instituudi nõukogu esimees
2002−2007   
Tartu Ülikooli bioloogia-geograafiateaduskond, prodekaan
1996−2002   
Tartu Ülikooli bioloogia-geograafiateaduskond, dekanaadi juhataja
1996−2007   
Tartu Ülikooli bioloogia-geograafiateaduskonna nõukogu liige

Kvalifikatsioon

Teaduskraadid
Leho Ainsaar, doktorikraad, 2001, (juh) Tõnu Meidla, The Middle Caradoc facies and faunal turnover in the late Ordovician Baltoscandian Palaeobasin: sedimentological and carbon isotope aspects (Kesk-Caradoci faatsieste ja elustiku pöördesündmus Hilis-Ordoviitsiumi Baltoskandia paleobasseinis: sedimentoloogilised ja süsinikisotoopaspektid), Tartu Ülikool, Bioloogia-geograafiateaduskond, Geoloogia instituut*.
 
 
Teaduspreemiad ja tunnustused
2001, Leho Ainsaar, Eesti riiklik teaduspreemia bio- ja geoteaduste valdkonnas (töögrupi koosseisus)
 
 
Teadustöö põhisuunad
ETIS KLASSIFIKAATOR: 4. Loodusteadused ja tehnika; 4.2. Maateadused; TÄPSUSTUS: Karbonaatkivimite sedimentoloogia, geokeemia ja stratigraafia, basseinianaüüs, Geoloogia, Karbonaatkivimite sedimentoloogia, geokeemia ja stratigraafia, basseinianaüüs

Jooksvad projektid

Lõppenud projektid

Juhendamisel väitekirjad

Juhendatud väitekirjad

Publikatsioonid

Klass
Aasta
Publikatsioon
 
1.1.
2020
Spiridonov, Andrej; Samsonė, Jovita; Brazauskas, Antanas; Stankevič, Robertas; Meidla, Tõnu; Ainsaar, Leho; Radzevičius, Sigitas (2020). Quantifying the community turnover of the uppermost Wenlock and Ludlow (Silurian) conodonts in the Baltic Basin. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.029.
1.1.
2020
Spiridonov, Andrej; Stankevič, Robertas; Gečas, Tomas; Brazauskas, Antanas; Kaminskas, Donatas; Musteikis, Petras; Kaveckas, Tomas; Meidla, Tõnu; Bičkauskas, Giedrius; Ainsaar, Leho; Radzevičius, Sigitas (2020). Ultra-high resolution multivariate record and multiscale causal analysis of Pridoli (late Silurian): implications for global stratigraphy, turnover events, and climate-biota interactions. Gondwana Research, 86, 222−249. DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2020.05.015.
1.1.
2020
Tinn, O.; Vinn, O.; Ainsaar, L. (2020). <p>The enigmatic cnidarian <em>Martsaphyton moxi</em> gen. et sp. nov. from the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of Estonia</p>. Estonian Journal of Earch Sciences, 69 (4), 223−232. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2020.12.
1.1.
2020
Ainsaar, L; Tinn, O; Dronov, A; Kiipli, E; Radzevičius, S; Meidla, T (2020). Stratigraphy and facies differences of the Middle Darriwilian Isotopic Carbon Excursion (MDICE) in Baltoscandia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 69 (4), 214−222. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2020.16.
1.1.
2020
Meidla, T; Truuver, K; Tinn, O; Ainsaar, L (2020). Ostracods of the Ordovician–Silurian boundary beds: Jūrmala core (Latvia) and its implications for Baltic stratigraphy. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 69 (4), 233−247. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2020.20.
1.1.
2019
Põldsaar, Kairi; Ainsaar, Leho; Nemliher, Reet; Tinn, Oive; Stinkulis, Girts (2019). A siliciclastic shallow-marine turbidite on the carbonate shelf of the Ordovician Baltoscandian palaeobasin. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 68 (1), 1−14. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2019.01.
1.1.
2018
Davison, John; Moora, Mari; Opik, Maarja; Ainsaar, Leho; Ducousso, Marc; Hiiesalu, Inga; Jairus, Teele; Johnson, Nancy; Jourand, Philippe; Kalamees, Rein; Koorem, Kadri; Meyers, Jean-Yves; Pussa, Kersti; Reier, Ulle; Partel, Meelis; Semchenko, Marina; Traveset, Anna; Vasar, Martti; Zobel, Martin (2018). Microbial island biogeography: isolation shapes the life history characteristics but not diversity of root-symbiotic fungal communities. The ISME Journal, 12 (9), 2211−2224. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0196-8.
1.1.
2017
Spiridonov, Andrej; Stankevic, Robertas; Gecas, Tomas; Silinskas, Tomas; Brazauskas, Antanas; Meidla, Tonu; Ainsaar, Leho; Musteikis, Petras; Radzevicius, Sigitas (2017). Integrated record of Ludlow (Upper Silurian) oceanic geobioevents - Coordination of changes in conodont, and brachiopod faunas, and stable isotopes. Gondwana Research, 51, 272−288. DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.08.006.
1.1.
2016
Männik, P.; Tinn, O.; Loydell, D.K.; Ainsaar, L. (2016). Age of the Kalana Lagerstätte, early Silurian, Estonia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 65 (2), 105−114. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2016.10.
1.1.
2016
Plado, Jüri; Ainsaar, Leho; Dmitrijeva, Marija, Põldsaar, Kairi; Ots, Siim; Pesonen, Lauri J.; Preeden, Ulla (2016). Magnetic susceptibility of Middle Ordovician sedimentary rocks, Pakri Peninsula, NW Estonia. Estonian Journal of Earch Sciences, 65 (3), 125−137. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2016.11.
1.1.
2016
Radzevičius, S.; Spiridonov, A.; Brazauskas, A.; Dankina, D.; Rimkus, A.; Bičkauskas, G.; Kaminskas, D.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L. (2016). Integrated stratigraphy, conodont turnover and paleoenvironments of the Upper Wenlock and Ludlow of the Vilkaviškis-134 core (Lithuania). Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 49 (2), 321−336. DOI: 10.1127/nos/2016/0074.
3.2.
2016
Ainsaar, L.; Puura, I.; Tatarnikov, O. (2016). Geoloogiline ehitus ja tektoonika. Külvik, M.; Palo, K.; Puura, I. (Toim.). Setomaa 1. Loodus (61−63). Tartu: Eesti Rahva Muuseum.
3.2.
2016
Ainsaar, L.; Rosentau, A.; Tatarnikov, O.; Puura, I. (2016). Maavarad. Külvik, M.; Palo, K.; Puura, I. (Toim.). Setomaa 1. Loodus (90−97). Tartu: Eesti Rahva Muuseum.
1.1.
2015
Sennikov, N.V.; Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T. (2015). Hirnantian Isotope Carbon Excursion in Gorny Altai, southwestern Siberia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 64 (3), 225−232. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2015.29.
1.1.
2015
Davison, J.; Moora, M.; Öpik, M.; Adholeya, A.; Ainsaar, L.; Bâ, A.; Burla, S.; Diedhiou, A. G.; Hiiesalu, I.; Jairus, T.; Johnson, N. C.; Kane, A.; Koorem, K.; Kochar, M.; Ndiaye, C.; Pärtel, M.; Reier, Ü.; Saks, Ü.; Singh, R.; Vasar, M. ... Zobel, M. (2015). Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism. Science, 349 (6251), 970−973. DOI: 10.1126/science.aab1161.
1.1.
2015
Tinn, O.; Mastik, V.; Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T. (2015). Kalania pusilla, an exceptionally preserved non-calcified alga from the lower Silurian (Aeronian, Llandovery) of Estonia. Palaeoworld, 24, 207−214. DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2014.12.001.
1.1.
2015
Ainsaar, L.; Männik, P.; Dronov, A.V.; Izokh, O.P.; Meidla, T.; Tinn, O. (2015). Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy and conodonts of the Middle–Upper Ordovician succession in the Tungus Basin, Siberian Craton. Palaeoworld, 24, 123−135. DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2015.03.002.
1.1.
2015
Põldsaar, K.; Ainsaar, L. (2015). Soft-sediment deformation structures in the Cambrian (Series 2) tidal deposits (NW Estonia): Implications for identifying endogenic triggering mechanisms in ancient sedimentary record. Palaeoworld, 24, 16−35. DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2014.12.003.
3.1.
2015
Ainsaar, L.; Truumees, J.; Meidla, T. (2015). The position of the Ordovician–Silurian boundary in Estonia tested by high-resolution δ13C chemostratigraphic correlation. In: Ramkumar, M. (Ed.). Chemostratigraphy: Concepts, Techniques and Applications (395−412). . Amsterdam etc.: Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-419968-2.00015-7.
1.1.
2014
Bauert, H.; Ainsaar, L.; Põldsaar, K.; Sepp, S. (2014). δ13C chemostratigraphy of the Middle and Upper Ordovician succession in the Tartu-453 drillcore, southern Estonia, and the significance of the HICE. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63 (4), 195−200. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2014.18.
1.1.
2014
Põldsaar, K.; Ainsaar, L. (2014). Extensive soft-sediment deformation structures in the early Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) shallow marine siliciclastic sediments formed on the Baltoscandian carbonate ramp, northwestern Estonia. Marine Geology, 356, 111−127. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.08.012.
1.1.
2014
Tinn, O.; Ainsaar, L. (2014). Asterozoan pedicellariae and ossicles revealed from the Middle Ordovician of Baltica. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 59 (2), 353−358. DOI: 10.4202/app.2012.0034.
1.1.
2014
Radzevičius, S.; Spiridonov, A.; Brazauskas, A.; Norkus, A.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L. (2014). Upper Wenlock δ13C chemostratigraphy, conodont biostratigraphy and palaeoecological dynamics in the Ledai-179 drill core (Eastern Lithuania). Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63 (4), 293−299. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2014.33.
1.2.
2014
Lissitsina, Jekaterina; Kriiska, Aivar; Alttoa, Kaur; Ainsaar, Leho; Kulkov, Alexander (2014). Archaeological fieldwork during the reconstruction of the Viljandi song festival grounds. Arheoloogilised välitööd Eestis = Archeological fieldwork in Estonia, 2013, 103−112.
1.1.
2013
Sell, B.; Ainsaar, L.; Leslie, S. (2013). Precise timing of the Late Ordovician (Sandbian) super-eruptions and associated environmental, biological, and climatological events. Journal of the Geological Society, 170 (5), 711−714. DOI: 10.1144/jgs2012-148.
1.1.
2013
Pancost, R. D.; Freeman, K. H.; Herrmann, A. D.; Patzkowsky, M. E.; Ainsaar, L.; Martma, T. (2013). Reconstructing Late Ordovician carbon cycle variations. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 105, 433−454. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.033.
1.1.
2012
Truuver, K.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L.; Bergström, J.; Tinn, O. (2012). Stratigraphy of the Ordovician–Silurian boundary interval in Östergötland, Sweden, based on ostracod distribution and stable carbon isotopic data. GFF, 134 (4), 295−308. DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2012.762550.
1.1.
2012
Perrier, V.; Meidla, T.; Tinn, O.; Ainsaar, L. (2012). Biotic response to explosive volcanism: ostracod recovery after Ordovician ash-falls. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 365-366, 166−183. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.09.024.
1.1.
2012
Mellgren, J. I. S.; Schmitz, B.; Ainsaar, L.; Kirsimäe, K.; Eriksson, M. E. (2012). Conodont dating of the Middle Ordovician breccia cap-rock limestone on Osmussaar Island, northwestern Estonia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 61 (3), 133−148. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2012.3.01.
1.1.
2010
Tinn, O.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L.; Kivioja, K. (2010). Rich and heterogeneous fossil ostracod fauna in the Ordovician sediment intrusions at Osmussaar Island, Estonia, reveals an ancient impact event. GFF, 132, 201−211. DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2010.530351.
1.1.
2010
Kiipli, E.; Kiipli, T.; Kallaste, T.; Ainsaar, L. (2010). Distribution of phosphorus in the Middle and Upper Ordovician Baltoscandian carbonate palaeobasin. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 59 (4), 247−255. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2010.4.01.
1.1.
2010
Ainsaar, L.; Kaljo, D.; Martma, T.; Meidla, T; Männik, P.; Nõlvak, J.; Tinn, O. (2010). Middle and Upper Ordovician carbon isotope chemostratigraphy in Baltoscandia: A correlation standard and clues to environmental history. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 294, 189−201. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.003.
1.1.
2009
Tinn, O.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L.; Pani, T. (2009). Thallophytic algal flora from a new Silurian Lagerstätte. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 58 (1), 38−42. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2009.1.04.
1.1.
2009
Tänavsuu-Milkeviciene, K.; Plink-Björklund, P.; Kirsimäe, K.; Ainsaar, L. (2009). Coeval versus reciprocal mixed carbonate-siliciclastic deposition, Middle Devonian Baltic Basin, Eastern Europe: Implications from the regional tectonic development. Sedimentology, 56, 1250−1274. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01032.x.
1.2.
2007
Tinn, O.; Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T.; Holmer, L. E. (2007). Ordovician ostracod diversity and carbon isotope curve in Gullhögen, Sweden. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 46, 483−488.
1.2.
2007
Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T.; Tinn, O.; Martma, T.; Dronov, A. (2007). Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) carbon isotope stratigraphy in Baltoscandia. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 46, 1−8.
1.1.
2006
Rubel, M.; Nestor, V.; Harris, M.T.; Sheehan, P.M.; Ainsaar, L.; Männik, P.; Nõlvak, J. (2006). A new high-resolution chitinozoan composite standard for the East Baltic Lower Silurian succession based on numerical analysis. Geological Quarterly, 50 (3), 323−332.
1.1.
2006
Tinn, O.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L. (2006). Arenig (Middle Ordovician) ostracods from Baltoscandia: Fauna, assemblages and biofacies. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 241, 492−514. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.05.002.
1.1.
2004
Harris, M. T.; Sheehan, P. M.; Ainsaar, L.; Hints, L.; Männik, P.; Nõlvak, J.; Rubel, M. (2004). Upper Ordovician sequences of western Estonia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 210, 135−148.
1.1.
2004
Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T.; Martma, T. (2004). The Middle Caradoc Facies and Faunal Turnover in the Late Ordovician Baltoscandian palaeobasin. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 210, 119−133.
3.1.
2003
Suuroja, K. ; Kirsimäe, K. ; Ainsaar, L. ; Kohv, M. ; Mahaney, W. C. ; Suuroja, S. (2003). The Osmussaar Breccia in northwestern Estonia – evidence of a ~475 Ma earthquake or an impact? In: Koeberl, C., Martinez-Ruiz, F. C. (Ed.). Impact Markers in the Stratigraphic Record (333−347). . Berlin, Heidelberg,New York: Springer Verlag. (Impact Studies).
1.1.
2002
Ainsaar, L.; Suuroja, K.; Semidor, M. (2002). Long-term effect of the Kardla crater (Hiiumaa, Estonia) on Late Ordovician carbonate sedimentation. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, 49 (6), 1145−1155.
1.2.
2001
Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T. (2001). Facies and stratigraphy of the middle Caradoc mixed siliciclastic-carbonate sediments in eastern Baltoscandia. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Geology, 50 (1), 5−23.
1.2.
2000
Dronov, A.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L.; Tinn, O. (2000). The Billingen and Volkhov stages in northern East Baltic: detailed stratigraphy and lithofacies zonation. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Geology, 49 (1), 3−16.
1.1.
1999
Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T.; Martma, T. (1999). Evidence for a widespread carbon isotopic event associated with late Middle Ordovician sedimentological and faunal changes in Estonia. Geological Magazine, 136 (1), 49−62.
1.2.
1999
Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L.; Hints, L.; Hints, O.; Martma, T.; Nõlvak, J. (1999). The mid-Caradocian biotic and isotopic event in the Ordovician of the East Baltic. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geologica, 43, 503−506.
3.1.
1999
Ainsaar, L.; Martma, T.; Meidla, T.; Rubel, M.; Sidaraviciene, N. (1999). Quantitative stratigraphy of sedimentary sequences: a case study of the Middle Ordovician event. In: Harff, J., Lemke, W. and Stattegger, K. (Ed.). Computerized Modeling of Sedimentary Systems (275−287). . Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
1.2.
1998
Meidla, T. ; Ainsaar, L. ; Tinn, O. (1998). Volkhov Stage in North Estonia and sea level changes. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Geology, 47 (3), 141−157.
1.3.
1993
Ainsaar, L. (1993). On the stratigraphy of the Middle Ordovician Jõhvi and Keila Regional Stages in North Estonia. Geologija (Vilnius), 14 (1), 109−117.
22.03.2021

Leho Ainsaar

https://www.etis.ee/CV/Leho_Ainsaar/eng
10.06.1963
509 8624 (5812)
leho.ainsaar@ut.ee

Career

Institutions and positions
01.01.2021–...   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Professor in Geology (1,00)
01.03.2020–31.12.2020   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Research Professor in Geology (1,00)
01.01.2018–29.02.2020   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Senior Research Fellow in Geology (1,00)
01.01.2016–31.12.2017   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Director (0,90)
01.01.2016–31.12.2019   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Senior Research Fellow in Geology (0,10)
04.09.2015–31.12.2015   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu University, Senior Research Fellow in Geology (0,10)
01.01.2008–31.12.2012   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Science and Technology (old), Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, Tartu University, Director (1,00)
01.11.2003–31.07.2007   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Biology and Geography, Institute of Geology*, Senior Research Fellow (1,00)
1993–2003   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Biology and Geography, Institute of Geology, Lecturer (1,00)
1991–1993   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Biology and Geography, Institute of Geology, Assistant (1,00)
1986–1988   
University of Tartu, Faculty of Biology and Geography, Institute of Geology, Research worker (1,00)
 
 
Education
1993–2001   
PhD in Geology: University of Tartu
1991–1992   
MSc in Geology: University of Tartu
1981–1986   
Undergraduate: Diploma in Geology, University of Tartu, Estonia
1978–1981   
Tartu Secondary School No 5
 
 
R&D related managerial and administrative work
2020−...   
Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tartu
2016−...   
Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Science, University of Tartu
2018−2019   
Director of the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu
2016−2017   
Member of the Senate, University of Tartu
2012−2014   
Member of the Senate, University of Tartu
2008−2015   
Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Tartu
2008−2011   
Member of the University Council, University of Tartu
2007−2007   
Director of the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu
2007−2019   
Chairman of the Institute Council, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartul
2002−2007   
Vice-Dean, Faculty of Biology and Geography, University of Tartu
1996−2002   
Head of the Dean's Office, Faculty of Biology and Geography, University of Tartu
1996−2007   
Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Biology and Geography, University of Tartu

Qualifications

Academic degrees
Leho Ainsaar, Doctor's Degree, 2001, (sup) Tõnu Meidla, The Middle Caradoc facies and faunal turnover in the late Ordovician Baltoscandian Palaeobasin: sedimentological and carbon isotope aspects, University of Tartu, Faculty of Biology and Geography, Institute of Geology*.
 
 
Honours & awards
2001, Leho Ainsaar, Estonian governmental award for scientific research in bio- and geosciences (member of the working group)
 
 
Fields of research
ETIS CLASSIFICATION: 4. Natural Sciences and Engineering; 4.2. Geosciences; SPECIFICATION: Geology, Carbonate sedimentology, geochemistry and stratigraphy, Basin analysis
 
 

Projects in progress

Completed projects

Dissertations under supervision

Supervised dissertations

Publications

Category
Year
Publication
 
1.1.
2020
Spiridonov, Andrej; Samsonė, Jovita; Brazauskas, Antanas; Stankevič, Robertas; Meidla, Tõnu; Ainsaar, Leho; Radzevičius, Sigitas (2020). Quantifying the community turnover of the uppermost Wenlock and Ludlow (Silurian) conodonts in the Baltic Basin. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.029.
1.1.
2020
Spiridonov, Andrej; Stankevič, Robertas; Gečas, Tomas; Brazauskas, Antanas; Kaminskas, Donatas; Musteikis, Petras; Kaveckas, Tomas; Meidla, Tõnu; Bičkauskas, Giedrius; Ainsaar, Leho; Radzevičius, Sigitas (2020). Ultra-high resolution multivariate record and multiscale causal analysis of Pridoli (late Silurian): implications for global stratigraphy, turnover events, and climate-biota interactions. Gondwana Research, 86, 222−249. DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2020.05.015.
1.1.
2020
Tinn, O.; Vinn, O.; Ainsaar, L. (2020). <p>The enigmatic cnidarian <em>Martsaphyton moxi</em> gen. et sp. nov. from the Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) of Estonia</p>. Estonian Journal of Earch Sciences, 69 (4), 223−232. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2020.12.
1.1.
2020
Ainsaar, L; Tinn, O; Dronov, A; Kiipli, E; Radzevičius, S; Meidla, T (2020). Stratigraphy and facies differences of the Middle Darriwilian Isotopic Carbon Excursion (MDICE) in Baltoscandia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 69 (4), 214−222. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2020.16.
1.1.
2020
Meidla, T; Truuver, K; Tinn, O; Ainsaar, L (2020). Ostracods of the Ordovician–Silurian boundary beds: Jūrmala core (Latvia) and its implications for Baltic stratigraphy. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 69 (4), 233−247. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2020.20.
1.1.
2019
Põldsaar, Kairi; Ainsaar, Leho; Nemliher, Reet; Tinn, Oive; Stinkulis, Girts (2019). A siliciclastic shallow-marine turbidite on the carbonate shelf of the Ordovician Baltoscandian palaeobasin. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 68 (1), 1−14. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2019.01.
1.1.
2018
Davison, John; Moora, Mari; Opik, Maarja; Ainsaar, Leho; Ducousso, Marc; Hiiesalu, Inga; Jairus, Teele; Johnson, Nancy; Jourand, Philippe; Kalamees, Rein; Koorem, Kadri; Meyers, Jean-Yves; Pussa, Kersti; Reier, Ulle; Partel, Meelis; Semchenko, Marina; Traveset, Anna; Vasar, Martti; Zobel, Martin (2018). Microbial island biogeography: isolation shapes the life history characteristics but not diversity of root-symbiotic fungal communities. The ISME Journal, 12 (9), 2211−2224. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0196-8.
1.1.
2017
Spiridonov, Andrej; Stankevic, Robertas; Gecas, Tomas; Silinskas, Tomas; Brazauskas, Antanas; Meidla, Tonu; Ainsaar, Leho; Musteikis, Petras; Radzevicius, Sigitas (2017). Integrated record of Ludlow (Upper Silurian) oceanic geobioevents - Coordination of changes in conodont, and brachiopod faunas, and stable isotopes. Gondwana Research, 51, 272−288. DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2017.08.006.
1.1.
2016
Männik, P.; Tinn, O.; Loydell, D.K.; Ainsaar, L. (2016). Age of the Kalana Lagerstätte, early Silurian, Estonia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 65 (2), 105−114. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2016.10.
1.1.
2016
Plado, Jüri; Ainsaar, Leho; Dmitrijeva, Marija, Põldsaar, Kairi; Ots, Siim; Pesonen, Lauri J.; Preeden, Ulla (2016). Magnetic susceptibility of Middle Ordovician sedimentary rocks, Pakri Peninsula, NW Estonia. Estonian Journal of Earch Sciences, 65 (3), 125−137. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2016.11.
1.1.
2016
Radzevičius, S.; Spiridonov, A.; Brazauskas, A.; Dankina, D.; Rimkus, A.; Bičkauskas, G.; Kaminskas, D.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L. (2016). Integrated stratigraphy, conodont turnover and paleoenvironments of the Upper Wenlock and Ludlow of the Vilkaviškis-134 core (Lithuania). Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 49 (2), 321−336. DOI: 10.1127/nos/2016/0074.
3.2.
2016
Ainsaar, L.; Puura, I.; Tatarnikov, O. (2016). Geoloogiline ehitus ja tektoonika. Külvik, M.; Palo, K.; Puura, I. (Toim.). Setomaa 1. Loodus (61−63). Tartu: Eesti Rahva Muuseum.
3.2.
2016
Ainsaar, L.; Rosentau, A.; Tatarnikov, O.; Puura, I. (2016). Maavarad. Külvik, M.; Palo, K.; Puura, I. (Toim.). Setomaa 1. Loodus (90−97). Tartu: Eesti Rahva Muuseum.
1.1.
2015
Sennikov, N.V.; Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T. (2015). Hirnantian Isotope Carbon Excursion in Gorny Altai, southwestern Siberia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 64 (3), 225−232. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2015.29.
1.1.
2015
Davison, J.; Moora, M.; Öpik, M.; Adholeya, A.; Ainsaar, L.; Bâ, A.; Burla, S.; Diedhiou, A. G.; Hiiesalu, I.; Jairus, T.; Johnson, N. C.; Kane, A.; Koorem, K.; Kochar, M.; Ndiaye, C.; Pärtel, M.; Reier, Ü.; Saks, Ü.; Singh, R.; Vasar, M. ... Zobel, M. (2015). Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism. Science, 349 (6251), 970−973. DOI: 10.1126/science.aab1161.
1.1.
2015
Tinn, O.; Mastik, V.; Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T. (2015). Kalania pusilla, an exceptionally preserved non-calcified alga from the lower Silurian (Aeronian, Llandovery) of Estonia. Palaeoworld, 24, 207−214. DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2014.12.001.
1.1.
2015
Ainsaar, L.; Männik, P.; Dronov, A.V.; Izokh, O.P.; Meidla, T.; Tinn, O. (2015). Carbon isotope chemostratigraphy and conodonts of the Middle–Upper Ordovician succession in the Tungus Basin, Siberian Craton. Palaeoworld, 24, 123−135. DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2015.03.002.
1.1.
2015
Põldsaar, K.; Ainsaar, L. (2015). Soft-sediment deformation structures in the Cambrian (Series 2) tidal deposits (NW Estonia): Implications for identifying endogenic triggering mechanisms in ancient sedimentary record. Palaeoworld, 24, 16−35. DOI: 10.1016/j.palwor.2014.12.003.
3.1.
2015
Ainsaar, L.; Truumees, J.; Meidla, T. (2015). The position of the Ordovician–Silurian boundary in Estonia tested by high-resolution δ13C chemostratigraphic correlation. In: Ramkumar, M. (Ed.). Chemostratigraphy: Concepts, Techniques and Applications (395−412). . Amsterdam etc.: Elsevier. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-419968-2.00015-7.
1.1.
2014
Bauert, H.; Ainsaar, L.; Põldsaar, K.; Sepp, S. (2014). δ13C chemostratigraphy of the Middle and Upper Ordovician succession in the Tartu-453 drillcore, southern Estonia, and the significance of the HICE. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63 (4), 195−200. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2014.18.
1.1.
2014
Põldsaar, K.; Ainsaar, L. (2014). Extensive soft-sediment deformation structures in the early Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) shallow marine siliciclastic sediments formed on the Baltoscandian carbonate ramp, northwestern Estonia. Marine Geology, 356, 111−127. DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.08.012.
1.1.
2014
Tinn, O.; Ainsaar, L. (2014). Asterozoan pedicellariae and ossicles revealed from the Middle Ordovician of Baltica. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 59 (2), 353−358. DOI: 10.4202/app.2012.0034.
1.1.
2014
Radzevičius, S.; Spiridonov, A.; Brazauskas, A.; Norkus, A.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L. (2014). Upper Wenlock δ13C chemostratigraphy, conodont biostratigraphy and palaeoecological dynamics in the Ledai-179 drill core (Eastern Lithuania). Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63 (4), 293−299. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2014.33.
1.2.
2014
Lissitsina, Jekaterina; Kriiska, Aivar; Alttoa, Kaur; Ainsaar, Leho; Kulkov, Alexander (2014). Archaeological fieldwork during the reconstruction of the Viljandi song festival grounds. Arheoloogilised välitööd Eestis = Archeological fieldwork in Estonia, 2013, 103−112.
1.1.
2013
Sell, B.; Ainsaar, L.; Leslie, S. (2013). Precise timing of the Late Ordovician (Sandbian) super-eruptions and associated environmental, biological, and climatological events. Journal of the Geological Society, 170 (5), 711−714. DOI: 10.1144/jgs2012-148.
1.1.
2013
Pancost, R. D.; Freeman, K. H.; Herrmann, A. D.; Patzkowsky, M. E.; Ainsaar, L.; Martma, T. (2013). Reconstructing Late Ordovician carbon cycle variations. Geochimica Et Cosmochimica Acta, 105, 433−454. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2012.11.033.
1.1.
2012
Truuver, K.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L.; Bergström, J.; Tinn, O. (2012). Stratigraphy of the Ordovician–Silurian boundary interval in Östergötland, Sweden, based on ostracod distribution and stable carbon isotopic data. GFF, 134 (4), 295−308. DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2012.762550.
1.1.
2012
Perrier, V.; Meidla, T.; Tinn, O.; Ainsaar, L. (2012). Biotic response to explosive volcanism: ostracod recovery after Ordovician ash-falls. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 365-366, 166−183. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.09.024.
1.1.
2012
Mellgren, J. I. S.; Schmitz, B.; Ainsaar, L.; Kirsimäe, K.; Eriksson, M. E. (2012). Conodont dating of the Middle Ordovician breccia cap-rock limestone on Osmussaar Island, northwestern Estonia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 61 (3), 133−148. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2012.3.01.
1.1.
2010
Tinn, O.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L.; Kivioja, K. (2010). Rich and heterogeneous fossil ostracod fauna in the Ordovician sediment intrusions at Osmussaar Island, Estonia, reveals an ancient impact event. GFF, 132, 201−211. DOI: 10.1080/11035897.2010.530351.
1.1.
2010
Kiipli, E.; Kiipli, T.; Kallaste, T.; Ainsaar, L. (2010). Distribution of phosphorus in the Middle and Upper Ordovician Baltoscandian carbonate palaeobasin. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 59 (4), 247−255. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2010.4.01.
1.1.
2010
Ainsaar, L.; Kaljo, D.; Martma, T.; Meidla, T; Männik, P.; Nõlvak, J.; Tinn, O. (2010). Middle and Upper Ordovician carbon isotope chemostratigraphy in Baltoscandia: A correlation standard and clues to environmental history. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 294, 189−201. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.01.003.
1.1.
2009
Tinn, O.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L.; Pani, T. (2009). Thallophytic algal flora from a new Silurian Lagerstätte. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 58 (1), 38−42. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2009.1.04.
1.1.
2009
Tänavsuu-Milkeviciene, K.; Plink-Björklund, P.; Kirsimäe, K.; Ainsaar, L. (2009). Coeval versus reciprocal mixed carbonate-siliciclastic deposition, Middle Devonian Baltic Basin, Eastern Europe: Implications from the regional tectonic development. Sedimentology, 56, 1250−1274. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.01032.x.
1.2.
2007
Tinn, O.; Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T.; Holmer, L. E. (2007). Ordovician ostracod diversity and carbon isotope curve in Gullhögen, Sweden. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 46, 483−488.
1.2.
2007
Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T.; Tinn, O.; Martma, T.; Dronov, A. (2007). Darriwilian (Middle Ordovician) carbon isotope stratigraphy in Baltoscandia. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, 46, 1−8.
1.1.
2006
Rubel, M.; Nestor, V.; Harris, M.T.; Sheehan, P.M.; Ainsaar, L.; Männik, P.; Nõlvak, J. (2006). A new high-resolution chitinozoan composite standard for the East Baltic Lower Silurian succession based on numerical analysis. Geological Quarterly, 50 (3), 323−332.
1.1.
2006
Tinn, O.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L. (2006). Arenig (Middle Ordovician) ostracods from Baltoscandia: Fauna, assemblages and biofacies. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 241, 492−514. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2006.05.002.
1.1.
2004
Harris, M. T.; Sheehan, P. M.; Ainsaar, L.; Hints, L.; Männik, P.; Nõlvak, J.; Rubel, M. (2004). Upper Ordovician sequences of western Estonia. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 210, 135−148.
1.1.
2004
Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T.; Martma, T. (2004). The Middle Caradoc Facies and Faunal Turnover in the Late Ordovician Baltoscandian palaeobasin. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 210, 119−133.
3.1.
2003
Suuroja, K. ; Kirsimäe, K. ; Ainsaar, L. ; Kohv, M. ; Mahaney, W. C. ; Suuroja, S. (2003). The Osmussaar Breccia in northwestern Estonia – evidence of a ~475 Ma earthquake or an impact? In: Koeberl, C., Martinez-Ruiz, F. C. (Ed.). Impact Markers in the Stratigraphic Record (333−347). . Berlin, Heidelberg,New York: Springer Verlag. (Impact Studies).
1.1.
2002
Ainsaar, L.; Suuroja, K.; Semidor, M. (2002). Long-term effect of the Kardla crater (Hiiumaa, Estonia) on Late Ordovician carbonate sedimentation. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography, 49 (6), 1145−1155.
1.2.
2001
Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T. (2001). Facies and stratigraphy of the middle Caradoc mixed siliciclastic-carbonate sediments in eastern Baltoscandia. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Geology, 50 (1), 5−23.
1.2.
2000
Dronov, A.; Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L.; Tinn, O. (2000). The Billingen and Volkhov stages in northern East Baltic: detailed stratigraphy and lithofacies zonation. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Geology, 49 (1), 3−16.
1.1.
1999
Ainsaar, L.; Meidla, T.; Martma, T. (1999). Evidence for a widespread carbon isotopic event associated with late Middle Ordovician sedimentological and faunal changes in Estonia. Geological Magazine, 136 (1), 49−62.
1.2.
1999
Meidla, T.; Ainsaar, L.; Hints, L.; Hints, O.; Martma, T.; Nõlvak, J. (1999). The mid-Caradocian biotic and isotopic event in the Ordovician of the East Baltic. Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geologica, 43, 503−506.
3.1.
1999
Ainsaar, L.; Martma, T.; Meidla, T.; Rubel, M.; Sidaraviciene, N. (1999). Quantitative stratigraphy of sedimentary sequences: a case study of the Middle Ordovician event. In: Harff, J., Lemke, W. and Stattegger, K. (Ed.). Computerized Modeling of Sedimentary Systems (275−287). . Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
1.2.
1998
Meidla, T. ; Ainsaar, L. ; Tinn, O. (1998). Volkhov Stage in North Estonia and sea level changes. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Geology, 47 (3), 141−157.
1.3.
1993
Ainsaar, L. (1993). On the stratigraphy of the Middle Ordovician Jõhvi and Keila Regional Stages in North Estonia. Geologija (Vilnius), 14 (1), 109−117.
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