Current positions:
Professor, Tampere University, Finland, March 2021 -
Head of Computational Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, Finland, January 2024 -
Leader of Complex Systems research group, Tampere University, Finland, September 2018 -
Previous positions:
Associate Professor (tenure track), Computational Physics Laboratory, Tampere University, Finland, September 2018 - March 2021
Project leader, Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) Theory Programme project Domain Wall Dynamics, Helsinki, Finland, January 2014 - 2019
Academy Research Fellow, Complex Systems and Materials group, COMP Centre of Excellence, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, September September 2013 - August 2018.
Invited visiting researcher, CNRS, École normale supérieure de Lyon, France, October 9 - November 7, 2015
Academy of Finland Postdoctoral researcher, Complex Systems and Materials group, COMP Centre of Excellence, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, January 2011 - August 2013
Postdoctoral researcher, Complexity in Materials group, ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy, February 2009 - December 2010
Doctoral student, Complex Systems and Materials (CSM) group, COMP Centre of Excellence, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland, May 2004 - January 2009
Degrees:
Doctor of Science (Tech.), Helsinki University of Technology, instructor Prof. Mikko Alava, October 2008
Master of Science, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, April 2004
Publications:
101 published/accepted articles in refereed international journals:
1 in Science Advances
2 in Nature Communications
13 in Physical Review Letters (12 Letters and 1 Reply to a Comment)
2 in Materials & Design
2 in Acta Materialia
1 in Communications Materials
1 in APL Machine Learning
7 in Scientific Reports
1 in Physical Review Research (Letter)
1 in Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
1 in APL Materials
2 in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2 in Applied Physics Letters
6 in Physical Review Materials
28 in Physical Review B/E, including one Rapid Communication
1 in Philosophical Transactions A
1 in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
4 in Journal of Materials Science: Materials Theory, including one Editorial
10 in Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, including one Letter
1 in Ultramicroscopy
1 in Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering
1 in Tellus B: Chemical & Physical Meteorology
1 in European Physical Journal Special Topics
1 in European Physical Journal Plus
4 in European Physical Journal B
3 in Journal of Applied Physics
3 in IEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Doctoral thesis "Avalanche dynamics in driven systems: from plastic deformation to fluid invasion", accepted with distinction (Helsinki University of Technology, 2008)
M.Sc. thesis "Surface criticality in the random field Ising model" (University of Helsinki, 2004, unpublished)
Teaching:
Lecturer of the course FYS.424/FYS-4606 Statistical Physics 2, 5 ECTS credits, spring 2020, 2022, 2024, and 2026, Tampere University, Finland.
Lecturer of the course FYS.222/FYS-1371 Statistinen fysiikka, 5 ECTS credits, fall 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025, Tampere University, Finland.
Lecturer of the course FYS-222/FYS-1371 Statistical Physics, 5 ECTS credits, spring 2021, 2022, and 2023; fall 2024, and 2025, Tampere University, Finland.
Lecturer of the second half of the course PHYS-C0220 Termodynamiikka ja statistinen fysiikka (in Finnish, thermodynamics and statistical physics), 5 ECTS credits, spring 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, Aalto University, Finland
Lecturer of the first half of the course PHYS-E0412 Computational Physics, 5 ECTS credits, spring 2017, Aalto University, Finland
Lecturer of the course Tfy-0.1064 Fysiikka 4 (electromagnetism and wave motion), 5 ECTS credits, spring 2013, Aalto University, Finland
Other:
Member of the Academic Board of Tampere University (2026-2029).
Deputy board member of Helsinki Insititute of Physics (HIP) (2022-).
Member of the Doctoral Programme Committee of the Doctoral Programme in Engineering and Natural Sciences (TLTO), Tampere University (2024-).
Member of the Steering Committee for Research, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (ENS), Tampere University (2025-).
Member of the Board of Physics Unit, Tampere University (2024-).
Member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports.
Member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Materials Science: Materials Theory.
Referee for a broad range of journals, including Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Communications Physics, Nanoscale, Scientific Reports, Acta Materialia, Physical Review B/E, EPL, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Physica A/C, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Soft Matter, Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Materials...