Pekka Koskinen
P. O. Box 35
NanoScience Center
Department of Physics
40014 University of Jyväskylä
FINLAND
Tel.:+358 (0)14 260 4714 Fax.: +358 (0)14 260 4756


CV

Name:   

    Pekka Johannes Koskinen

Date and place of birth:

    May 19th, 1977, Kaustinen, Finland

Nationality:

    Finnish   

Family:

    married to Paulina Nyman-Koskinen
    children Otto Johannes (2005) and Iris Elvira (2007)

Education:
  1. Matriculation 1996, Veteli high school
  2. Master of Science 2001 (physics), University of Jyväskylä
  3. Doctor of Philosophy 2003 (physics), University of Jyväskylä
  4. Adjunct professor (dosentti) 1.6 2009

Military service:
    Kajaani 1996-1997. Sergeant 1997; Staff sergeant 2003

Languages:
    Finnish (mother tongue), English (excellent), Swedish(good), German(basic)

Grants:
  1. 16000 € from Vilho, Yrjö and Kalle Väisälä foundation (2002)
  2. 16000 € from Vilho, Yrjö and Kalle Väisälä foundation (2003)
  3. 19500 € from the Academy of Finland for post-doctoral research
Scientific career:
  1. Research Associate 1.5-31.7 2000, University of Jyväskylä
  2. Graduate student 2001-2003, University of Jyväskylä
  3. Guest researcher 1.1-30.6 2002, Institute of Theoretical physics, Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria
  4. Teaching assistant 2000-2004, University of Jyväskylä
  5. Post-doctoral researcher 1.1 2004-31.1 2005, NanoScience Center, University of Jyväskylä
  6. Post-doctoral researcher 1.2 2005-31.1 2006, Fraunhofer IWM, Freiburg, Germany
  7. Post-doctoral researcher 1.2 2006-31.7 2007, Faculty of Physics, University of Freiburg, Germany
  8. Post-doctoral researcher 1.8 1007-, NanoScience Center, University of Jyväskylä
Research interests:
  1. Computational nanoscience, structural and dynamical properties.
  2. Low-dimensional structures: atomic clusters, wires.
  3. Carbon nanostructures: nanotubes, graphene
  4. Science popularization
Teaching:
 Teaching (lecturer or assistant) on 17 courses during 2000-2009, in Germany and in Finland
 (language either finnish or english)

Supervised theses (* under supervision):
  1. M.Sc. Sami Malola 2006
  2. B.Sc. Anton Laakso 2009
  3. * Ph.D. Sami Malola (estimate: August 2009)
  4. * Ph.D. Ville Mäkinen
  5. * M.Sc Oleg Kit 
  6. * B.Sc Mira Havukainen 
Miscellaneous:
  1. Developer of the hotbit open-source density-functional based tight-binding code (https://trac.cc.jyu.fi/projects/hotbit)
  2. Depeloper of the ToolBox researcher reference web site (https://trac.cc.jyu.fi/projects/toolbox/)
  3. Certified to use radiation and radioactive materials in industry, research and teaching (STUK 2001)
  4. Chairman of the Jyväskylä physicists' club 2009-
  5. Journal refereeing: Appl. Phys. Lett., Phys. Rev. B, J. Phys. Chem., J. Chem. Phys.