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Curriculum Vitae - 1 July 2011
Rami Rekola
Tuorla Observatory
FI-21500 PIIKKIÖ
Finland
Telephone: +358 2 333 8981
Mobile phone: +358 50 340 4110
Email: rareko@utu.fi
Personal data
Name: Rami Tapani Fritiof Rekola
Date and place of birth: 27 October 19xx Lahti, Finland
Marital status: single
Driving-licence: AB licence
Citizenship: Finnish
Academic degree: Doctor of Philosophy
Academic Education
University of Turku:
PhD Thesis (Distance Determinations to Nearby Galaxies),
accepted with honours on 20 January 2005;
dissertation was held at the University of Turku on 18 December 2004
Master of Science (Programme of Physical Sciences, Line of Astronomy)
15 September 1998; Master's thesis (Simulations of the Local Group Dynamics)
accepted with the highest grade "Laudatur" on 12 September 1997
NATO Advanced Study Institute Summer School (Blair Atholl, Scotland, UK):
"The Restless Universe"; 24 July - 5 August 2000
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Winter School (Tenerife, Spain):
"Stellar Astrophysics for the Local Group"; 2 - 13 December 1996
Finnish Radiation Protection Centre (STUK)
certificate "to work as a responsible manager in charge of the safety of
radiation usage concerning general usage in industry, research, and
education and trade of radiant devices and radioactive material";
31 March 1993
Languages
Finnish: | Excellent (University of Turku) | |
English: | Excellent (University of Turku & IELTS Test) | |
Swedish: | Good (University of Turku) | |
French: | Fair | |
Spanish: | Fair | |
Latin: | Adequate | |
Prizes and Special Honours
Prize for a meritorious thesis accepted in University of Turku during
the academic year of 2004 - 2005, Turun Suomalainen Yliopistoseura ry
(The Finnish University Society of Turku); 5 September 2005; 1300 EUR
Grants
Tutkijat maailmalle -ohjelma
(Researchers to visit abroad programme)
travel and research grant 2011; 19000 EUR
Magnus Ehrnroothin säätiö
(Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation)
travel grant 2011; 2500 EUR
Magnus Ehrnroothin säätiö
(Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation)
grant for postdoctoral research 2006; 7500 EUR
G. W. Wulffin tähtitieteen tutkimusrahasto
(G. W. Wulff Research Fund for Astronomy)
grant 1999; 2970 FIM (500 EUR)
Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia / Vilho, Yrjö ja Kalle Väisälän rahasto
(Finnish Academy of Science and Letters / Vilho, Yrjö, and Kalle Väisälä Fund)
grant for studies 1 September 1997 - 31 August 1998; 70000 FIM (11773 EUR)
Turun yliopisto / Eksaktisten tieteiden seura r.y.
(University of Turku / Exact Sciences Society)
grant 1997; 4000 FIM (673 EUR)
Academic Working Experiences
Tuorla Observatory:
Co-ordinator (total 4 months)
1/8/2010 - 30/11/2010
Researcher (total 3 years 9 months)
1/10 - 31/12/1998, 1/1/2005 - 30/6/2006, 1/12/2006 - 31/7/2007, 1/11/2007 - 28/2/2009
Part-time researcher (for Tuorla Planetarium)
20/11/2008 - 30/6/2010
Research assistant (total 2 years)
1/1 - 31/7/1999, 1/8/2003 - 31/12/2004
Research trainee, Finnish Graduate School in Astronomy and Space Physics (total 4 years)
1/8/1999 - 31/7/2003
Junior research assistant (total 1 year 6 months)
1/1/1996 - 28/2/1997, 1/6 - 31/8/1997, 1-30/9/1998
University of Turku:
Part-time lecturer (course: Radiative Processes in Astrophysics) (total 56 hours of lectures)
autumn 2009
Part-time lecturer (course: Astronomy I) (total 26 hours of lectures)
autumn 2002
Nordic Optical Telescope:
NOT-student / assistant support astronomer (total 7 months, included in the abovementioned research trainee period)
2000 (4 months), 2002 (3 months)
Metsähovi Radio Observatory:
Junior research assistant, observations with radio telescope 1992 - 1996
Participation in Scientific Conferences
Tartu-Tuorla annual meeting 2010: "Observational Cosmology"
held in Tuorla, Finland on 2-3 September 2010
Tartu-Tuorla annual meeting 2008: "Cosmology: from observations to simulations and beyond"
held in Tartu, Estonia on 1 - 4 October 2008
"7th European Workshop on Astrobiology" held in Turku, Finland
on 22 - 24 October 2007
"Mass and Mystery in the Local Group" held in Cambridge, the United Kingdom
on 18 - 22 July 2005
"Few-Body Problem: Theory and Computer Simulations" held in Turku, Finland
on 4 - 9 July 2005
Tartu-Tuorla Seminar: "From Galaxies to Superclusters" held in Tartu, Estonia
on 20 - 21 June 2005
IAU Colloquium 198: "Near-field Cosmology with Dwarf Elliptical Galaxies"
held in Les Diablerets, Switzerland on 14 - 18 March 2005
"High Energy Blazar Astronomy" held in Tuorla, Finland on 17 - 21 June 2002
"The NOT in the 2000's" held on La Palma, Spain on 12 - 15 April 2000
IAU Colloquium 174: "Small Galaxy Groups" held in Turku, Finland on 13 - 18 June 1999
Academic and Scientific Positions of Trust, and Memberships in Academic Organisations
Royal Astronomical Society:
Fellow 2008 -
University of Turku:
Student member in the Council of Department of Physics 1993 - 1995
Tuorla Observatory:
Council member 2000 - 2004
Member in the Local Organizing Committee of international conference:
"Few-Body Problem: Theory and Computer Simulations"
held in Turku, Finland on 4 - 9 July 2005
Member in the Local Organizing Committee of international conference:
"N-body problem: numerical methods and applications"
held in Turku, Finland on 10 - 14 August 2008
Finnish Astronomical Society (Suomen tähtitieteilijäseura ry):
Member since 1996
- Council member 1996 - 1997
- Council member (Vice-Chairman) 1997 - 2000
Tuorlan Astronomical Society (Tuorlan tähtitieteellinen seura ry):
Member since 2004 (founding member)
- Council member (Secretary) 2004
- Council member (Secretary/Treasurer) 2004 - 2011
Exact Sciences Society (Eksaktisten tieteiden seura r.y.):
Lifetime member since 1993
- Council member (Secretary/Treasurer) 1993 - 2002
- Council deputy member 2002 - 2004
My list of publications.
