Tuorla Observatory Staff

Valtaoja, Esko

PhD

Room: 110
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8235
Email: esko.valtaoja@utu.fi

Research interests:

• AGN
• cosmology
• solar physics

Valtonen, Mauri

PhD (Cambridge)

Room: 209
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8215
Email: mavalto@utu.fi

Research interests:

• quasars
• three-body problem
• cosmology

Berdyugin, Andrei

PhD

Room: 114
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8985
Email: andber@utu.fi

Research interests:

• astrophysical polarimetry
• cool stars
• dust

Berdyugina, Svetlana

PhD

Room: 114
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8985
Email: sveber@utu.fi

Research interests:

• solar and stellar magnetic activity
• molecules in magnetic fields

Flynn, Chris

PhD (ANU), Adjunct Professor

Room: 7A
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8206
Email: cflynn@utu.fi

Home page: http://www.astro.utu.fi/~cflynn/
Research interests:

• Galactic structure
• dark matter
• chemical evolution of galaxies

Hakala, Pasi

PhD, Adjunct Prof.

Room: 113
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8299
Email: pahakala@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Artificial intelligence applications to astronomy
• compact binaries
• optical variability surveys

Halkola, Aleksi

PhD

Room: 208 (Library building)
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8221
Email: Aleksi.Halkola@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Dark matter
• lensing
• Moved to LMU Gernmany Summer 2009

Heinämäki, Pekka

PhD

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8983
Email: pekheina@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Cosmological simulations
• galaxy clustering
• large scale structure

Karttunen, Hannu

PhD, Adjunct Prof

Room: 110
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8989
Email: hannu.karttunen@utu.fi

Research interests:

• light scattering

Katajainen, Seppo

PhD (London)

Room: 24
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8243
Email: sekataja@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Compact binary systems
• magnetic stars

Korhonen, Tapio

PhLic

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8298
Email: takukor@utu.fi

Research interests:

• optical manufacturing and testing

Kotilainen, Jari

PhD (Cambridge), Adjunct Prof

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8250
Email: jari.kotilainen@utu.fi

Research interests:

• High redshift galaxies
• infrared imaging
• QSO/AGN hosts

Lainela, Markku

PhD, Adjunct Professor

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8943
Email: lainela@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Active galaxies

Lehto, Harry

PhD (Virginia), Adjunct Professor

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8290
Email: hlehto@utu.fi

Home page: http://users.utu.fi/hlehto/indexuk.html
Research interests:

• Astrobiology
• Timeseries analysis
• Interacting Binaries
• High Energy Astrophysics
• Black Holes

Lindfors, Elina

PhD

Room: 122
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8945
Email: elilin@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Active Galactic Nuclei

Mattila, Seppo

PhD (London)

Room: 26
Tel: 358 (0)2 333 8299
Email: seppo.mattila@utu.fi

Home page: http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~sm/
Research interests:

• Supernovae
• infrared galaxies
• medical applications of image processing

Mikkola, Seppo

PhD, Adjunct Prof

Room: 23
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8326
Email: mikkola@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Celestial mechanics

Mylläri, Aleksandr

PhD

Room: 111
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8226
Email: alemio@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Galactic dynamics
• three body problem
• celestial mechanics

Nilsson, Kari

PhD, Adjunct Prof

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8982
Email: kani@utu.fi

Home page: http://users.utu.fi/kani/
Research interests:

• AGN/QSO host galaxies
• AGN monitoring

Nurmi, Pasi

PhD

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8984
Email: pasnurmi@utu.fi

Home page: http://users.utu.fi/pasnurmi/
Research interests:

• Solar system dynamics
• Image data processing
• Cosmological simulations

Piirola, Vilppu

PhD, Adjunct Prof

Room: 20
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8223
Email: piirola@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Interacting binary stars
• magnetic white dwarfs
• star-forming regions
• interstellar and circumstellar matter

Pohjolainen, Silja

PhD, Adjunct Prof

Room: 112
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8987
Email: silpoh@utu.fi

Home page: http://users.utu.fi/silpoh/index.html
Research interests:

• solar physics
• plasma physics
• radio astronomy

Portinari, Laura

PhD, Adjunct Professor

Room: 111
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8988
Email: lporti@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Chemical evolution of galaxies
• stellar systems

Rekola, Rami T. F.

PhD

Room: 118
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8981
Email: rareko@utu.fi

Home page: http://www.astro.utu.fi/~rareko/
Research interests:

• The (Extended) Local Group of galaxies
• Distances to galaxies
• Near field cosmology

Reunanen, Juha

PhD

Room: 121
Tel: (0)2 333 8946
Email: reunanen@ftml.net

Home page: http://www.reunanen.ftml.net/public/
Research interests:

• AGN
• Star formation
• Evolution of galaxies

Riehokainen, Alexander

PhD

Room: 120
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8948
Email: alerie@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Solar physics

Sillanpää, Aimo

PhD, Adjunct Prof

Room: 8
Tel: +8289
Email: aimosill@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Multifrequency studies of AGNs

Takalo, Leo

PhD, Adjunct Prof

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8229
Email: takalo@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Multifrequency studies of AGNs

Teerikorpi, Pekka

PhD, Adjunct Prof

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8263
Email: pekkatee@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Cosmology
• dark matter
• dark energy
• malmquist bias

Wiik, Kaj

D.Sc. (Tech.)

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8949
Email: kaj.wiik@utu.f

Research interests:

• mm and space VLBI
• AGN
• mesolensing
• Bayesian methods

Zheng, Jia-Qing

PhD

Room: 21
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8262
Email: zheng@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Celestial mechanics

Bird, Sarah

BSc

Room: 111
Tel: 358 (0)2 333 8232
Email: sarahbird@billbird.com

Research interests:

• Galactic kinematics

Datson, Juliet

MSc

Room: 111
Tel:
Email: juliet.datson@googlemail.com

Research interests:

• Galactic star formation

Gardner, Esko

MSc

Room: 112
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8317
Email: esgard@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Galactic kinematics
• cometary orbits

Hellström, Christian

MSc

Room: 112
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8317
Email: chrrep@utu.fi

Home page: http://www.utu.fi/~chrrep/
Research interests:

• Spacecraft Formation Flight
• Geometric Numerical Integration
• Diagrammatic Perturbation Theory and Renormalization

Hentunen, Veli-Pekka

MSc

Room:
Tel:
Email: velhen@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Supernovae

Hyvönen, Tomi

Room: 121
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8947
Email: totahy@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Compact stars

Kankare, Erkki

MSc

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8205
Email: eskank@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Supernovae

Keinänen, Perttu

M.Sc.

Room: Caverno
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8311
Email: perttu.keinanen@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Optics manufacturing

Kotiranta, Samuli

M.Sc.

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 6359
Email: jankot@utu.fi

Home page: http://users.utu.fi/jankot/
Research interests:

• Exoplanetary systems

Lietzen, Heidi

MSc

Room: 111
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8232
Email: heilie@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Gravitational lensing
• QSO/AGN host galaxies

Niemi, Sami

Room: 112
Tel: 358 (0)2 333 8232
Email: saniem@utu.fi

Home page: http://users.utu.fi/saniem/
Research interests:

• Cosmological N-body simulations
• Groups of galaxies
• Large scale structure

Pasanen, Mikko

M.Sc (PhD student)

Room: Hiomo/luola
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8311
Email: mianpa@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Active galaxies

Pasechnik, Alexey

Room:
Tel:
Email: alexey.pasechnik@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Galactic dynamics

Rastorgueva, Elizaveta

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8944
Email: eliras@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Optical and radio properties of blazars/AGN

Reinthal, Riho

MSc

Room: 112
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8321
Email: rirein@utu.fi

Research interests:

• AGN

Somero, Auni

MSc

Room: 111
Tel: +358 (02) 333 8294
Email: auni.somero@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Interacting compact binaries

Vornanen, Tommi

MSc

Room:
Tel:
Email: ttvorn@utu.fi

Research interests:

• magnetic white dwarfs

Villforth, Carolin

MSc

Room: 111
Tel: 358 (0)2 333 8294
Email: carovi@utu.fi

Research interests:

• Variability and polarization properties of AGN

Eija Laurikainen

PhD

Room:
Tel: +358 8 5531 936
Email: eija.laurikainen@oulu.fi

Kari Lumme

PhD

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)9 1912 2910
Email:

Heikki Salo

PhD

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)8 5531 931
Email: heikki.salo@oulu.fi

Tähtinen, Leena

PhD

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8221
Email: leena.tahtinen@utu.fi

Junes, Raimo

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8267
Email:

Reinikainen, Sirpa

Room:
Tel: +358 (0)2 333 8221
Email: sirein@utu.fi