You can find my full CV here.
Doctor of Science (Tech.) - Space Technology | 10/2018
Aalto University School of Electrical Engineering, Finland
Master of Science - Astronomy | 02/2014
University of Helsinki, Finland
Bachelor of Science - Astronomy | 02/2014
University of Helsinki, Finland
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy | 09/2024-
Texas Tech University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, TX, USA
Dodge Family Prize Fellow | 01/2023-08/2024
The University of Oklahoma, HLD Department of Physics and Astronomy, OK, USA
Internal Research Fellow | 12/2019-11/2022
European Space Agency / European Space Astronomy Centre, Spain
Postdoctoral Researcher | 04/2019 - 11/2019
University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics, CA, USA
Doctoral Candidate | 03/2014 - 10/2018
Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory &
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering, Finland
Research Assistant | 10/2013 - 02/2014 & 05/2010 - 12/2012
Aalto University Metsähovi Radio Observatory, Finland
Research Assistant | 06/2013 - 08/2013
Finnish Centre for Astronomy with ESO (FINCA), Finland
Guide | 10/2012 - 03/2014
Helsinki Observatory, Finland
GO/GI Proposals:
NASA, Chandra GO, 2025, $29 240
NASA, NICER GO, 2014, $38 500
Working grants:
The University of Oklahoma Dodge Family Prize Fellowship, OK, USA, 2023, $150 000
European Space Agency, Spain, 3-year Research Fellowship, 2019, 300 000€
Finnish Foundations’ Post Doc Pool, Postdoctoral research at UCSB, USA, 2019, 54 000€
Finnish Cultural Foundation, Postdoctoral research, 2019, 15 000€
Finnish Cultural Foundation, PhD studies, 03-08/2018, 12 000€
Aalto University ELEC Doctoral School, PhD studies, 09/2014 - 02/2018, 150 000€
Research visits and conferences:
European Southern Observatory, Research visit to ESO Santiago, Chile, 11/2025
European Southern Observatory, Research visit to ESO Santiago, Chile, 11/2023
University of Padova, Research visit to the University of Padova, Italy, 11-12/2021
FINCA, Research visits to Tartu Observatory, Estonia, 11/2018 and 01-02/2019
RadioNet, Revisiting NLS1 galaxies and their place in the Universe -conference, Italy, 04/2018
Magnus Ehrnrooth Foundation, AGN - what’s in a name? -conference, Germany, 06/2016
Väisälä Foundation, Research visit to Brera Astronomical Observatory, Italy, 04-05/2016
FINCA, 28th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Switzerland, 12/2015
Workshop organisation:
ESA, Organising the Panchromatic view of the lifecycle of AGN -workshop, Spain, 09/2020
Observed on:
Apache Point Observatory 3.5 telescope, KOSMOS
IRAM 30m radio telescope, EMIR and NIKA2
Nordic Optical Telescope, NOTCam
Metsähovi Radio Observatory 14m radio telescope
Accepted observing proposals:
As principal investigator:
NASA | NICER 84ks
European Southern Observatory | FORS2 438.5h
NOIRLab | SOAR 2 nights, GN 52.6h
Apache Point Observatory 3.5m | KOSMOS 10h
Gran Telescopio CANARIAS | OSIRIS, 14.55h
Nordic Optical Telescope | NOTCam 9 nights, ALFOSC 4 Fast-tracks
Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique 30m | NIKA2, 16.8h
Effelsberg 100-m | 96h
National Radio Astronomy Observatory | JVLA 21.84h, VLBA 21h
Australia Telescope Compact Array | 240h
European VLBI Network | e-VLBI 24h
As co-investigator:
XMM-Newton | 201ks
Chandra | 40ks
Swift UVOT/XRT | ToO
Nordic Optical Telescope | ALFOSC 5 Fast-tracks
European Southern Observatory | MUSE 133h, FORS2 73.8h,
ERIS SV 1.3h, EFOSC2 22 nights, XSHOOTER 20h, GRAVITY 16h
NOIRLab | GN 11.3h, GS 1.3h
Telescopio Nazionale Galileo | Dolores ToO + DDT
Large Binocular Telescope | 2 nights
Institut de Radioastronomie Millimétrique | 30-m EMIR 21h, NOEMA
Sardinia Radio Telescope | 97.5h
National Radio Astronomy Observatory | JVLA 98.23h + DDT, VLBA 5h
Australia Telescope Compact Array | 60h
Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope | 13h
Postdocs:
Jeremiah Paul (Texas Tech University, TX, USA) | 2025 -
PhD theses:
Meenakshi Binu Raj (Texas Tech University, TX, USA) | 2026 -
Zack Ronayne (Texas Tech University, TX, USA) | 2026 -
Gregory Pinkasavage (Texas Tech University, TX, USA) | 2025 -
Sagarika Paul (Texas Tech University, TX, USA) | 2025 -
Shashikant Gupta (Aalto University, Finland) | 2022 -
Luca Crepaldi (University of Padova, Italy) | 2022 - 2025
Amelia Vietri (University of Padova, Italy) | 2021 - 2024
Irene Varglund (Aalto University, Finland) | 2020 - 2024
Master's theses:
Guillermo García López (Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain) | 2022
Luca Crepaldi (University of Padova, Italy) | 2022
Amelia Vietri (University of Padova, Italy) | 2021
Bachelor's theses:
Rana Osman (University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA) | 2025
Undergraduate research projects:
Emma Cerwin (Texas Tech University, TX, USA) | 2026 -
Sebastian Hernandez (Texas Tech University, TX, USA) | 2026 -
Sydney Matak (Texas Tech University, TX, USA) | 2025 -
Rachel Clapshaw (Texas Tech University, TX, USA) | 2024 - 2026
Daniel Bergman (Texas Tech University, TX, USA) | 2024 -
Sejal Chetry (Texas Tech University, TX, USA) | 2024 -
Ethan Gfrorer (Texas Tech University, TX, USA) | 2024
Rana Osman (University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA) | 2024 - 2025
Alice Heranval (Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA) | 2023 - 2025
Rohan Dahale (IISER Kolkata, India) | 2019
Courses taught:
TTU ASTR 1401 Stellar Astronomy | Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Summer 2025, Summer 2026, Fall 2026
TTU ASTR 3300 Radio Astronomy | Spring 2026 (syllabus)
Mentoring:
Supernova Foundation | 2021 -
University of Helsinki Group Mentoring Programme | 2023 - 2025
Teaching assistant:
Radio Astronomy, Astronomical View of the World, Introduction to Space
Editorial roles:
Member of the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports of Nature Research | 2021 -
Associate Editor of Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science | 2020 -
Reviewer:
Observing proposals: ESO, ALMA, GMRT, Swift, NRAO, NOIRLab, e-MERLIN
Grant applications: NSF
Prizes/awards: AAS
Manuscripts: A&A, ApJ, MNRAS, NatComm, PASP, Galaxies, OJAp, Universe, RevMexAA
Institute committee memberships:
Community and Inclusion Committee of the HLD Department of
Physics and Astronomy, The University of Oklahoma | 09/2023 - 08/2024
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee in ESA | 2021-2022
Graduation committee at the University of Padova, Italy | 07/2021, 04/2022
Professional organisations:
Member, secretary, and treasurer of the IAU Finnish National Committee for Astronomy | 2015-2018
Board member | 2013-2018, secretary | 2014-2015, and treasurer | 2015-2017 of The Finnish
Astronomical Society
Workshop/conference organisation:
Chairperson of the Scientific Organising Committee and the Local Organising Committee for the
“Panchromatic view of the life-cycle of AGN” -workshop in ESA/ESAC | 2022
Member of the Local Organising Committee for the Finnish Astronomers’ Days | 2014, 2016
International Astronomical Union
American Astronomical Society
American Physical Society and APS Astrophysics Division
European Astronomical Society
The Finnish Astronomical Society