Risto Nieminen#

• 2010 - 2016 Distinguished Aalto Professor, Aalto University, School of Science
• 2007 - 2008 Director, NORDITA, Stockholm, Sweden
• 2000 - 2013 Director of the COMP Center of Excellence in Computational Nanoscience, Aalto University
• 1997 - 2008 Academy Professor, Academy of Finland and Helsinki University of Technology
• 1989 - 1996 Scientific Director, Center for Scientific Computing, Finland
• 1987 - 2010 Professor, Helsinki University of Technology
• 1979 - 1980, 1986 - 1997 Visiting Professor, Cornell University, USA
• 1978 - 1986 Associate Professor, University of Jyväskylä
• 1975 - 1977 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, NORDITA, Denmark
• 1973 - 1975 Research Fellow, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, England

• Nanoscience and nanotechnology
• Condensed matter and materials physics
• Computational science

• 2019 Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, University of Jyväskylä
• 2018 National Academy of Sciences, USA, International Member
• 2018 Millennium Technology Prize Fellow
• 2016 Honorary Chairman, Finnish Cultural Foundation
• 2016 Guild of Physicists, Honorary Member
• 2015 World Cultural Council, Member
• 2014 Title of Academician of Science
• 2013 Wihuri Foundation Prize
• 2011 Finnish Physical Society, Fellow
• 2009 European Academy of Sciences, Member
• 2007 American Physical Society, Outstanding Referee
• 2007 Millennium Prize Selection Committee (Chair, 2009 - 2010)
• 2004 Professor of the Year Prize
• 2003 University Publicists’ Prize
• 2000 Institute of Physics (UK), Fellow
• 1997 Technology Academy Finland, Member (Executive Board Member 2010 - 2016)
• 1995 American Physical Society, Fellow
• 1989 Magnus Ehrnrooth Physics Prize
• 1984 Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Member (Executive Board Member, Deputy President, President 2018 - 2019)

Curriculum Vitae

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Highlights of my work and anecdotes

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