FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Children: Mathias b. 1987 and Johnny b. 1989
- Student examination from the Swedish-speaking high school,
Nykarleby
Gymnasium, 1976 - Master of Science (Eng.) at the Swedish-speaking university, Åbo Akademi, 1981
- Licentiate of Technology at Åbo Akademi, 1983
- Doctor of Philosophy at University of Helsinki, 1985
- Docent in Physical Chemistry at University of Helsinki, 1990
- Summer Institute in Quantum Chemistry and Solid State
Physics, Uppsala,
Sweden, 23.8.-17.9.1982 - Numerical Methods for Parallel Vector Computers, Crét-Berard,
Puidoux,
Switzerland, 5-9.9.1988 - University Pedagogics, Supervisor Education, University of Helsinki 20.10-2.12.2003
- Mother tongue: Swedish
- English, Finnish and German
- In refereed journals : 105+4
- In conference books : 5
- Internal reports, theses, and extended abstracts : 9
- Computer programs : 9
- Other publications : 14
- Helsinki City Marathon 2004, 4:09:25
- Helsinki City Marathon 2005, 4:09:51 (1:54:34)
- Jakob Marathon 2004, 4:27:04
- Half Marathon: 3, best time: 1:59:14.
- Research assistant, National Research Council for Technical Science, The Academy of Finland, at Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry, Åbo Akademi, Finland, 1.9.1980-31.12.1981
- Research assistant, National Research Council for Sciences, The Academy of Finland, at Department of Physical Chemistry, Åbo Akademi, Finland, 1.1.1982-31.12.1984
- Research assistant, National Research Council for Sciences, The Academy of Finland, at Department of Chemistry, Division for Swedish Speaking Students, University of Helsinki, Finland, 1.1-31.12.1985
- Laboratory instructor, Department of Chemistry, Division for Swedish Speaking Students, University of Helsinki, Finland, 1.1.1986-31.12.1995
- Research assistant, post-doctoral scholarship, Swedish Natural Science Research Council, at Department of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Lund, Sweden, 1.9.1986-25.8.1988.
- Scholarship for Senior Scientists, The Academy of Finland, 1.4-31.8.1990.
- Senior Research Scientist, The Academy of Finland, 1.9.1990-31.7.1991 and 1.5.1992-31.7.1997.
- Acting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Laboratory for Instruction
in Swedish, University of Helsinki, Finland, 1.8.1997-31.7.2000.
(which includes lectures in Atomic and Molecular Structure
h, in Thermodynamics h, Quantum Chemistry
60 h)
- Senior Research Scientist, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 1.8.2000- (including lectures in "ab initio methods in quantum chemistry", 2003).
- Summer deputy, Obbola Linerboard Ab, Sweden, 5.6.-21.8.1978 and 11.6-30.8.1979
- Laboratory apprentice, Nesteen Muovitehtaat, Neste Oy, Finland, 2.6.-22.8.1980
- Instructor, Quantum Chemistry and Molecular Spectrometry, Department of Physical Chemistry, Åbo Akademi, 15 h, 1982
- Instructor, Introduction to the UV-spectrometry, Department of Physical Chemistry, Åbo Akademi, 20 h, 1983
- Instructor, Thermodynamics, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 27 h, 1983
- Instructor, Atoms and Molecules, 51 h, 1984.
- Lectures in Laboratory Safety, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 36 h 1989-1991.
- Lectures in Physical Chemistry, Swedish Institute of Technology, Helsinki, 390 h, 1991-1992.
- Lectures in Quantum Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 40 h, 1993.
- Visiting Scientist, Department of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Lund, Sweden, 1.7.-31.8.1990.
- Visiting Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Division of Theoretical Chemistry, Aarhus University, Denmark, 1.9.-31.12.1993.
- Visiting Scientist, Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Institut für Physikalische Chemie und Elektochemie, der Universität (TH) Karlsruhe, 1.1.1994-31.7.1995.
- Faculty opponent at the dissertation of Kjell Davstad at Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Stockholm, 1990.
- Preliminary external examiner for Marina Lindblad's Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Chemistry, University of Joensuu, 1992.
- Prereviewer for Ari Yliniemelä's Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Helsinki 1996.
- Examiner of the Ph.D. dissertation manuscript by Toni Kiljunen, Department of Chemistry, University of Jyväskylä, 2001.
- Examiner of the Ph.D. dissertation manuscript by Michaela Ekholm, Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, 2001.
- Examiner of the Tech.D. dissertation manuscript by Tuomas Torsti, Laboratory of Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, 2003.
- Examiner of the Ph.D. dissertation manuscript by Pekka Manninen, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Oulu, 2004.
- Faculty opponent at the dissertation of Branislav Jansik at Theoretical Chemistry, Department of Biotechnology, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, 2004.
- 97 referee reports for international scientific journals, 1998-2005
- ''Det Alfthanska priset 1988'', Finska Kemistsamfundet r.f., shared with Dr. Leif Laaksonen.
- A grant for a research project in physical chemistry by Waldemar von Frenckells Stiftelse, 1991.
- Humboldt-Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, 1.1.1994-31.7.1995.
- ''Quantum Chemistry of Complex Systems'', Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, 1991, with P. Pyykkö.
- ''Calculation of NMR Parameters'', Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, 1995, with P. Pyykkö.
- ''Determination of Nuclear Quadrupole Moments'', Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, 1996, with P. Pyykkö.
- ''Solvation'', Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, 1997, with P. Pyykkö.
- ''Chemical Reactions'' Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, 1998, with P. Pyykkö.
- ''Electron and Proton Transfer in Biological Systems'' Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, 1999, with P. Pyykkö.
- ''Magnetic Properties of Molecules'' Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, 2000, with P. Pyykkö.
- ''Finnish Symposium on Quantum Chemistry'', June 2001, chairman.
- ''Condensed Phase Dynamics'', Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, 2001, with P. Pyykkö, M. Räsänen, and J. Vaara.
- ''Large Molecules: Linear Scaling and Related Electronic Structure Calculation Methods'', Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, 2002, with P. Pyykkö and J. Vaara.
- ''Quantum Chemistry Bordering Nanoscience and Nanotechnology'', Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, 2003, with P. Pyykkö and J. Vaara.
- ''A Frontier of Chemistry: New Species'', Winter School in Theoretical Chemistry, 2004, with P. Pyykkö and J. Vaara.
- Coordinator of the Helsinki node in the European research training network on "Molecular Properties and Molecular Materials" (MOLPROP) contract No. HPRN-2000-00013 (May 2000-May 2003).
- Coordinator of the Helsinki node in the European research training network on "Understanding Nano-Materials from the Quantum Perspective" (NANOQUANT) contract No. MRTN-CT-2003-506842 (April 2004-March 2007).
- Coordinator of the Helsinki node in the Nordisk Forskerakademi network for research and research training (NorFA grant No. 030262) on ''Quantum Modeling of Molecular Materials'' (QMMM), (2004-2006).
- for military service 9.10.1985-5.6.1986
- for a post-doctoral position at Department of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Lund, Sweden, 1.9.1986-31.8.1988
- for Scholarship for Senior Scientists, The Academy of Finland 1.4-31.8.1990
- for Senior Research Scientist, The Academy of Finland, 1.9.1990-31.7.1991 and 1.5.1992-31.12.1995