Risto Nieminen#
Membership Number: | 5752 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
Elected: | 2021 |
Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
Homepage(s): | http://physics.aalto.fi |
ORCID: | 0000-0002-1032-2711 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 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
Fields of Scholarship
- Nanoscience and nanotechnology
- Condensed matter and materials physics
- Computational science
Honours and Awards
- 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)