Lauri Nummenmaa - Curriculum Vitae#

  • PhD (Psychology) 2006 from University of Turku
  • MA (psychology), licensed psychologist (independent practice) 2001 from University of Turku
  • Current position: Professor at Turku PET Centre and Department of Psychology, University of Turku, since Oct 2019

Professional experience
  • Associate professor at Turku PET Centre & Dept. of Psychology, University of Turku, Sept 2016 - Sept 2019
  • Assistant professor (part time) at the Dept. of Neuroscience & Biomedical Engineering at Aalto University. Nov 2012 - Aug 2016
  • Professor at Univ. of Turku, Dept. of Psychology, June 2014 - June 2016
  • Academy of Finland Fellow, Turku PET Centre, Sept 2011 - Aug 2016
  • Senior Research Scientist at Brain Research Unit, Low Temperature Laboratory, Aalto University, Oct 2009 - 2012
  • Academy of Finland Research Fellow at Department of Psychology, University of Tampere, Finland, Jan. 2008 - Sept. 2009
  • Visiting Research Fellow at Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, UK, Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2007
  • Junior Lecturer, University of Turku, Dept. of Psychology, Jan. 2002 - Dec. 2006

Honors, prizes and awards
  • Academy of Finland Award (2016)
  • Alfred Kordelin Prize for scientific excellence (2012)

Grants, principal investigator
  • Total grant money obtained: 4,700,949€

Editorial experience
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B – Biological Sciences (Editorial Board member 2021 - present)
  • Cognition & Emotion (Associate editor; 2010 - present)
  • Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience (Consulting editor; 2015 - present)
  • Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (Consulting Editor, 2018 - present)

Consulting
  • Samsung Nordic (advertising and emotions)
  • Fazer Foods (neurobiology of appetite)
  • Palgrave Macmillan / Routledge / Psychology Press, Routledge / Psychology Press (book manuscript reviewing)

Teaching experience
  • Over 10 different graduate / undergraduate courses taught on statistics, emotions and research methods
  • Total of 7 supervised PhD theses: Sandra Manninen (2019); Tomi Karjalainen (2019); Juulia Suvilehto: (2018); Dmitry Smirnov (2018); Heini Saarimäki (2018); Henry Karlsson (2016); Jetro Tuulari (2015)

Research

h-index = 59, i10-index = 119, total citations = 11,510 (per Google Scholar)

Current research projects:
  • Neuromolecular mechanisms of obesity and eating disordes funded by The Gyllenberg foundation
  • Brain basis of social attachment funded by The Academy of Finland
  • Social and somatic determinants of brain health funded by The Academy of Finland

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