Jan 2025–Post-doctoral Research AssociateUCLouvainCURL group, Institute of Mathematics and Physics.
Oct 2023– Jan 2025Senior Research AssociateLancaster UniversityTheoretical Particle Cosmology group, Consortium for Fundamental Physics.
Feb 2020– Sep 2023ResearcherNICPB TallinnLaboratory of High Energy and Computational Physics, part of the Centre of Excellence: Dark Side of the Universe.
Education
2016–2019Doctor of PhilosophyUniversity of HelsinkiMy PhD studies included a wide variety of topics in theoretical physics, such as statistical physics, quantum field theory, particle physics, general relativity, cosmology, cosmological perturbation theory, thermal and lattice field theory, beyond standard model physics, and string theory. I completed all my courses with maximum grades. My supervisors were Syksy Räsänen and Kari Enqvist, and my opponent in my thesis defence was Malcolm Fairbairn. My PhD thesis, Cosmology with Higgs inflation, received the highest grade (pass with distinction).
2014–2016Master of ScienceUniversity of HelsinkiIn my studies I concentrated on cosmology and quantum field theory. I completed all my courses with maximum grades. My master's thesis is titled Decoherence in Inflation.
2010–2014Bachelor of ScienceUniversity of HelsinkiI majored in theoretical physics and minored in mathematics and got maximum grades for all my courses. The subject of my bachelor's thesis was dark energy and supernova observations.
Participation in schools
Jan 2019Nordita Winter School 2019 in Theoretical Particle PhysicsStockholm, Sweden
Jan 2017Nordic Winter School on Cosmology and Particle PhysicsSvingvoll, Norway
May 2013Summer School of Mathematical PhysicsLammi, FinlandOrganized by University of Helsinki and tutkijalinja.
May 2012 Summer School on CosmologyNuuksio, FinlandOrganized by University of Helsinki and tutkijalinja.
Prior work experience
Periodically 2014–2018Teaching AssistantUniversity of HelsinkiI have worked as a teaching assistant on several undergraduate physics courses, teaching small groups and grading exercise papers. See the list of courses here.
Nov–Dec 2016Graduate StudentUniversity of HelsinkiA contract with the University before the beginning of my grant period.
Jun–Aug 2015Research AssistantUniversity of HelsinkiI spent the summer writing my master's thesis.
Jun–Aug 2014Summer StudentCERNA position in the summer student program of Helsinki Institute of Physics, under supervisor Tapio Lampén. My work was related to the alignment of the tracker of the CMS experiment.
Periodically 2011–2014ProgrammerTritolyte OyProgramming the user interface for an electric boat using the C-language and Atmel AVR microcontroller.
Periodically 2010–2016StatisticianSimbain ConsultingStatistical analysis of a customer satisfaction survey using the R language.
Other activities and positions of trust
2026–Member of the Cosmology from Home Organiser and Advisor CommunityI am part of the team organizing and developing the Cosmology from Home online conference and its spinoffs. Web page.
2025–Organizing Early Universe from HomeI was part of the organizing team for the 2025 and 2026 Early Universe from Home online conferences. Web page.
2025Organizing NEHOP'25I co-organized the New Horizons in Primordial Black Hole Physics (NEHOP) workshop, held 19–22 May 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. Web page.
2024Organizing the Lancaster–Sheffield Theoretical Cosmology and Fundamental Physics MeetingI organized a one-day meeting between the theoretical physicists from Lancaster and Sheffield Universities on September 17, 2024. Web page.
2022–Reviewing grant applicationsI have reviewed grant applications for the Estonian Research Council (ETAG), the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), and the National Science Centre (NCN) of Poland.
2022Consulting for Finnish science fiction translationI helped check the scientific terminology for the revised translation of Iain M. Banks's Consider Phlebas.
2020–Chairperson in conferencesI have acted as the chairperson for cosmology-related parallel sessions and chaired themed discussion sessions in the conference Cosmology from Home in multiple years.
2019–Referee in peer-reviewed journalsI have peer reviewed high energy physics articles (30+ in total) for multiple journals, including Physical Review D (PRD), Physical Review Letters (PRL), Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP), Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), European Physical Journal C, and International Journal of Modern Physics A.
2018–2019Organizer of CosmoCoffeeUniversity of HelsinkiCosmoCoffee is a weekly meeting held in the University of Helsinki for discussing recent research papers in cosmology and particle physics.
2015–2019Board memberAlter Ego ryBoard member, membership coordinator and library officer in Alter Ego ry, the role-playing club of the University of Helsinki.
spring 2018Organizer of the Finnish Summer School of CosmologyNuuksio, FinlandI participated in organizing the summer school of cosmology for undergraduate students of the Universities of Jyväskylä and Helsinki, held in the national sports institution Solvalla 29.5.-1.6.2018.
2012–2014Member of tutkijalinjaUniversity of Helsinki‘Tutkijalinja’ is a student group for physics undergraduates in the University of Helsinki who aspire to obtain a PhD and continue to a career in the academia. They organize gatherings, lectures, and other activities for like-minded students.
2012Grader of problemsInternational Physics OlympiadI participated in the 43rd International Physics Olympiad held in Estonia, helping to grade the answers of the competitors.
2010CompetitorInternational Physics OlympiadI competed in the 41st International Physics Olympiad held in Croatia and won a bronze medal.
Personal grants and awards
2026Proposal for a Research Associate (CQ) position: Outstanding (A+) evaluationFNRS Grants and Fellowships call 2026The scientific commission of FNRS (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, the funding body of French-speaking Belgium) awarded my proposal "From cosmic inflation to primordial black holes: accuracy computations with stochastic inflation and lattice techniques" with the highest grade in a compatitive call across all sciences for a permanent Research Associate position. The proposal was not funded due to a lack of financial means.
2026Seal of ExcellenceMSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025I was granted a Seal of Excellence for the high-quality project proposal "Accurate primordial black hole statistics and gravitational wave signals from cosmic inflation," which could not receive funding due to budgetary constraints.
2022Exchange Travel GrantEuCAPT exchange programme870 €A grant by the European Consortium for Astroparticle Theory for a scientific visit to ICG Portsmouth.
2022Exchange Travel GrantEuCAPT exchange programme870 €A grant by the European Consortium for Astroparticle Theory for a scientific visit to ICG Portsmouth.
2017–2019Travel GrantsPAPU, University of Helsinki1875 €Travel grants by the Doctoral Programme in Particle Physics and Universe Sciences (PAPU, University of Helsinki) for attending the Nordic Winter School on Cosmology and Particle Physics 2017 (270 €) and PACTS 2018 (805 €) and for a trip to visit universities in the UK in 2019 (800 €).
2018Travel GrantOtto A. Malms donationsfond2000 €Travel grant for the COSMO-18 conference, granted by Otto A. Malm Foundation.
Teaching
I have worked as a teaching assistant on the following courses (teaching was done in both Finnish and English; course names are translations into English, when necessary):
I worked as a tutor in BUSSTEPP 2024 (the 53rd British Universities Summer School in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics), organized at the University of Sheffield. Web page.
Supervision and related activities
2024–2025PhD supervisionI acted as the second PhD supervisor for Lucy Brissenden (Lancaster University), who graduated in December 2025. Main supervisor: Konstantinos Dimopoulos.
2025Reviewer of Master's thesisI was an examiner for the Master's thesis of Nico Korkeamäki (University of Helsinki).
2021Reviewer of Bachelor's thesisI reviewed the Bachelor’s thesis of Jürgen Rajasalu (Tallinn University of Technology). The grade given to the thesis was partly based on my review.