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The Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) is a physics research institute that is operated jointly by the University of Helsinki, Aalto University, the University of Jyväskylä, the Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology, and the Tampere University, with the Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) as a fixed-term interim member since 2018.

ERC Advanced Grant to HIP Programme Director Kari Rummukainen

Nuclear astrophysicist anu kankainen receives the renowned väisälä prize, science publication by the cloud collaboration: “iodine oxoacids enhance nucleation of sulfuric acid particles in the atmosphere”, stuk & hip have jointly developed new ways of controlling spent nuclear fuel, substantial funding for hip’s detector upgrades at cern, erc consolidator grant to hip project leader heikki mäntysaari, hip project leader janne pakarinen receives tomek czosnyka honorary award, jyväskylä & fair spotlights: exploring projects, people, and events, cern spotlights: exploring projects, people, and events, hip annual report 2022.

(käännetty ja modifioitu DeepL-kääntäjän avulla englanninkielisestä versiosta) Sunnuntai-iltana 4. maaliskuuta 15 HIP CMS -ohjelman jäsentä lähti junalla kohti Kolaria ja Kilpisjärven biologista asemaa. Tämä Suomen pohjoisimmassa […]

There is also a Finnish version available (DeepL translated). On Sunday evening of March 4th, 15 members of the HIP CMS Programme set off on a train towards Kolari, with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station… The post The Kilpisjärvi Effect: How […]

Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) participates in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) experiments ALICE, CMS and TOTEM. HIP collaborates with CSC – IT Center for Science on providing Worldwide LHC Computing Grid (WLCG) resources…. The post The HIP […]

• Helsinki Institute of Physics
• Faculty of Science
• Website http://www.hip.fi/

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Fields of science.

• 114 Physical sciences

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Juha Aaltonen

• Helsinki Institute of Physics - Laboratory Engineer
• Doctoral Programme in Materials Research and Nanosciences

Person: Doctoral Researcher, M5 Teaching and research support staff

Jaakko Gabriel Annala

• Helsinki Institute of Physics - Doctoral Researcher
• Doctoral Programme in Particle Physics and Universe Sciences

Person: U1 Research and teaching staff, Doctoral Researcher

Peter Dendooven

• Helsinki Institute of Physics - Visiting Professor
• Doctoral Programme in Particle Physics and Universe Sciences - Supervisor for doctoral programme

Person: U5 Other teaching and research staff incl. part time teaching

Kari Enqvist

• Department of Physics - Prof. emer.

Kari Eskola

• Department of Physics - Title of Docent

Person: Extern

Detector Laboratory

Facility/equipment : Equipment

European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN

International facility for antiproton and ion research, fair, kumpula computational linux clusters, micronova - centre for micro- and nanotechnology.

• 3 Not started
• 24 Finished

Projects per year

POSEIDON 2024

Dendooven, P.

NKS Sekretariatet

01/03/2024 → 28/02/2025

Project : Other funder

EU/DHE/RIA/HyWay/Djurabekova

Djurabekova, F. & Vuolahti, M. T.

European Commission

01/01/2024 → 31/12/2027

Project : EU Horizon Europe: Research and Innovation Actions (HORIZON-RIA)

1/24-12/27_Euroopa hiukkasfysiikan tutki

Brücken, E.

Academy of Finland

Project : Academy of Finland: Research infrastructure

ForVVard - A world-first measurement of vector boson scattering in all-hadronic final states at the LHC

Kirschenmann, H. & Norjoharuddeen, N.

01/09/2023 → 31/08/2027

Project : Academy of Finland: Academy Research Fellow

Otto A. Malmin lahjoitusrahaston apuraha

Kalliokoski, M.

Otto A. Malmin Lahjoitusrahasto

01/07/2023 → 31/12/2024

Project : Foundations (Private Foundations, Non-Profit Foundations, Charitable Trusts)

Publications

• 4845 Article
• 282 Conference article
• 278 Conference contribution
• 48 Doctoral Thesis
• 44 Review Article
• 15 Commissioned report
• 7 Other articles
• 6 Meeting Abstract
• 4 Anthology or special issue
• 2 Editorial
• 2 Working paper
• 1 Comment/debate
• 1 Licenciate's thesis
• 1 Master's thesis

Research output per year

ALICE luminosity determination for Pb–Pb collisions at √sNN = 5.02 TeV

Research output : Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

Assessing the importance of nitric acid and ammonia for particle growth in the polluted boundary layer

Complete next-to-leading order calculation of single inclusive π0 production in forward proton-nucleus collisions, daily and annual modulation rate of low mass dark matter in silicon detectors, effect of surface orientation on blistering of copper under high fluence kev hydrogen ion irradiation.

• 772 Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars
• 272 Academic visit to other institution
• 183 Public Talks
• 142 Academic visit at UH
• 140 Membership or other role in national/international committee, council, board
• 124 Oral presentation
• 62 Peer review of manuscripts
• 57 Invited talk
• 36 Supervisor or co-supervisor of doctoral thesis
• 31 Types for other activities - Other
• 30 Supervision of other thesis (Master's, Licentiate)
• 23 Membership or other role in review committee
• 18 Types for other activities - External teaching and subject coordination
• 17 Membership or other role in public Finnish or international organization
• 15 Opponent of doctoral dissertation
• 13 Pre-examiner of doctoral thesis
• 12 Assessment of candidates for academic posts
• 9 Post doctoral mentor
• 9 Membership or other role in research network
• 9 Non-academic visit to other institution
• 4 Editor of series
• 3 Membership or other role of body in private company/organisation
• 2 Director of doctoral programme

Activities per year

CERN, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

Francisco Garcia (Visiting researcher)

Activity : Visiting an external institution types › Academic visit to other institution

Matti Kalliokoski (Host)

Activity : Hosting a visitor types › Academic visit at UH

Francisco Garcia (Speaker)

Activity : Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

Winter Satellite Workshop 2024

Matti Kalliokoski (Attendee)

Activity : Participating in or organising an event types › Organisation and participation in conferences, workshops, courses, seminars

CMS Achievement Awards

Heikkilä, Jaana (Recipient), 2019

Prize : Prizes and awards

Cross of The Order of the White Rose of Finland

Karimäki, Veikko (Recipient), 6 Dec 2009

Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa

Riska, Dan-Olof (Recipient), 2001

E. J. Nyström Prize

Riska, Dan-Olof (Recipient), 1994

European Physical Society (EPS) High energy and Particle Physics prize

Wendland, Lauri (Recipient), 2013

EBAS: EUCAARI ion spectrometer data on 12 European sites

Manninen, H. (Creator) & Nieminen, T. (Data Manager), EBAS, NILU, Norway, 31 Dec 2010

http://ebas.nilu.no/

Open hardware as an experimental commercialization strategy: challenges and potentialities

Kauttu, P. (Creator), CERN, 2018

DOI : 10.23726/cij.2018.826

Press/Media

Multispectral photon-counting for medical imaging and beam characterization (mpmib).

Erik Brücken , Stefanie Kirschenmann , Joonas Samuli Tikkanen, Nikita Kramarenko , Panja-Riina Luukka , Juha Aaltonen , Shudhashil Bharthuar, Maria Golovleva, Akiko Gädda & Jennifer Ott

1 Media contribution

Press/Media : Press / Media

Researchers night / puoli seitsemän / yle

Erik Brücken & Eija Tuominen

1 item of Media coverage

ISO KYSYMYS: Fysiikka - Löytyykö kaiken teoria?

Esko Keski-Vakkuri

Finnish Researchers Among the Awardees for the 20th Call for Proposals for PRACE Project Access

Tech tools to make research more open and inclusive.

David Weir & Saga Säppi

Doctoral admissions

You can search for doctoral programmes on the application portal Studyinfo.fi , or you can contact the universities directly about the doctoral study and research options they offer. Check the application times and procedures, eligibility requirements and other details with the university you are interested in. The following links will take you to each university's Doctoral studies and research info pages.

• Aalto University
• University of Helsinki
• University of Eastern Finland
• University of Jyväskylä
• University of Lapland
• LUT University
• University of Oulu
• Hanken School of Economics
• University of the Arts Helsinki
• Tampere University
• University of Turku
• University of Vaasa
• Åbo Akademi University  

Doctoral / PhD funding opportunities

See the advice on doctoral level scholarships  to learn where you can search for doctoral level research funding. The universities may also offer paid doctoral and post-doc positions, see below.

Academic research positions and jobs

Announcements for doctoral and post-doc researcher positions at Finnish universities can also be found on academic recruitment sites like:

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• Academicpositions.fi

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PhD position in Solar & Space Physics Research – University of Helsinki, Finland

At the Space Physics Research group at the University of Helsinki we welcome applications for a PhD position to investigate sources of solar open magnetic field. The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Eleanna Asvestari and will be employed for SOFTCAT, the recently funded Academy of Finland project.

Application deadline: 30th June 2023

More information about the position and the application process can be found here: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/spacephysics/2023/06/03/job-opening-phd-position-in-solar-space-physics-university-of-helsinki-finland/

Department of Physics

Doctoral studies at the department of physics.

The doctoral education gives you opportunity to deepen your subject knowledge and to learn more about the scientific methodology – define problems, use analytical and experimental methods to find results which you then evaluate. You are a part of a research group in an environment with researchers and other doctoral students who encourage and help you.

After four years of undergraduate studies (240 credits in Sweden) it is possible to start doctoral studies in order to obtain a Licentiate degree after 2-3 years and continue towards a PhD exam after totally 4-5 years.

At the Department of Physics, there are four research subjects within the postgraduate program: Physics, Theoretical Physics, Chemical Physics and Medical Radiation Physics . Within these subjects there are several research divisions, with different research activities. The activities of the research divisions are described by their  own home pages . However, the best way to learn more about the present research activities is to contact some of the group members. Do not hesitate to contact the Director of Postgraduate Studies to get more information before you apply for postgraduate studies.

Useful links for doctoral students

Eligibility, application and admission

Courses for doctoral studies

Study funding during postgraduate education

Study plan for PhD students

Half-time review or licentiate degree

PhD thesis defence

PhD Council

Handbook for Postgraduate Students from the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) .

Rules for doctoral education at the faculty of Science (in Swedish)

Rules for education and examination at doctoral level at university of Stockholm

Meet Sara, PhD student in chemical physics

Sara Boscolo Bibi is from Venice, Italy. She is in her second year of her PhD studies at the Chemical Physics division at the Department of Physics.

The aim of Sara’s project is to understand the fundamental processes behind the CO2 reduction to hydrocarbons in presence of a metal catalyst.

"I like the friendly international environment"

The Department of Physics PhD Council

The Department of Physics PhD Council (in Swedish "Fysikums doktorandråd") is the assembly of all PhD students at the Department of Physics at Stockholm University. Its purpose is to represent the interests of the PhD students in the different committees, boards and councils within the department and the university. This page is mantained by the PhD Council representative.

The Department of Physics PhD Council webpage

In order to be admitted to the postgraduate programme, the applicant must satisfy the conditions for basic eligibility and the conditions for special eligibility, and have the skills as needed to complete their education.

Once you have been admitted as a research student The PhD student Council can help you with different issues.

Financing the studies

A condition for admission, in addition to possessing the required educational qualifications, is that the student will have sufficient economic support during the whole period of study, normally 4 years full time study. In most cases you will be employed as PhD student for your period of studies.

Supervision

A supervision group consisting of two or more supervisors is appointed for each student in connection with admission at the Department of Physics.

One is appointed as the main supervisor, the others as assistant supervisors. Applications of change of roles or appointment of additional assistant supervisors should be made in writing to the subject responsible.

In each research division there is also a division responsible, who is the contact person in all issues concerning the division and its members.

Mentor system

The mentor system at fysikum.

It has been decided that every PhD student at Fysikum should have a mentor. A short description of the mentor system is given below.

Purpose of the mentor system:

• Give each PhD student an independent senior discussion partner.
• Meetings that give the opportunity to reflect over work environment, PhD studies and carrier.
• The PhD student has opportunity to discuss urgent or reoccurring problems with a person that follows the development.

Procedure around the meeting between the mentor and the PhD student:

• Meetings at least once each semester.
• The meetings are confidential.

Responsibility of the PhD student:

• Choose a mentor, a senior researcher, preferably from a different research division. A person you trust and can confide in.
• A mentor has to be selected within 2 months of starting the PhD studies, and the director of postgraduate education should be informed.
• It can be natural to change mentor during the postgraduate education, without having to feel that the mentor is insulted.
• Invite to and prepare for the meeting with the mentor.

Responsibility of the mentor:

• Agree  with the PhD student on suitable forms for the meeting.
• The mentor will not contribute scientifically.
• The mentor must independent from both supervisors and PhD student, and only in exception from the same research division or research environment.
• The mentor should have a PhD degree and several years of working experience from universities or companies.
• The mentor should show an interest in the development of the PhD student and engage discussions of questions or problems.
• If there a problems in the work environment, the PhD student should be recommended to contact the work environment representatives or ombud for equal rights.
• The mentor can also ask for permission to discuss certain matters with the head of the department, work environment representative och the director of postgraduate education.

Responsibility of the director of postgraduate education:

• To perform a yearly anonymous survey asking mentors for us information about their general impressions of the situation for the PhD students, and of reoccurring or serious problems.
• Assist those new students who find it difficult to identify a mentor with finding a suitable first mentor.
• Report these impression to KUF and at the yearly meeting for supervisors.

The individual study plan

The framework for doctoral education is given by the general syllabus for the subject. The education at this level is highly specific to the research programme conducted by the doctoral student. Therefore, each doctoral student must have an individual study plan (ISP). In connection with the annual revision of the study plan, the doctoral student has a development review .

Read more about Study plan for PhD students

The course requirement for a PhD is 60 ECTS credits. Courses on this level can look different. They can be "normal" courses at the advanced level or courses created by teachers in the Department of Physics research divisions which are tailored for PhD education. Periods of self-study with science texts or active participation in a summer school may also constitute a course. All planned courses should appear in your Individual study plan(ISP). Your supervisor decides on the value of a course, in terms of credits.

Courses for PhD students

All PhD students are expected to take an active part in seminars arranged by their own research group as well as those arranged within AlbaNova. Students should also give their own seminars.

Seminar on ethical questions

All PhD students must attend a seminar on ethical questions in science. The seminar is arranged by the mathematical-physics section of the science faculty once per semester. Invitations are emailed.

Licenciate thesis and Doctoral thesis

The Licentiate thesis should be based on research corresponding to at least 60 credits (out of 120 credits required for the degree). The PhD thesis corresponds to at least 180 credits (out of 240 credits required for the degree). The licentiate as well as the PhD thesis can be written as a monograph or it can comprise a collection of separate articles. In the latter case the thesis consists of a summary and referenced articles published in scientific magazines. The Science Faculty has issued a document with rules and recommendations regarding the content and organization of the PhD thesis, found here (in Swedish only so far). More information on rules for dissertations can be found in the  Handbook for Postgraduate Students from the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) .

Read more about the Licenciate degree Read more about the PhD dissertation

Please contact the Director of Postgraduate Studies if you for exampel have questions regarding the development of programmes and courses or the assignment of teachers to the various courses or other general questions related to postgradate studies at the Department of Pysics.

Last updated: October 24, 2023

Source: Department of Physics

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Open position: Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Astrophysics

August 31, 2023 less than 1 minute read

Applications are now open for a position as Postdoctoral Researcher - apply by October 6!

The Department of Physics at the University of Helsinki is seeking an ambitious postdoctoral researcher to join the Theoretical Extragalactic Research Group. The successful candidate is expected to carry out research within the framework of the SIBELIUS project, a campaign of cosmological simulations of the Local Universe, funded by the Academy of Finland (PI: Till Sawala). Applicants should have a PhD in astrophysics or a closely related field, and ideally also experience with cosmological and / or hydrodynamic simulations. In addition, good programming and data analysis skills and a demonstrated ability for independent work are considered highly advantageous.

You can read the full job posting and information on how to apply at the AAS job register .

Space Physics Research – University of Helsinki

Nordic Postdoctoral Plasma Physics Fellowship (NORPPA) in Space Physics and Astrophysics

Applications are invited for postdoctoral research positions as Nordic Postdoctoral Plasma Fellows (NORPPA Fellows) at the University of Helsinki, Finland. The selected fellows will lead an independent research program on a topic that has strong synergy with space physics research and/or plasma astrophysics conducted in Helsinki. We anticipate being able to offer multiple positions.

A successful applicant will work in a vibrant research environment with theoretical, observational, and computational research on space and astrophysical plasmas. The research of plasmas at the University of Helsinki is supported by numerous grants, including 3 ERC grants and the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence. The fellow will conduct research under the mentorship of professors in space physics (Minna Palmroth; https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/vlasiator ) and astrophysics (Joonas Nättilä; http://natj.github.io/group/ ).

Application process: The initial appointment will be for 2 years, with an anticipated renewal for a total of 4 years. The start date is flexible. The applicant should have a Ph.D. in space physics, computational physics, plasma physics, astrophysics, or a related field (by the appointment date).  Applicants should submit a CV with the list of publications, a research statement (max. 3 pages), and arrange for three reference letters to be sent directly by the referees. The research statement should summarize past research achievements and describe the planned research program. All application material should be sent to hewan.zewde(at)helsinki.fi with the subject title “NORPPA Fellowship Application 2023” by November 15, 2023. The University of Helsinki fosters equality, diversity, inclusion, and workplace well-being.

Helsinki: Finland has been selected as the happiest country six times and is one of the safest locations worldwide. We enjoy beautiful nature and the cleanest air in the world. Helsinki is an international city with many cultural and recreational activities and outstanding services for families and children.

Salary & Benefits:

The annual salary will be according to the University of Helsinki salary rules, including comprehensive occupational health care access. The fellows will also have ample travel funds and access to exceptional computing resources, including the pre-exascale supercomputer LUMI and a new, dedicated local computing cluster. In addition, the position includes a paid five weeks of vacation per year, paid sick leave, and an option for a paid 6-month parental leave (per parent).

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