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Associate Professor of Theoretical Particle Physics
Helsinki Institute of Physics
P.O. Box 64 (Gustav Hällströmin katu 2) FI-00014 University of Helsinki FINLAND phone: +358 50
338 6725fax: +358 9 191 50522Skype: aleksi_vuorinen
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Temporary relocation
I will spend the spring of 2019 in Hamburg, Germany, part of which I will be on paternity leave. I shall remain reachable via email (and mobile phone) for the entire duration of my absence from Helsinki.
Short bio and cv
I obtained my PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Helsinki
in 2004, and thereafter worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the
University of Washington (2004-2007), the Technical University of Vienna
(2007) as well as CERN, Geneva (2008-2009). From Switzerland I moved to
Germany and Bielefeld, where I headed a Sofja
Kovalevskaja group until August 2013. In September of the same year, I
finally returned to Helsinki to work as a Research Fellow of the Academy of Finland and lead one of
the theory projects of
the Helsinki Institute of Physics.
In September 2017, I was appointed an associate professor of theoretical
elementary particle physics at the University of Helsinki, and from July
2017 I also hold an ERC
Consolidator Grant.
A relatively up-to-date cv of mine can be found here.
Research interests
My research revolves mostly around questions related to QCD and other quantum field theories at nonzero temperature and density. The physical systems I am interested in include the interiors of compact stars, heavy ion collisions, as well as phase transitions in the early universe, while the methods I use most frequently range from perturbation theory to effective theories and the gauge/gravity duality. I am also interested in the application of the same techniques to other physical settings, such as low-energy nuclear physics, condensed matter systems and (beyond) the Standard Model phenomenology.
