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Aleksi Vuorinen
Professor of Theoretical Particle Physics University of Helsinki
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Director of Theory Programme |
Short bio and cv
I obtained my PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Helsinki in January 2004. Following postdoctoral periods at the University of Washington and CERN, I moved to Bielefeld University in 2009, where I led a Sofja Kovalevskaja research group from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation until 2013. At that point, I returned to the University of Helsinki, joining its Department of Physics as an academy research fellow and the Helsinki Institute of Physics (HIP) as a theory project leader.
Since 2017, I have served as an associate and full professor of theoretical particle physics in Helsinki. Over these years, my research has been supported by the Research Council of Finland (RCF), HIP, and the European Research Council. From January 2025 I have served as the director of the Theory Programme of HIP and from January 2026 as the director of the Centre of Excellence in Neutron-Star Physics, funded by the RCF.
A relatively up-to-date cv of mine can be found from here.
Research interests
My research revolves around questions related to QCD and other quantum field theories at nonzero temperature and density. The physical systems I study include neutron-star cores and the early Universe, while the methods I apply range from perturbative thermal field theory to effective field theories and applied gauge/gravity duality. I am also interested in the use of the same techniques in other physical settings, such as heavy-ion physics, nuclear thery and BSM phenomenology.
Contact information
Office: A319 Physicum, Kumpula campus
Mailing address: P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Phone: +358 50 338 6725
email: aleksi.vuorinen@helsinki.fi