Current Group Members
Peter H. Johansson
Professor, group lead
Till Sawala
University Researcher
Bastián Reinoso
Postdoctoral Researcher
Toni Tuominen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Gábor Rácz
Postdoctoral Researcher
Alexander Rawlings
Doctoral Researcher
Atte Keitaanranta
Doctoral Researcher
Max Mattero
Doctoral Researcher
Jenni Häkkinen
Doctoral Researcher
Current Master’s Students
- Roosa Heiskanen
- Rilla Laitila
- Pekka Lampio
- Sonja Soininen
- Meri Teeriaho
Past Members of the Group
Former Postdocs
- Dr. Ruby Wright: In Helsinki 2023-2024, now Forrest Fellow at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) and University of Western Australia (UWA), Perth.
- Dr. Dimitrios Irodotou: In Helsinki 2021-2024, now Analytical Scientist in Statistical Genomics/Bioinformatics at the Institute of Cancer Research, London.
- Dr. Jessica May Hislop: In Helsinki 2022-2024, now Bioinformatician at the Institute of Cancer Research, London.
- Dr. Shihong Liao: In Helsinki 2020-2023, now Senior Research Scientist at the National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), Beijing.
- Dr. Francesco Paolo Rizzuto: In Helsinki 2022-2023, now Software Consultant at TNG Technology Consulting, Munich.
- Dr. Stuart McAlpine: In Helsinki 2018-2022, now System Developer at Stockholm University.
- Dr. Pauli Pihajoki: In Helsinki 2015-2020, now Lead AI Scientist at Silo AI.
- Dr. John Regan: In Helsinki 2013-2015, now Royal Society fellow at Maynooth University.
PhD Graduates
- Dr. Matias Mannerkoski: In Helsinki 2018-2022
Date of the public examination: 21st October, 2022
Thesis: Simulating Supermassive Black Holes in Their Cosmic Environment - Dr. Natalia Lahén (Postdoc at MPA): In Helsinki 2015-2020
Date of the public examination: 8th June, 2020
Thesis: Hydrodynamical simulations and synthetic observations of merging galaxies - Dr. Antti Rantala (Postdoc at MPA): In Helsinki 2014-2019
Date of the public examination: 25th July, 2019
Thesis: Modeling supermassive black hole dynamics in galactic-scale numerical simulations
Collaborators
Internal Collaborators in Helsinki
External Collaborators
- Dr. Thorsten Naab (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
- Prof. Carlos Frenk (Durham University)
- Prof. Jeremiah Ostriker (Columbia University/Princeton University)
- Prof. Andreas Burkert (University Observatory Munich, LMU)
- Dr. Antti Rantala (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
- Dr. Natalia Lahén (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
- Dr. John Regan (Maynooth University)
- Dr. Guilhem Lavaux (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris & CNRS)
- Dr. Jens Jasche (Stockholm University)
- Dr. Matthieu Schaller (Leiden University)
- Prof. Adrian Jenkins (Durham University)
- Prof. Stefanie Walch-Gassner (University of Cologne)
- Prof. John Wise (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Prof. Petri Väisänen (South African Astronomical Observatory)
- Prof. Vivienne Wild (University of St. Andrews)
- Dr. Jens Thomas (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics)
- Dr. Rhea-Silvia Remus (University Observatory Munich, LMU)