Jaak Aaviksoo-Curriculum Vitae#
Education:
- Tartu Secondary School No. 2 (present-day Miina Härma Gymnasium) - graduated in 1971, University of Tartu, theoretical physics - graduated cum laude in 1976.
- PhD (Candidate of Physics and Mathematics) – Institute of Physics of the Estonian Academy of Sciences 1981
Professional experience:
- 1976 – 1992 junior, senior and leading research scientist at the Institute of Physics of the Estonian Academy of Sciences
- 1981 – 1994 worked as a guest professor at the Novosibirsk Institute of Thermal Physics (Russia), Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Germany), Osaka University (Japan) and University of Paris VI (France)
- 1992 – 2015 Professor of optics and spectroscopy at the University of Tartu
- 1992 – 1995 the first Vice-Rector of the University of Tartu
- 1995 – 1995 Minister of Culture and Education
- 1996 – 1996 Minister of Education
- 1996 – 1998 Head of the Institute of Experimental Physics and Technology of the University of Tartu
- 1998 – 2003 Rector of the University of Tartu
- 2003 – 2007 Rector of the University of Tartu
- 2007 member of the XI composition of the parliament of Estonia
- 2007 – 2011 Minister of Defence
- 2011 member of the XII composition of the parliament of Estonia
- 2011 – 2014 Minister of Education and Research
- 2015 member of the XIII composition of the parliament of Estonia
- 2015 – Rector of the Tallinn University of Technology
Honours, awards:
- 1994 Academician at the Estonian Academy of Sciences
- 2000 Order of Merit of the National Coat of Arms, class IV
- 2000 Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2000 Medal of the University of Tokyo
- 2002 Medal of the City of Tartu
- 2003 Honorary Doctor of the University of Turku
- 2004 member of the Academia Europea
- 2006 Order of the White Rose of Finland
- 2006 Order of Merit of the White Star, II class
- 2007 Cross of Merit of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church, III class
- 2007 National Order of Merit of France
- 2009 Order of the Three Stars of the Republic of Latvia
- 2011 Estonian Defence League White Cross, I class
- 2012 Honorary Doctor of the University of Lapland
Research-administrative experience:
- Estonian Academy of Sciences - Head of Division of Astronomy and Physics, Board Member,
- Estonian Defence League - member of the Academic Unit and member of the Board of Elders
- Journal Akadeemia - member of the editorial board
- (Current/former) member of several other Estonian and international councils, committees, expert councils, etc.
