Päivi Törmä#
| Membership Number: | 5767 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://physics.aalto.fi/en/groups/qd/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-0979-9894 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 - 2021 Academy Professor of Academy of Finland, Aalto University, Finland
- 2015 ETH Zürich, invited guest professor (3.5 months)
- 2007 - present Professor, Aalto University, Finland
- 2001 - 2007 University of Jyväskylä, Finland, professor
- 2000 - 2001 Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, Academy Fellow of the Academy of Finland
- 1997 - 1999 University of Innsbruck, Austria, EU Marie Curie fellow
- 1996 - 1997 University of Ulm, Germany, postdoc
- < 1996 University of Helsinki, University of Oulu, Finland, researcher
Fields of Scholarship
- Nanoplasmonics
- Superfluidity and superconductivity
- Ultracold quantum gases
- Nanophotonics
- Quantum many-body physics
Honours and Awards
- 2013 ERC Advanced Grant
- 2005 EURYI award (EUROHORCs/ESF)
- 2019 Magnus Ehrnrooth Prize in Physics
- 2019 American Physical Society Outstanding Referee
- 2008 The Finnish Cultural Foundation Prize
- 2017 Member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters
- 2006 Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 2011 Member of the Finnish Academy of Technology
- 2003 The Väisälä Prize
- 2006 Award for popularizing science, University of Jyväskylä Foundation
