Currently I am a professor in Materials Physics in the Department of Physics and
Astronomy. I started my studies in theoretical physics in the
University of Turku in 1976. I took my degrees in Theoretical
physics: BSc in 1980, MSc in 1983, Lic. Phil. in 1986, and PhD in
1991. Since 1981 I have had seven different posts in the university.
I was a post-doc in the Institute for Solid State Physics, University
of Tokio 1991-1992. I have been a long-term visitor in Australian
National University, Canberra and in Martin Luther University,
Halle-Wittenberg. I have been a principal supervisor for six PhD
thesis and 13 MSc thesis. I have had several positions of trust in
different levels in the University of Turku.

I have been developing and teaching 32 different courses in University level and
several courses in college, high school and secondary school level. I
have developed and tried several different teaching methodologies
during during last four decades. Sometimes I have achieved great
success sometimes I created a disaster.