I have been a professor of experimental solid state physics in the WIhuri Physical Laboratory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Turku since 2012. I got my MSc in 1994 in University of Turku and continued towards PhD as a Academy of Finland research assistant. I defended my thesis on YBCO thin films and nanoparticles in 1998. After that I worked as an Academy post-doc researcher in Risø National Laboratory, Denmark and in University of Turku. In years 2003-2009 I was an Academy research fellow at University of Turku. Since 2009 I have been a professor and the director of Wihuri Physical Laboratory. During years 2012-2017 I was also the head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy.  I was the vice-dean of the Faculty of Science in charge of teaching in 2017-2024 and have been the dean of the faculty since 2025.

During the years I have taught many courses in solid state physics, superconductivity and magnetism at BSc and MSc level. Currently, due to the dean position, I teach only the BSc seminar course for physics students. I have tried to use active teaching methods, such as flipped classroom and pre-lecture questions, in all my courses. I have full teachers qualification in university pedagogics.