CV (Last updated: December 2021)

Chandan Bose, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Edinburgh

Vortex Interaction Laboratory, School of Engineering, Institute for Energy Systems
Alrick Building, The King’s Buildings
Max Born Crescent, Edinburgh EH9 3BF
Scotland, U.K.

chandan.bose@ed.ac.uk - +44 (0) 7447270406

Research Interests

Biological Applications of Fluid-Structure Interactions; Dynamic Stall and Nonlinear Aeroelasticity; Turbulent Flows; Multi-Phase Fluid-Structure Interaction; Bio-Propulsion Systems: Flapping Flight of Birds/Insects and Swimming of Fishes; Flow-Induced Energy Harvesting; Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos.

Experience

Sep'21 - present Post-Doctoral Reseach Associate, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (Working on the ERC Consolidator Grant Project Dandidrone with Dr. Ignazio Maria Viola).

Jan'20 - Sep'21 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium (Awarded the Wallonie Bruxelles International Excellence Post-Doctoral Fellowship & FNRS Post-Doctoral Fellowship (worked with Prof. Grigorios Dimitriadis and Prof. Vincent Terrapon).

Oct'19 - Dec'19 Project Officer, Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.

Jul'14 - Sep'19 Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India (worked with Prof. Sayan Gupta and Prof. Sunetra Sarkar).

Aug'13 - Jun'14 Design Engineer (Civil), M. N. Dastur & Co (P) Ltd., Kolkata, India.

Education

2014-2019 M.S. & Ph.D., Applied Mechanics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.
Thesis: Dynamical Analysis of Unsteady Flow Phenomena around Flapping Wings.
Achievements: Institute Research Award & V. Ramamurthy Best Thesis Award, IIT Madras; Innovative Thesis Project Award, Indian National Academy of Engineering.

2009-2013 B.E., Civil Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
Final Year Project: Design of Civil Structures Subjected to Wind and Earthquake Loads.
Achievements: First Class Honours; University Gold Medalist.

Publications

Publication list also available in Google Scholar. * = student as lead author, † = corresponding author

Journal articles

J15. Dheeraj Tripathi*, Sai Vishal*, Chandan Bose, and J Venkatramani. Stall-induced fatigue damage analysis of nonlinear aeroelastic systems subjected to randomly fluctuating inflow. International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, under review.

J14. Sai Vishal*, Ashwad Raaj*, Chandan Bose, J Venkatramani, and Grigorios Dimitriadis. Numerical investigation of discontinuity-induced bifurcations in an aeroelastic system with coupled non-smooth nonlinearities. Nonlinear Dynamics, under review.

J13. Chhote Lal Shah, Dipanjan Majumdar, Chandan Bose, and Sunetra Sarkar. Chordwise flexible aft-tail suppresses jet-switching by reinstating wake periodicity in a flapping foil. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, revised.

J12. Dipanjan Majumdar, Chandan Bose, and Sunetra Sarkar. Transition boundaries and an order-to-chaos map for the flow-field past a flapping foils. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, revised.

2021

J11. Sai Vishal*, Ashwad Raaj*, Chandan Bose, and J Venkatramani. Routes to Synchronization in a pitch-plunge aeroelastic system with coupled structural and aerodynamic nonlinearities. International Journal of Nonlinear Mechanics, Volume 135, 103766, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2021.103766, 2021.

2021

J10. Junlei Wang, Shanghao Gu, Abdessattar Abdelkefi, Chandan Bose†. Enhancing Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting from the Flow-Induced Vibration of a Circular Cylinder Using Dual Splitters. Smart Materials and Structures, Volume 30, 05LT01, DOI: 10.1088/1361-665X/abefb5, 2021.

2021

J9. Chandan Bose, Sayan Gupta, Sunetra Sarkar. Dynamic interlinking between near and far-field wakes behind a pitching-plunging airfoil. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 911, A31, DOI: 10.1063/5.0024084, 2021.

2020

J8. Dipanjan Majumdar, Chandan Bose, and Sunetra Sarkar. Effect of gusty inflow on the jet-switching characteristics of a plunging foil. Physics of Fluids, 32, 117105, DOI: 10.1063/5.0024084, 2020.

2020

J7. Dipanjan Majumdar, Chandan Bose, and Sunetra Sarkar. Capturing the Dynamical Transitions in the Flow-field of a Flapping Foil using Immersed Boundary Method. Journal of Fluids and Structures, Volume 95, Pages 102999, DOI: 10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2020.102999, 2020.

2019

J6. Chandan Bose, Sayan Gupta, Sunetra Sarkar. Transition to chaos in the flow-induced vibration of a pitching-plunging airfoil at low Reynolds numbers : Ruelle-Takens-Newhouse scenario. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Volume 109, Pages 189 - 203, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnonlinmec.2018.11.012, 2019.

2018

J5. Chandan Bose, and Sunetra Sarkar. Investigating chaotic wake dynamics past a flapping airfoil and the role of vortex interactions behind the chaotic transition. Physics of Fluids, Volume 30, Issue 4, 047101, DOI: 10.1063/1.5019442, 2018 (featured as Editor’s pick).

Grants and funding

Funding includes only amounts over 5000€

Under review

2026-2026 Research infrastructure funding, Academy of Finland, Finland, 440 558€ (Project total: 1 735 558€). Consortium PI.
DATA-EPOS: Modern and efficient metadata and data handling platforms for FIN-EPOS

Research funding

2021-2022 Project funding, Renlund foundation, Finland, 21 324€. Sole PI.
Building quantitative links between geodynamics and metamorphism in the Paleoproterozoic: Insight into emplacement of orogenic gold deposits

2014–2018 Academy Project, Academy of Finland, Finland, 451 763€. Sole PI.
What controls deformation in a ‘bent’ 3D orogen? The effects of spatially variable rock strength, erosion and mass transport on the tectonics of the Bolivian Andes

2014–2017 Three-Year Research Project, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland,
145 000€. Sole PI.
What controls strain partitioning at obliquely convergent ocean-continent margins? 3D dynamics of crustal deformation along the western Andean margin

2010-2012 ACEnet Research Fellowships Program, Atlantic Canada Computational Excellence Network (ACEnet), Canada, $40 000 [CAD]. Co-PI with C. Beaumont.
3-D plateau formation and evolution from numerical model experiments

Infrastructure

2016 Faculty of Science internal infrastructure funding, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 90 000€. Sole PI.
Geosciences high-performance computing cluster (geo-hpcc)

2014 Department of Geosciences and Geography internal infrastructure funding, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, 120 000€. Sole PI.
Computational infrastructure for Earth Sciences

Computing allocations

2014 PRACE Preparatory Access, Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE), Brussels, Belgium, 200,000 core-hours. Sole PI.
Nested DOUAR: Coupling high and low resolution finite element models to solve 3D geologic problems

2012 Compute Canada National Resource Allocation, Compute Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada, 109 core-years. Co-PI with J. Allen and C. Beaumont.
Modelling the three-dimensional dynamics of geologic systems: From sub-sea salt to the Himalayan peaks

Awards and honors

2020 Teacher of the Year, Vasara Ry (Geology student organization), University of Helsinki, Finland.

2014 Exceptional Reviewer, Lithosphere, Geological Society of America.

2007 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

2006 Outstanding Student Paper Award, Tectonophysics Section, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

2003 Camp Davis Field Geologist Award, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Invited talks

2019 University of Turku, Department seminar, Department of Geography and Geology, Turku, Finland.

2018 16th International Conference on Thermochronology (Thermo 2018), Session 2: Diffusion / annealing kinetics and thermal modelling, Quedlinburg, Germany.

2017 University of Lausanne, Department seminar, Institute of Earth Sciences, Lausanne, Switzerland.

European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Session TS7.8: Mountain building processes, from top to bottom: the Zagros-Himalaya-Tibet orogenic system, Vienna, Austria.

2016 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Session T42B: Sedimentary Basin Records of Convergent Orogenic Systems, San Francisco, CA, USA.

University of Potsdam, Colloquium talk, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, Potsdam, Germany.

2014 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Session EP23G: From High Peaks to Level Plains: Using Thermochronometry to Study the Evolving Geosphere, San Francisco, CA, USA.

2013 University of Tübingen, Earth System Dynamics Research Group seminar, Department of Geosciences, Tübingen, Germany.

2011 Joseph Fourier University, Grand séminaire, Institut des Sciences de la Terre, Grenoble, France.

2009 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Session T46: Linking Shallow to Deep Crustal Processes in Arc and Collisional Orogens, Portland, OR, USA.

Joseph Fourier University, Seminar talk, Laboratoire de géodynamique des chaînes alpines, Grenoble, France.

2007 Dalhousie University, Department seminar, Department of Earth Sciences, Halifax, NS, Canada.

Conference activity

Organization

2017 Session chair, NetherMod 2017 - XV International Workshop on Numerical Modelling of Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics, Putten, Netherlands.
“Global modelling of early and recent Earth”

2016 Session co-convener, Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Helsinki, Finland.
“Dynamics and evolution of the lithosphere from Archean to present”
“Interactions between climate, erosion and tectonics”

2014 Steering committee, Lithosphere 2014 symposium, Turku, Finland.

2013 Session co-chair, 28th Himalayan Karakorum Tibet Workshop and 6th International Symposium on Tibetan Plateau Joint Conference, Tübingen, Germany.
“Crustal Doming, Exhumation and Lateral Extrusion”

2010 Session co-convener, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado, USA.
“Orogeny: From rigid plates to diffuse lithospheric deformation”, one of several sessions celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Structural Geology and Tectonics Division of the GSA

Presentations

Past 4 years. Asterisks indicate student lead authors.

2020 A. Rantanen*, D. M. Whipp, J. S. Heinonen, M. Pütz, and L. Kaislaniemi. Influence of pulsed magmatic activity, latent heat, and partial melting on the strength of the continental crust. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 52, No. 6, 2020. doi: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-358401.

D. M. Whipp and L. Kaislaniemi. Lithological and erosional controls on orogen width in the Bolivian Andes. Abstract EGU2020-20549, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 4-8 May 2020. doi: 10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-20549.

A. Rantanen*, D. M. Whipp, J. S. Heinonen, M. Pütz, and L. Kaislaniemi. Influence of pulsed magmatic activity, latent heat, and partial melting on the strength of the continental crust. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 52, No. 4, ISSN 0016-7592. (Meeting cancelled due to COVID-19).

2019 J. Singh*, R. S. Kumar, and D. M. Whipp. 1-D Numerical Model for Heat Transfer in Crust & Predicting Thermochronometer Age for Sedimentary Basin Subsidence & Uplift Rates for Hydrocarbon Exploration. Young Scientists Conference, India International Science Festival 2019, Kolkata, India, 5-8 November 2019.

D. M. Whipp, P. Uotila, I. Kukkonen, E. Koivisto, T. Luhta. New geophysics study programs at the University of Helsinki. XXIX Geophysics Days. Programme and Extended Abstracts, Rovaniemi, Finland, March 21–22, 2019, Geophysical Society of Finland, 2019.

2018 D. M. Whipp, I. Coutand, B. Bookhagen, D. Grujic, and T. A. Ehlers. Whence the age? Use of numerical models to extract the record of tectonic and erosional processes in detrital thermochronometer data. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Thermochronology, Quedlinburg, Germany, 17-21 September 2018 (invited).

A. Koptev, T. Ehlers, M. Nettesheim and D. Whipp. Impact of 3D subduction geometry and crustal rheology on deformation at orogen syntaxes: Insights from thermo-mechanical modelling. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, EGU2018-8463-1, 2018.

M. Nettesheim*, T. A. Ehlers and D. M. Whipp. Effects of subducting plate geometry and erosion on overriding plate deformation at plate corners (syntaxes). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, EGU2018-13467, 2018.

D. Whipp, H. Tenkanen, and V. Heikinheimo. Geo-Python: An open online introduction to programming in Python for geoscientists. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 20, EGU2018-15204, 2018.

2017 L. Kaislaniemi and D. M. Whipp. What controls deformation in a bent three-dimensional orogen? An example from the Bolivian Andes. Abstract T23D-0649 presented at 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., USA, 11–15 Dec, 2017.

J. Schütt* and D. M. Whipp. 3D dynamics of crustal deformation along the western Andean margin. NetherMod 2017 - XV International Workshop on Numerical Modelling of Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics, Putten, Netherlands, 27–31 August, 2017.

D. M. Whipp and C. Beaumont. Strain partitioning in arcuate orogens: Analytical predictions and numerical experiments based on the Himalayan arc. NetherMod 2017 - XV International Workshop on Numerical Modelling of Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics, Putten, Netherlands, 27–31 August, 2017.

L. Kaislaniemi and D. M. Whipp. What controls deformation in a bent three-dimensional orogen? An example from the Bolivian Andes. DRT 2017 - 21st International Conference on Deformation Mechanisms, Rheology and Tectonics, Inverness, Scotland, 30 April–4 May, 2017.

M. Nettesheim*, T. Ehlers, and D. M. Whipp. Subduction and Slab Advance at Orogen Syntaxes: Predicting Exhumation Rates and Thermochronometric Ages with Numerical Modeling. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19, EGU2017-13042, 2017.

J. Schütt* and D. M. Whipp. 3D dynamics of crustal deformation driven by oblique subduction: Northern and Central Andes. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19, EGU2017- 11940, 2017.

D. M. Whipp and C. Beaumont. Orogen-parallel mass transport along the arcuate Himalaya into Nanga Parbat and the western Himalayan syntaxis. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19, EGU2017-15505, 2017 (invited).

Teaching

Links: = course homepage, = course GitHub page, = course YouTube channel

Main courses

2013-present Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2018 Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Short courses

2017 Low-temperature thermochronology, GeoDoc short course, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-taught with Ilmo Kukkonen and invited lecturers Cécile Gautheron, Christoph Glotzbach, and Clare Warren

2016 Introduction to lithospheric geodynamic modelling, Nordic Geological Winter Meeting, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-taught with Lars Kaislaniemi

2015 Software Carpentry Bootcamp, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-taught with Joona Lehtomäki

Introduction to Lithospheric Geodynamics, Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo, Finland.
Co-taught with Lars Kaislaniemi

Guest lectures

2019 Geo-Python, Department of Geography and Geology, University of Turku and Department of Geology and Mineralogy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland.

2010, 2019 Geochronology and Thermochronology, Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

2015-2018 Geological Processes/Dynamic Earth (Introductory geoscience course), Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Assistant teaching

2003–2007 Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Supervision

Postdoctoral researchers

2015-2018 Lars Kaislaniemi, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Doctoral students

2021-present Miisa Häkkinen, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-supervised with Jon Pownall and Pentti Hölttä (GTK)

2020-present Veikko Peltonen, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-supervised with Seija Kultti

2019-present Tuija Luhta, Institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-supervised with Timo Tiira

2017-2021 Matthias Nettesheim, Department of Geosciences, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
Co-supervised with Todd Ehlers

2014-2018 Jorina Schütt, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Masters students

2021-present Leevi Tuikka, Master’s Program in Geology and Geophysics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2020-present Ida-Maria Hanski, Master’s Program in Geology and Geophysics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-supervised with Tuija Luhta and Kati Oinonen

2018-present Aleksi Rantanen, Master’s Program in Geology and Geophysics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2019-2020 Yijun Wang, Master’s Program in Geology and Geophysics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2017-2020 Lotta Ylä-Mella, Master’s Program in Geology and Geophysics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-supervised with Ilmo Kukkonen

2017-2019 Nelli Metiäinen, Master’s Program in Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2014-2016 Niclas Blomqvist, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Now: Geologist, Pöyry Finland Oy

Bachelors theses

2018-2020 Leevi Tuikka, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2016–2018 Lotta Ylä-Mella, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2016–2017 Jennifer Hällsten, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Co-supervised with Jorina Schütt

Visiting researchers

2017-present Mehrnoosh Ghadimi, Department of Physical Geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Supervisory committee

2021-present Niina Junna, Doctoral student, Doctoral program in Geosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2020-present Riikka Fred, Doctoral student, Doctoral program in Geosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Toni Luoto, Doctoral student, Doctoral program in Geosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Tsarsitalidou, Christina, Doctoral student, Doctoral program in Geosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Ville Virtanen, Doctoral student, Doctoral program in Geosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2019-2021 Suoya Fan, Doctoral student, Dept. of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA.

2018 Rémi Vachon, Doctoral student, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

2011–2016 Janice Allen, Doctoral student, Dept. of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Now: Imperial Oil, Canada

2012–2015 Gabe Creason, Masters student, *Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
Now: Ph.D. student, Oregon State University

2011–2014 Kyle Landry, Masters student, Department of Earth Sciences, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

Undergraduate interns

2021 Bérénice Cateland, Geosciences, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.

2017-2019 Leevi Tuikka, Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2019 Christoph Brendel, Institute for Geology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

Jugraj Singh, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Jais, Uttar Pradesh, India.

2018 Marta Girbau, Department of Geology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.

2016 Miro Pütz, Institute of Geophysics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.

2014 Niclas Blomqvist, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2006–2008 Chris Spath, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Co-supervised with Todd Ehlers

2004 Nick Olds, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Co-supervised with Todd Ehlers

Professional training

2020 Learning in Higher Education (UP1), Centre for University Teaching and Learning, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Five credit introductory course for university pedagogy.

2019 Unilead leadership program, Faculty of Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Leadership program organized by the Faculty of Science for the University of Helsinki supervisors to support them in their managerial duties and develop their leadership skills.

2007 Classroom observation, Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
A short course on how to conduct and share classroom observations.

Professional service

2020 Review panel member, German Research Foundation Priority Programs (SPP 2017: Mountain Building Process in Four Dimensions), Berlin, Germany.

2019-present Preparatory committee member, AdriaArray project.

2016-2018 Judge, Outstanding Student Poster and PICO Award, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria.

2013-2016 Judge, Outstanding Student Paper Awards, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Did not attend/judge in 2015

2013-2015 Scientific expert in review panel, Fennovoima nuclear power company, Helsinki, Finland.

2007-present Referee.

Journals: Basin Research, Chemical Geology, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, G-cubed (Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems), Geological Society of America Bulletin, Geology, Geophysica, Geoscientific Model Development, International Journal of Earth Sciences, Journal of Geology, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, Journal of South American Earth Sciences, Lithosphere, Nature Communications, Nature Geoscience, Science, Tectonics, Tectonophysics

Research project proposals: German Research Foundation, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, The Royal Society UK (International Collaboration Awards), UK Natural Environment Research Council, US National Science Foundation (Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellowship program, Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics program, Tectonics program)

University service

2021-present Vice director, Masters program in Geology and Geophysics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2020-present Deputy director, Institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2018-present Steering group member, Bachelor’s Programme in Science (in English), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Deputy member, Department of Geosciences and Geography mangagement group, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Leader, Department of Geosciences and Geography well-being group, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

Member, Department of Geosciences and Geography communications group, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2013-present Co-coordinator geoscience seminar, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2017-2020 Steering group member, Masters program in Geology and Geophysics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2017-2018 Preparatory group member, BSc of Science in English degree, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2015-2017 Department council member, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2014-2016 Co-coordinator of Solid Earth Geophysics Masters program, Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

2007-2008 Graduate Student Mentor, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Community outreach

2020 Guest lecture, Kumpula Campus, University of Helsinki, Finland.
Introduction to the geodynamics of the Himalayan orogen for visiting high school students from the Germal School Helsinki

2015 Guest lecture, Institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Introduction to my general areas of research on mountain evolution for visiting high school students from Tampere, Finland

2013 Presenter, Science Bazaar, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
Presentation on mountain systems to the audience of undergraduate students present for their orientation at the Kumpula Science Campus of the University of Helsinki

2007 Guest lecture, Melbourne High School, Melbourne, FL, USA.
Introduction to the geology and culture of Nepal related to reading of Jon Krakauer’s Into Thin Air for eleventh grade English students

Memberships

2014-present European Geosciences Union

2005-present Geological Society of America

2003-present American Geophysical Union

Languages

Native: English

Basic: Finnish, French, German

Personal

Birth date: 9 March 1980

Citizenship: USA

Residence: Finland (Permanent resident)

Family: Married, two children


Last updated: September 2021