Born: 30th June 1978, Oulainen, Finland.
Nationality: Finnish.
Address:
Department of Physics
Gustaf Hällströmin katu 2a (PO Box 64)
FI-00014 University of Helsinki
Finland
Telephone: +358 (0)9 191 40034
Mobile: +358 (0)40 533 4117
Fax: +358 (0)9 191 50610
petri.kapyla@helsinki.fi
http://www.helsinki.fi/~kapyla/
Education and degrees:
05/1997 Matriculation, Oulaisten lukio
01-12/1998 Armed service, Pohjois-Suomen viestipataljoona, Oulu
12/2001 Master of Science, grade eximia cum laude approbatur,
University of Oulu
09/2005 Licentiate of Science, grade eximia cum laude approbatur,
University of Oulu
11/2006 Doctor of Philosophy, grade eximia cum laude approbatur,
University of Helsinki
05/2010 Adjunct Professor (Docent/habilitation) in Astronomy,
University of Helsinki
Employment:
06/2000-08/2002 Research assistant, University of Oulu
08/2002-11/2006 Research assistant, Kiepenheuer-Institut für
Sonnenphysik, Freiburg, Germany
11/2006-12/2007 Nordic Fellow, NORDITA, Stockholm, Sweden
01/2008-07/2010 Postdoctoral Researcher (Finnish Academy),
University of Helsinki
07/2009-present Assistant Professor, NORDITA, Stockholm, Sweden (on leave of absence)
08/2010-07/2015 Academy Research Fellow, University of Helsinki
Publications:
See http://www.helsinki.fi/~kapyla/publ.html
Research interests:
Turbulence and turbulence theory, mean-field theories of hydro- and
magnetohydrodynamics and their application to astrophysical systems.
In particular solar and stellar convection, differential
rotation, and magnetism; turbulence and angular momentum transport in
accretion disks. Numerical modelling of the aforementioned areas.