Susanna Heikkilä receives a doctoral dissertation prize in mathematics

The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters has awarded prizes to eight prominent researchers for their significant scientific achievements. The prizes were presented at the Society's Annual Celebration on 29 April 2025. In addition, three upper secondary school teachers received prizes.

PhD Susanna Heikkilä, University of Helsinki (Magnus Ehrnrooth received prize for the best doctoral dissertations in mathematics accepted at a Finnish university last year, €5,000)

Her dissertation concerns mathematical analysis, in particular quasiconformal geometry. The main theme of the dissertation is properties of quasiregular maps, quasiregular curves, and quasiregularly elliptic closed manifolds. The dissertation consists of four articles.

The Grand Prize – the 2025 Professor E.J. Nyström’s Prize (€50,000) – was awarded to Professor Leif B. Andersson (Uppsala University) for his outstanding contribution to genome biology of domestic animals and natural animal populations.

The total prize sum amounted to €146,000.