Rate My Professor Jani Lukkarinen

Jani Lukkarinen is Professor of Mathematical Physics in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Helsinki's Faculty of Science. He obtained his doctorate in theoretical physics from the University of Helsinki in 2001, with a thesis titled Statistical analysis of finite equilibrium quantum systems. After his PhD, he spent half a year as a postdoctoral researcher at Rutgers University in the USA, focusing on mathematical physics. From 2002 to 2007, he worked in Professor Herbert Spohn's team at the Technical University of Munich in Germany. Returning to Finland in 2008, he held an Academy Research Fellow position funded by the Academy of Finland. In 2009, he was appointed University Lecturer in Mathematics at the University of Helsinki, advancing to Professor of Mathematical Physics in 2018. Throughout his career, Lukkarinen has served as scientific coordinator for the Academy of Finland's Centre of Excellence in Analysis and Dynamics Research, director of the Master’s Programme in Theoretical and Computational Methods, and deputy head of the Department of Mathematics. He leads the Mathematical Physics research group and supervises doctoral theses in the Doctoral Programme in Mathematics and Statistics, having overseen two doctoral theses and three other theses as supervisor or co-supervisor. He teaches advanced courses including Introduction to Mathematical Physics and Kinetic Theory I.