Phone number
+358294424855
Areas of expertise
Radio astronomy, VLBI, Astrophysics, Black holes, 115 Astronomy and space science, The Milky Way, galaxies and cosmology
Honors and awards
Award for High-Quality Teaching in the Academic Year 2024-2025
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Metsähovi Radio Observatory
Dec 2025
Research Council of Finland proof-of-concept grant "Towards millimetre accurate geodesy with the VLBI Global Observing System"
Research Council of Finland proof-of-concept grant
Granted funding (public project funding)
Metsähovi Radio Observatory
Nov 2024
Research Council of Finland project grant "JetOrigin: The origin of black hole jets – Resolving the jet formation region at millimetre wavelengths"
Research Council of Finland project grant for the JetOrigin consortium between Aalto University and University of Turku.
Granted funding (public project funding)
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Jun 2024
Mobility grant from Academy of Finland
Personal grant for postdoctoral research at the Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie in Germany.
Granted funding (personal grants)
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Jan 2006
Academy of Finland project grant "NT-VGOS - From quasars to geodesy: how astronomy can enable a new era in ultra-precise geodetic measurements"
4-yr project funding granted to NT-VGOS consortium between Aalto University and National Land Survey.
Granted funding (public project funding)
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Jun 2018
Academy Research Fellowship
Academy research fellow position is a 5-year grant for setting up an independent research group.
Granted funding (personal grants)
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
May 2014
Award for High-quality Teaching in the Academic Year 2021-2022
The award for high-quality teaching is awarded in the series of master level courses to the course ELEC-E4530 Radio Astronomy D and its teaching staff.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Jan 2022
Royal Astronomical Society Group Achievement Award 2021
Awarded to the Event Horizon Telescope Team for "the first image of the shadow cast by the black hole in M87".
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Jan 2021
Bruno Rossi Prize 2020
Awarded to the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Jan 2020
Albert Einstein Medal 2020
Awarded to the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Jan 2020
Nelson P. Jackson Aerospace Award 2020
Awarded to the Event Horizon Telescope Team.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Jan 2020
Science magazine’s 2019 Breakthrough of the Year
Awarded to the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration for first direct observation of a black hole and its shadow.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Dec 2019
Physics World's 2019 Breakthrough of the Year
Awarded to the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration for first direct observation of a black hole and its shadow.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Dec 2019
Award for High-quality Teaching in the Academic Year 2018-2019
The award for high-quality teaching is awarded in the series of master's and doctoral level courses to the course ELEC-E4530 Radio Astronomy P and its teaching staff.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Oct 2019
2020 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics
To the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration for the first image of a supermassive black hole, taken by means of an Earth-sized alliance of telescopes.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Sep 2019
National Science Foundation Diamond Achievement Award
Group achievement award to the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration for capturing the first-ever image of a black hole.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Anne Lähteenmäki Group
May 2019
ELEC Impact Award 2018
For promoting integration of scientific knowledge into the society.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Anne Lähteenmäki Group
Feb 2019
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship
Granted funding (personal grants)
Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
Dec 2007