CURRICULUM VITAE

 

1.    Full name and date

·    Ilmoniemi, Risto Juhani

·    Male

·    April 1, 2018

 

2.    Date and place of birth, nationality, current residence

·    August 1, 1954, Jyväskylä

·    Finnish

·    Saukonpaadenranta 8 A 15, FI-00180 Helsinki, Finland

 

3.    Education and degrees awarded

·    PhD, Helsinki University of Technology, Solid State Physics, 1985

·    MSc, Helsinki University of Technology, Applied Physics, 1981

·    Title of Docent: Neurophysics, Helsinki University of Technology, 1992

 

4.    Linguistic skills

·    Mother tongue: Finnish

·    English (C2), Swedish (C2), German (B1), French (A2), Italian (A1), Russian (A1)

 

5.    Other education and training, qualifications and skills

·    Entrepreneurial experience (Nexstim’s founder and CEO); leadership/management training

 

6.    Current position

·    Professor of Applied Physics, Aalto University (tenured full professor since 2016)

·    Head of Department, Dept. of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering, Aalto University

 

7.    Previous work experience

·    Academy Professor, Academy of Finland, 2012–2016.

·    Head of Lab. of Biomedical Engineering, Helsinki Univ. Technology, Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2007

·    CEO, Nexstim Ltd., Feb. 1, 2003–Nov. 30, 2005

·    Head of BioMag Laboratory, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Jan. 1, 1994–Jan. 31, 2003

·    Senior Scientist, Low Temperature Laboratory, Helsinki Univ. Technology, 1987–1993

·    Research Scientist, Neuromagnetism Laboratory, Dept. Physics, New York Univ., 1985–1987

·    Visiting graduate student, Istituto dello Stato Solido, C.N.R., Rome, February–May 1983

·    Res. assistant & graduate student, Low Temp. Lab., Helsinki Univ. Technology, 1978–1985

 

8.    Research funding as well as leadership and supervision

·    Coordinator of EU-funded consortia

1) DG XII Grant PSS*1046, 1999–2001, “Imaging of language functions in the brain”, MUL­TI­LINGUA, €200,000 (9 partners). 2) FP7, 2008–12, “Hybrid MEG–MRI Imaging System”, MEGMRI, € 4,865,656 (13 partners). 3) Horizon 2020 FET Open, 2016–18, “Breaking the Nonuniqueness Barrier of the Inverse Problem”, BREAKBEN, €3,998,793 (7 partners).

·    Partner (Group leader) in EU-funded consortia

1) Contract No BMH4-CT96-0819 (DG XII–SSMA), 1996–1998, “Objective evaluation of cognitive brain function and dysfunction”, 54,000 ECU. 2) FP7, Dec 1, 2005 – Nov. 30, 2008, Enough Sleep, €290,000. 3) FP7, 2008–2011, “Image-based multi-scale physiological planning for ablation cancer treatment”, IMPPACT, €352,090.

·    PI in Academy of Finland grants

1) “Plasticity of the brain in language functions”, Project 40685, Oct. 20, 1999, FIM 555,000. 2) “Anisotropies in brain tissue: magnetic stimulation, EEG, MEG, and diffusion imaging”, Project 29985, May 4, 2000, FIM 588,000, 2000–2003 (Partner in MaDaMe consortium). 3) Centre of Excellence of the Academy of Finland 2002–2007 (BioMag Brain Research Unit being part of the consortium “Helsinki Brain Research Center”), June 2001. 4) “Theory of measurement and signal analysis for TMS studies”, Project 121176, Sept. 19, 2007, €240,000, Jan. 1, 2008–Dec. 31, 2012. 5) “Computerized inversion for spoken languages”, Project 135009, Nov. 20, 2009, €270,000, Jan. 1, 2010–Dec. 31, 2013. 6) “Measuring, modeling, and modulating the brain”, Decision n:o 256525, Sept. 12, 2012, €750,000, Jan. 1, 2012–Dec. 31, 2014. 7) “Measuring, modeling, and modulating the brain”, Decision n:o 283105, Sept. 12, 2012, €440,000, Jan. 1, 2015–Dec. 31, 2016.

·    PI in TEKES grants

1) No. 4070/95, Jan. 23, 1995, “Multichannel magnetic stimulator, prototype”, FIM 400,000. 2) No. 4549/95, Dec. 11, 1995, “Multichannel magnetic stimulator, prototype”, FIM 600,000. 3) No. 40016/97, Jan. 17, 1997, “Multichannel magnetic stimulator, prototype”, FIM 1,218,000. 4) No. 40678/98, June 29, 1998, “Computer-controlled magnetic stimulator, prototype”, FIM 700,000 (April 1, 1998–February 28, 1999). 5) No. 1495/31/09Sept. 9, 2009, “FiDiPro Grant: Enhanced MEGMRI”, €782,000, Jan. 1, 2010–31.12.2014.

·    PI in Helsinki University Central Hospital EVO Grants

1) “Mapping of functional connections and reactivity of the brain”, FIM 1,500,000 (1999–2001). 2) “Cortical reactivity and connectivity in psychiatric disorders”, €168,000 (2002–4).

 

9.    Merits in teaching and pedagogical competence

·    Lecture courses 1) Anatomy and physiology of the human brain, lecture course in at the Helsinki University of Technology, biannually 1989–2008. 2) Magnetoencephalography, lecture course at the Helsinki University of Technology in collaboration with the Helsinki Brain Research Center, fall semester 2002. 3) The brain and magnetic fields, lecture course at the University of Helsinki, spring 2004. 4) Electromagnetism, lecture course at the Helsinki University of Technology, 2005–2006. 5) Functional imaging in medicine, lecture course at the Helsinki University of Technology, 2007–2010. 6) Introduction to the anatomy and physiology of the human brain, lecture course at TKK/Aalto Univ., 2008–. 7) Neurophysics, group work and seminar, 2016– (together with Ari Koskelainen), Physics, measurements, and data analysis of MEG and EEG, 2016 (together with Jukka Sarvas).

·    Organization of courses and summer schools: 1) Course Director: Mind and Brain III: Audition, Language, Communication. International Course, Dubrovnik, Croatia, April 26–May 4, 2003. 2) Organizer and Course Director: Summer course on Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Espoo, August 4–8, 2008 3) Organizer and Course Director: International summer school and workshop: Coupling to the Dynamics of the Human Brain with TMS–EEG (Science Factory), Helsinki, June 3–8, 2013; 2nd TMS–EEG Summer School: Probing Brain Dynamics (Science Factory), Helsinki, Sept 8–13, 2014; 3rd TMS–EEG Summer School (Science Factory), Helsinki, Sept 7–12, 2015; 4th TMS–EEG Summer School (Science Factory), Helsinki, June 6–11, 2016.

·    Supervision of 27 PhD theses and 44 MSc theses.

 

10.       Awards, prizes and honours

·    Innovation Prize by the New Technology Foundation (Turku) for “Multichannel magnetic brain stimulator”, to Risto Ilmoniemi and his research team, 15000 FIM, April 14, 1997.

·    First prize in the invention competition by the Foundation for Medical Technology, Finland, for  “Electromagnetic brain mapping device”. Tampere, 25.9.1997. 5000 FIM, Sept. 25, 1997.

·    Innosuomi 2004 Prize awarded by the President of Finland, Ms. Tarja Halonen, to Nexstim Ltd., a company founded and led by Risto Ilmoniemi, November 16, 2004.

·    The 2006 European Information Society Technologies (IST) Prize awarded to Nexstim by Euro-CASE (with support of the European Commission), March 22, 2006.

·    Member, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 2008–

·    Member, Finnish Academy of Technical Sciences, 2008–

·    Fellow of International Society for Functional Source Imaging (ISFSI), 2011–

·    Fellow of EAMBES (European Alliance for Medical and Biol. Eng. and Science), 2015–

·    World Tech. Award Finalist, Health & Medicine, World Technology Network—TIME, Fortu­ne, CNN, Science/AAAS, Kurzweil Technologies, and IEEE Spectrum (www.wtn.net), 2013.

 

11.       Other academic merits

·    Pre-examiner of 11 Ph.D. theses.

·    Opponent or PhD committee member at 15 dissertations: Helsinki University of Technology, Tampere University of Technology, University of Zagreb, Service de Physique de l’Etat Condensé – CEA Saclay, Chalmers University of Technology, University of Eastern Finland, University of Barcelona, University of Guanajuato, University of Helsinki.

·    Member of the Board: Brain Research Society of Finland, 1990–1996. Member of the Board, Graduate School “Functional Studies in Medicine”, 1995–2003. Chairman of the Board, Nexstim Ltd., 2000–2003; Member of the Board, 2000–2006. Member of Editorial Board: Journal of Psychophysiology, 2003–2007. Member of Specialist Panel “Ymmärtäminen ja inhimillinen vuorovaikutus” [Understanding and Human Interaction], FinnSight 2015, The Academy of Finland and TEKES, 2005–2006. Member of Commission K (Electromagnetics in Biology and Medicine), Finnish National Committee of International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Jan 21, 2006–. Member of the Board, Finnish Society for Natural Philosophy, 2009–2012. Chairman, Finnish Society for Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, 2010–2012; Vice Chairman, 2007–2010; Member of the Board, 2006–. Member of International Advisory Board for Bernstein Focus Neurotechnology, Berlin, 2010–2013. Member of Advisory Board, Medtech West, Gothenburg, 2010–. Member of the Board: Instrumentarium Science Foundation 2010–. Founding Member, European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 2011–. Topic Editor, “Manipulative approaches to human brain dynamics”, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013. Member of Advisory Board for Berlin Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, 2014–. Member of Finnish National Committee for Medical Physics and Medical Engineering, 2014–. Member of Advisory Board, University of Eastern Finland, 2014–. Member of the Board, Neuroscience Center, University of Helsinki, 2014–. Member of the International Advisory Board, International Conferences on Biomagnetism, 2014–. Member of Scientific Committee, Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies (ITAB), Gabriele D’Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, 2014–. Member of the Advisory Board, Aalto Ventures Program, 2015–, Member of the Academic Committee, Aalto University, 2010–2013. Member of the Future and Emerging Technologies Advisory Group FETAG, European Union, 2017–

·    Evaluator of the Area of Advance Life Science at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, April 2012.

·    Chair of the Evaluation Panel of Science and Forestry in the Research Assessment Exercise of the University of Eastern Finland, 2013.

·    Member or chairman in 16 tenure-track committees at Aalto University (2010–2017) and reviewer of 3 tenure track candidates (University of California, 2000; Tampere University of Technology, 2010. Dartmouth College 2014).

·    Review of the ESPRIT project “Adaptive Brain Interfaces” (European Commission, DG XII; project ABI, No. 28193). Ispra, Italy, October 29, 1999 and Helsinki, May 16–17, 2000.

·    Peer review evaluation of R&D proposals in the field of Neurosciences under the program “Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources” of the 5th Framework Program, European Commission, DG XII, Brussels, January 17–20, 2000.

·    Proposal evaluation in EU Future and Emerging Technologies FET calls, Brussels, May 22–26, 2000; Helsinki, Sept. 11, 2000; Brussels, May 14–15, 2001; Helsinki, November 2001; Brussels, March 19–22, 2002; Brussels, October 26–29, 2004; Helsinki Nov. 2004. Review of the European Commission IST project “Insight 2+”. Leuven, Belgium, December 2, 2002.

·    Evaluation of Academy Research Fellow application, Academy of Finland, March 14, 2009.

·    Grant evaluations, Research Council of Canada, January 2010; New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow, October 2010; Inst­rumentarium Science Foundation, 2010–; Neurological Foundation of New Zealand, May 2011; New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow, November 2013; Slovak Academy of Sciences, 2014.

·    Evaluation of FET Flagship Preparatory Action proposals, Brussels, January 10–14, 2011.

·    Evaluation of FET Flagship pilot project “HPB”, Brussels & Helsinki, July 3–Aug. 10, 2012.

·    Member of Local Organizing Committee: Meeting of Int. Soc. for Advancement of Clinical Magnetoencephalography, Helsinki, June 23–26, 2015.

·    Member of Scientific Advisory Board: Human Brain Mapping Conference, Boston 1996, Copenhagen 1997, Montreal 1998, Düsseldorf 1999.

·    Member of Organizing Committee: 12th Int. Conf. on Biomagnetism, Helsinki, August 2000.

·    Member of Scientific Program Committee: 12th Int. Conf. on Biomagnetism, Helsinki, August 13–17, 2000; 14th Int. Conf. on Biomagnetism, Boston, August 2004; 16th Int. Conf. on Biomagnetism, Sapporo, August 2008; 17th Intl. Conf. on Biomagnetism, Dubrovnik, March 28–April 1, 2010; 19th Int. Conf. on Biomagnetism, Halifax, Aug. 24–28, 2014.

·    Member of the Technical Program Committee: Int. Workshop on Ubiquitous Healthcare and Supporting Technologies, Ubi-Health’10, Shanghai, May 31–June 2, 2010.

·    Member of Program Committee: 3rd Int. Workshop on Recent Advances in Medical Infor­matics (RAMI-2014), Delhi, India, Sept. 24–27, 2014; 4th Int. Workshop on Recent Ad­vances in Medical Informatics (RAMI-2015), Aug. 10–13, 2015, Aluva, Koch, Kerala, India.

·    Scientific referee for 46 different journals (e.g., 47 reviews for NeuroImage).

·    Over 90 invited/keynote talks and several plenary lectures, e.g., Plenary lecture “Hybrid magneto­encephalo­graphy (MEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)”, 14th Int. Superconductive Electro­nics Conf. (Boston, July 7–11, 2013); Plenary lecture “TMS–EEG: Methodology”, 15th Eur. Congress on Clin. Neuro­physiology (Brno, Sept. 30–Oct. 3, 2015); Ple­na­ry lecture “New technology for electromagnetic measurement and stimulation of the hu­man brain”, Physics Days (Oulu, March 29–31, 2016). Key Note Lecture “TMS–State of the art 2017”, Nordic Congr. Clin. Neurophysiol.y & Kuopio Epilepsy Symp. (Kuopio, March 15–17, 2017).

 

12.    Scientific and societal impact of research

·    274 publications, 17427 citations, h-index 60 (Web of Science); 28570 citations, h-index 78 (Google Scholar); 16 patents or patent applications.

·    Founder and Chairman or CEO in 2000–2005 of Nexstim Plc.

 

13.    Positions of trust in society and other societal merits

·    First Class Medal of the White Rose of Finland, December 6, 2014.