Sofja Kovalevskaja group leader
Bielefeld University
Faculty of Physics
Universitätsstrasse 25
D-33615 Bielefeld
tel:
+49 521 106 6209
fax:
+49 521 106 6961
mobile:
+49 151 2747 1542
email:
vuorinen@physik.uni-bielefeld.de
PhD,
University of Helsinki, 2004
Doc.,
University of Helsinki, 2009

Short bio

I obtained my PhD in theoretical physics from the University of Helsinki in 2004. After this, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Washington (2004-2007), the Technical University of Vienna (2007) as well as CERN, Geneva (2008-2009). From Switzerland I moved on to Germany and Bielefeld, where I have since the fall of 2009 headed a Sofja Kovalevskaja research group, funded by the Alexander von Humboldt foundation.

My full cv can be downloaded from here.

Research interests

My research revolves mostly around questions related to QCD and other quantum field theories at finite temperature and density. The physical systems of interest include heavy ion collisions, the interiors of compact stars, as well as the early universe, while the methods used range from perturbation theory to effective theories and the gauge/gravity duality. I am also interested in the application of these techniques to other physical settings, such as low energy hadron physics, condensed matter systems and (beyond) the Standard Model phenomenology.