Personal information
First names: Susi Samuli
Last name: Lehtola
Researcher profiles
These are in a rough order of accuracy - Google Scholar is most up to date.
| Site | ID |
|---|---|
| Google Scholar | M-OAnnwAAAAJ |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6296-8103 |
| Web of Science | H-1828-2013 |
| Scopus | 55586137400 |
Current position
Academy research fellow
Docent in computational chemistry at University of Helsinki
Reviewer for the following journals (see also my Publons profile which is probably more up to date):
- AIP Advances
- Annalen der Physik
- Chemical Physics Letters
- Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
- Computer Physics Communications
- International Journal of Quantum Chemistry
- Journal of Chemical Physics
- Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
- Journal of Computational Chemistry
- Journal of Physical Chemistry A
- Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
- Molecular Physics
- Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
- Periodica Polytechnica Chemical Engineering
- Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in theoretical physics (PhD thesis here), University of Helsinki, 2013
Master of Science (MSc) in theoretical physics, University of Helsinki, 2008. Majors in theoretical physics and physics, minor in mathematics. Specialization in computational physics.
Honors and awards
- President of computational chemistry section of Finnish Chemical Society, 2018-2019
- President of computational physics section of Finnish Physical Society, 2019
- Member of Finnish Academy Club for Young Scientists 2016-2017
- Löwdin postdoctoral fellow award, 57th Sanibel Meeting 2017
- Member of Finnish Academy for Young Scientists 2017-2020
Computer skills
Fluent in C, C++, Fortran, and Python.
Experience with MPI and OpenMP parallel programming.
Extensive experience with Red Hat Linux systems both on user and administrator level. Packager for Fedora Linux; sponsor and provenpackager status. Fluent with shell scripting and awk.
Selected work history
| Year | Position |
|---|---|
| 2022-2027 | Academy of Finland research fellow |
| Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2020-2022 | Software Scientist |
| Molecular Sciences Software Institute at Virginia Tech, United States | |
| 2017-2020 | Academy of Finland postdoctoral fellow |
| Department of Chemistry, University of Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2014-2017 | Postdoctoral fellow |
| Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States | |
| 2013-2014 | Postdoctoral researcher |
| Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Finland | |
| 2008-2013 | PhD student with teaching duties |
| Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland | |
| 2003-2008 | IT support and maintenance, some teaching |
| Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland |
Teaching
| Term | Course | Level | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| spring 2023 | Numerical Methods in Scientific Computing | graduate | lecturer |
| spring 2019 | Scientific Computing III | graduate | lecturer |
| spring 2018 | Molecular properties | postgraduate | teaching assistant |
| fall 2012 | Scientific Programming in C | graduate | lecturer |
| spring 2012 | Advanced Quantum Chemistry | postgraduate | teaching assistant |
| fall 2011 | Nuclear Physics | graduate | teaching assistant |
| spring 2011 | Electrodynamics | undergraduate | teaching assistant |
| fall 2010 | Classical Mechanics | undergraduate | teaching assistant |
| spring 2010 | Quantum Mechanics II | graduate | teaching assistant |
| fall 2009 | Continuum Mechanics | graduate | teaching assistant |
| spring 2009 | Fundamental physics course labs | undergraduate | teaching assistant |
| fall 2008 | Fundamental physics course labs | undergraduate | teaching assistant |
| fall 2007 | Solid State Physics II | graduate | teaching assistant |
| fall 2006 | Quantum Mechanics I | undergraduate | study circle coach |
| fall 2005 | Mathematical Methods for Physicists | undergraduate | teaching assistant |
Language skills
| Language | Level |
|---|---|
| Finnish | Native |
| English | Fluent |
| French | Fluent |
| Italian | Fluent |
| German | Conversational |
| Swedish | Conversational |
| Spanish | Beginner |