Born: 30th June 1978, Oulainen, Finland.
Nationality: Finnish.

Address:

Institute for Solar Physics
Georges-Köhler-Allee 401a
79110 Freiburg im Breisgau
Germany

Telephone: +49 (0)761 3198 0 (office)
Fax: +49 (0)761 3198 111
pkapyla@leibniz-kis.de
https://pkapyla.kapsi.fi/

Education and degrees:

05/1997 Matriculation, Oulaisten lukio
01-12/1998 Armed service, Pohjois-Suomen viestipataljoona, Oulu
12/2001 Master of Science, grade eximia cum laude approbatur, University of Oulu
09/2005 Licentiate of Science, grade eximia cum laude approbatur, University of Oulu
11/2006 Doctor of Philosophy, grade eximia cum laude approbatur, University of Helsinki
05/2010 Adjunct Professor (Docent/habilitation) in Astronomy, University of Helsinki
02/2025- Privatdozent (habilitation), Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Freiburg

Employment:

06/2000-08/2002 Research assistant, University of Oulu
08/2002-11/2006 Research assistant, Kiepenheuer-Institut für Sonnenphysik, Freiburg, Germany
11/2006-12/2007 Nordic Fellow, NORDITA, Stockholm, Sweden
01/2008-07/2010 Postdoctoral Researcher (Finnish Academy), University of Helsinki
07/2009-12/2011 Assistant Professor, NORDITA, Stockholm, Sweden (on leave of absence all of the time)
08/2010-07/2015 Academy Research Fellow, University of Helsinki
08/2016-07/2018 Senior Researcher (Leibniz-Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam) (66% position)
08/2015-12/2019 Research Fellow (Aalto University, Department of Computer Science) (33% position 08/2016-07/2018, on leave 08/2018-12/2019)
08/2018-02/2023 DFG Heisenberg Fellow/position (Göttingen University)
03/2023-02/2025 Tenure-track scientist and group leader (Institute for Solar Physics, Freiburg)
03/2025- Tenured scientist and group leader (Institute for Solar Physics, Freiburg)

Publications:

See https://pkapyla.kapsi.fi/publ.html

Research interests:

Turbulence and turbulence theory, mean-field theories of hydro- and magnetohydrodynamics and their application to astrophysical systems. In particular solar and stellar convection, differential rotation, and magnetism; turbulence and angular momentum transport in accretion disks and stellar structure and evolution. Numerical modelling of the aforementioned areas.