CURRICULUM VITAE of Dan-Olof Riska

Name:

Riska, Dan-Olof Wilhelm

Personal data:

Born: March 29, 1944, Stockholm, Sweden
Citizenship: Finnish

Academic degrees:

M.Sc., Helsinki University of Technology, 1967,
Licentiate in Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, 1970,
Doctor of Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, 1974,
Doctor of Philosophy, honoris causa, Uppsala University, 2001.

Professional employments:

Secretary General, Research Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Helsinki,1968-69,
Stipendiate, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Atomic Physics, Copenhagen, 1969-71,
Visiting Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1971-74 ,
Assistant Professor of Physics, Michigan State University, 1974-77,
Associate Professor of Physics, Michigan State University, 1977-81,
Professor of Physics, University of Helsinki, 1980–2005,
Consultant at the Institute of Physics, Outokumpu Oy 1980-84,
Visiting Scientist, Argonne National Laboratory, August 1990,
Distinguished visitor, University of Maryland at College Park, December 1993,
Director, Helsinki Institute of Physics, 2000- .

Administrative and Academic Service:

Associate editor for Nuclear Physics, Physica Scripta, 1982-1997,
Member, Korkeakouluneuvosto (Finnish University Council) 1987-1989,
Member, Evaluation committee, NORDITA, Copenhagen 1988,
Chairman, Subfield committee on hadron and nuclear physics, NORDITA, Copenhagen 1990-96,
Chairman, Program Advisory Committee, The Svedberg Laboratory, Uppsala University 1991-2001,
Member, Program Advisory Committee, Accelerator Laboratory, University of Jyväskylä 1993-1999,
Chairman, The Board of Physica Scripta 1994-1999,
Member, The Board of the Imatran Voima Foundation, 1993 - 1997,
Finnish Physical Society, Vice-chairman 1995-97. Chairman 1997-1999,
Fysiikka tänään, Managing editor 1995-96,
Member, Evaluation committee, European Center for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas ECT*,Trento 1996,
Member, Scientific Council (Beirat) of the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH 1997-99, 2000-2002,
Associate editor, Nuclear Physics A, 1996- ,
Member, Nuclear Science Advisory Committee (NSAC) Subcommittee on DOE-Sponsored Intermediate Energy Nuclear Science 1998,
Member, The Board of the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics NORDITA 1999-2001, vice chairman 2000, chairman 2001,
Delegation of the Finnish Academies of Science, Vice-president 1999-2000, President 2000-2001, Secretary General 2002-2005,
Senior researcher, Academy of Finland 31.08.1999-30.06.2000,
Member, Scientific Council, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, 2000-2005,
Member, Editorial Board of Few-Body Systems,
Member, Evaluation Committee for Subatomic Physics at the Faculty of Science, Lund University, 2001,
Chairman, Scientific Advisory Board of the Centre for Underground Physics in Pyhäsalmi Mine, 2001-2003,
Member, Editorial Board of the Physical Review C, 2002-2004,
Member, Committee for evaluation of the young researcher programme, Royal Swedish Academy of Science, 2002,
Member, Commission for Nuclear Physics C12, International Union for Pure and Applied Physics, 2002-2004,

Member, CERN Council, 2003-, Vice President 2010-,

Member, Scientific and Technical Council, Service de Physique Nucléaire, CEA Saclay, 2003-2005, 2006-2008,

Member, European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), 2002- , vice-president 2004-2007,

Member, Evaluation panel of COSY and the Forschungszentrum Julich contribution to the Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research FAIR, Helmholtz Gemeinschaft, 2005,

Member, Nordic Data Grid Facility Steering Board 2006-,

Member, The Board of the Fortum Foundation 2007-,

Chairman, Commission on Nuclear Physics, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics 2009-2011.


Professional Society and Academy Fellowship:

Fellow of
The Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters, Vice President 1996-98, President 1998-2001, Treasurer 2006-
The Finnish Academy of Technical Sciences,
The Swedish Academy of Technical Sciences in Finland, member of the board 1996-2001,
The American Physical Society, 1994,
The Institute of Physics, London, 1999,
The Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, 2001,
The Royal Society of Science and Letters, Uppsala, 2001,
The Royal Swedish Academy of Science, 2003.

Recipient of The E.J. Nyström Prize of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters 1994