People
We have 14 senior research staff, 10 junior research staff (PhD
students and other) and 2 administrative staff.
We believe firmly that PhD studies are work and make every effort
to offer our PhD students paid positions.
Senior research staff
- Irina Astrova, PhD, senior researcher
- Silvio Capobianco, PhD,
senior researcher
- James Chapman, PhD, senior researcher
- Pavel Grigorenko, PhD, researcher
- Hele-Mai Haav, CSc, senior researcher
- Mait Harf, CSc, senior researcher
- Wolfgang Jeltsch, PhD, appointed
senior researcher
- Ahto Kalja, CSc, senior researcher,
head of the department
- Riina Maigre, PhD, researcher and system
administrator (on maternity leave)
- Keiko Nakata, PhD, senior researcher
- Jaan Penjam, CSc, appointed senior researcher
- Hellis Tamm, PhD, senior researcher
- Enn Tyugu, DSc, member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences,
leading researcher
- Tarmo Uustalu, PhD, member of the
Estonian Academy of Sciences,
leading researcher
Junior research staff
- Denis Firsov, engineer, PhD student (supervised by Tarmo Uustalu)
- Kristiina Kindel, engineer, PhD
student (supervised by Ahto Kalja)
- Vahur Kotkas, manager of development projects
- Andres Ojamaa, researcher, PhD
student (supervised by Enn Tyugu)
- Jelena Sanko, engineer (on
maternity leave)
- Margarita Spitšakova,
engineer, PhD student (supervised by Jaan Penjam)
- Boriss Šelajev,
engineer, PhD student (supervised by Tarmo Uustalu and Keiko Nakata)
- Elmo Todurov, engineer, PhD student (supervised by Keiko Nakata and Tarmo Uustalu)
- Andres Toom, engineer, PhD student
(supervised by Tarmo Uustalu and Marc Pantel)
- Niccolò Veltri, appointed junior
researcher, PhD student (supervised by Tarmo Uustalu and James Chapman)
Administrative staff
System support staff
(These people are part of the institute administration, but informally
associated to the department.)
Former members
Latest update 11 February 2013