Miro Erkintalo

New Zealand physicist
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Summary

Miro Erkintalo was born in Pori[1]. He has worked as an academic[2] and physicist[3]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Country of citizenship: Finland[5]
  • Field of work: nonlinear optics[6], soliton[7], parametric process[8], supercontinuum[9], fiber laser[10]
  • Position held: full professor[11]
  • Employer: University of Auckland[12], Dodd-Walls Centre for Photonic and Quantum Technologies[13]
  • Educated at: Tampere University of Technology[14]
  • Award received: Hamilton Award[15], The Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize[16], Rutherford Discovery Fellowship[17], Hill Tinsley Medal[18]
  • Sex or gender: male[19]
  • Doctoral student: Noel Lito B Sayson[20], Ian Hendry[21], Patrick Bowen[22], Yadong Wang[23], Yiqing Xu[24], Q141206491[25], Q141206827[26]
  • Commons category: Miro Erkintalo[27]
  • Academic degree: Bachelor of Science[28], Master of Science[29], Doctor of Science[30]
  • Residence: Auckland[31]
  • Family name: Erkintalo[32]
  • Given name: Miro[33]
  • Official website: http://www.miroerkintalo.com[34]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: NZThesisProject[35]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[36]

FAQs

Where was Miro Erkintalo born?

Miro Erkintalo was born in Pori[1].

What did Miro Erkintalo do for work?

Miro Erkintalo worked as an academic[2] and physicist[3].

Where did Miro Erkintalo go to school?

Miro Erkintalo was educated at Tampere University of Technology[14].

What awards did Miro Erkintalo receive?

Honors received include Hamilton Award[15], The Prime Minister’s MacDiarmid Emerging Scientist Prize[16], Rutherford Discovery Fellowship[17], and Hill Tinsley Medal[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  19. [20] ↑ . hdl.handle.net. hdl.handle.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  27. [28] ↑ . unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  31. [32] ↑ . ORCID iD. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [33] ↑ . unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [4] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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    Given name → Miro
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    Academic degree → Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, Doctor of Science
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