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2025

• 97. Olli-Pekka Kahilakoski: . Supervising professor: Matti Hämäläinen, thesis advisors: Risto Ilmoniemi & Timo Roine, opponent: Christoph Zrenner (University of Toronto, Canada), 02 June 2025.
• 96. Heikki Sinisalo: . Supervising professor: Matti Hämäläinen, thesis advisors: Risto Ilmoniemi, Jaakko Nieminen & Victor Souza, opponent: Stefan Goetz (University of Cambridge, UK), 30 May 2025.
• 95. Merlin Dumeur: . Supervising professors: Matias Palva & Philippe Ciuciu, opponent: Viktor Jirsa (Institut de Neuroscience des Systemes, Aix-Marseille University, France), 06 May 2025.
• 94. Sama Saeid: . Supervising professor: Ari Koskelainen, thesis advisor: Ari Koskelainen, opponent: Vladimir Kefalov (University of California, Irvine, USA), 17 April 2025.
• 93. Liia Merzon: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisors: Juha Salmitaival & Linda Henriksson, opponent: Alan Kingstone (The University of British Colombia, Canada), 04 April 2025.
• 92. Eero Ahtola: . Supervising professor: Matias Palva, thesis advisors: Sampsa Vanhatalo & Anton Tokariev, opponent: Petro Julkunen (University of Eastern Finland), 13 March 2025.
• 91. Yohann Le Bourlout: . Supervising professors: Anton Kuzyk & Heikki J. Nieminen, thesis advisors: Gösta Ehnholm & Heikki J. Nieminen, opponent: Margaret Lucas (University of Glasgow, UK), 17 January 2025.

2024

• 90. Vladislav Myrov: . Supervising professor: Matias Palva, thesis advisor: Satu Palva, opponent: Bertrand Thirion (INRIA, France), 13 December 2024.
• 89. Heidi Ala-Salomäki: . Supervising professor: Riitta Salmelin, thesis advisor: Mia Liljeström, opponent: Vitória Piai (Radboud University, Donders Centre for Cognition, Netherlands), 03 December 2024.
• 88. Sasu Mäkelä: . Supervising professor: Riitta Salmelin, thesis advisor: Jan Kujala, opponent: Mathieu Bourguignon (ULB Neuroscience Institute, Belgium), 29 November 2024.
• 87. Lauri Lukka: . Supervising professors: Matias Palva & Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisor: Veli-Matti Karhulahti, opponent: Saskia M. Kelders (University of Twente, the Netherlands), 22 November 2024.
• 86. Amit Jaiswal: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisors: Jukka Nenonen & Lauri Parkkonen, opponent: Seppo P. Ahlfors (Harvard Medical School, USA), 01 November 2024.
• 85. Annika Kluge: . Supervising professor: Iiro Jääskeläinen, thesis advisor: Jonathan Levy, opponent: Jennifer Kubota (University of Delaware, USA), 19 June 2024.
• 84. Timo Nurmi: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisor: Harri Piitulainen, opponent: Peter Bandettini (National Institute of Mental Health, USA), 07 June 2024.
• 83. Niloufar Zebarjadi: . Supervising professor: Iiro Jääskeläinen, thesis advisor: Jonathan Levy, opponent: Simone Shamay-Tsoory (University of Haifa, Israel), 03 May 2024.
• 82. Antonios Thanellas: . Supervising professor: Matti Hämäläinen, thesis advisor: Risto Ilmoniemi, opponent: Jussi Tohka (University of Eastern Finland), 27 March 2024.
• 81. Antti Myllynen: . Supervising professors: Markku Sopanen & Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisor: Jani Oksanen, opponent: Magnus Borgström (Lund University, Sweden), 08 March 2024.
• 80. Julia Jaatela: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisor: Harri Piitulainen, opponent: Christos Papadelis (University of Texas at Arlington, USA), 09 February 2024.

2023

• 79. Athanasios Gotsopoulos: . Supervising professor: Jouko Lampinen, thesis advisor: Mikko Sams, opponent: Jussi Tohka (University of Eastern Finland), 21 December 2023.
• 78. Koos Zevenhoven: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisor: Risto Ilmoniemi, opponent: Lawrence Wald (Harvard Medical School, USA), 20 November 2023.
• 77. Pauliina Yrjölä: . Supervising professor: Matias Palva, thesis advisors: Sampsa Vanhatalo & Anton Tokariev, opponent: Amir Omidvarnia (Research Center Juelich, Germany), 27 October 2023.
• 76. Mooud Amirkavei: . Supervising professor: Ari Koskelainen, thesis advisors: Helder André & Kai Kaarniranta, opponent: Anu Kauppinen (University of Eastern Finland), 26 May 2023.
• 75. Mia Illman (Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä): . Supervisors: Harri Piitulainen (University of Jyväskylä), Nina Forss (University of Helsinki and Aalto University) & Kristina Laaksonen (University of Helsinki), opponent: Sara Määttä (University of Eastern Finland), 21 April 2023.
• 74. Álvaro Chang-Arana: . Supervising professor: Iiro Jääskeläinen, thesis advisors: Katja Hölttä-Otto & Mikko Sams, opponent: Jari Jussila (Häme University of Applied Sciences HAMK, Finland), 27 March 2023.
• 73. Ashwin Natarajan: . Supervising professor: Anton Kuzyk, thesis advisor: Anton Kuzyk, opponent: Tim Liedl (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany), 24 March 2023.
• 72. Joonas Ryssy: . Supervising professor: Anton Kuzyk, opponent: Andreas Walther (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany), 24 February 2023.
• 71. Karoliina Tapani: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisors: Nathan Stevenson & Sampsa Vanhatalo, opponent: Maarten De Vos (KU Leuven, Belgium), 25 January 2023.

2022

• 70. Yike Huang: . Supervising professor: Anton Kuzyk, thesis advisor: Anton Kuzyk, opponent: Friedrich Simmel (Technical University of Munich, Germany), 16 December 2022.
• 69. Hanna-Leena Halme: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisor: Lauri Parkkonen, opponent: Nathalie George (Institut du Cerveau - ICM, France), 02 December 2022.
• 68. Eija Raussi-Lehto: . Supervising professors: Mika Gissler, Elina Hemminki & Risto Ilmoniemi, opponent: Jyrki Jalkanen (Keski-Suomen Sairaanhoitopiiri), 07 October 2022.
• 67. Emanuele Perra: . Supervising professor: Heikki J. Nieminen, thesis advisor: Heikki J. Nieminen, opponent: Michael R. Bailey (University of Washington, USA), 07 October 2022.
• 66. Aino Nieminen: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisors: Jaakko Nieminen & Selja Vaalto, opponent: Fabio Babiloni (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy), 29 June 2022.
• 65. Lina Smeds (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki): . Supervisor: Petri Ala-Laurila (Aalto University and University of Helsinki), opponent: Alapakkam P. Sampath (University of California Los Angeles, CA, USA), 25 March 2022.
• 64. Sergei Tugin: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisors: Vadim Nikulin, Julio C. Hernandez Pavon & Pantelis Lioumis, opponent: Jari Karhu (Satucon Ltd., Finland), 04 February 2022.
• 63. Marjo Rissanen: . Supervising professor: Hanna Renvall, thesis advisors: Hanna Renvall & Jaakko Nieminen, opponent: Hannu Eskola (Tampere University), 07 January 2022.

2021

• 62. Ivan Zubarev: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisor: Lauri Parkkonen, opponent: Surjo Soekadar (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany), 23 April 2021.
• 61. Rasmus Zetter: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisor: Lauri Parkkonen, opponent: Matthew Brookes (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom), 15 January 2021.

2020

• 60. Jan Schreier: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisor: Hannu Laaksonen, opponent: John A. Lee (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium), 20 November 2020.
• 59. Antti Mäkinen: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisor: Risto Ilmoniemi, opponent: Matthew Rosen (Harvard Medical School; MGH/Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston, Massachusetts, USA), 18 November 2020.
• 58. Maksym Tokariev (Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki): . Supervisor: Synnöve Carlson (Aalto University and University of Helsinki), opponent: Alexander Leemans (University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands), 26 October 2020.
• 57. Sanna Koskela (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki): . Supervisors: Petri Ala-Laurila (University of Helsinki and Aalto University) & Kristian Donner (University of Helsinki), opponent: Samer Hattar (National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA), 09 October 2020.
• 56. Teemu Turunen: . Supervising professor: Ari Koskelainen, thesis advisor: Ari Koskelainen, opponent: Marie Burns (University of California, Davis, USA), 18 September 2020.
• 55. Marja Pitkänen: . Supervising professor: Ari Koskelainen, opponent: Juha Voipio (University of Helsinki), 12 June 2020.
• 54. Joonas Iivanainen: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisor: Lauri Parkkonen, opponent: Gareth Barnes (University College London, United Kingdom), 13 March 2020.
• 53. Maria Hakonen: . Supervising professors: Iiro Jääskeläinen & Mikko Sams, thesis advisors: Hannu Tiitinen, Patrick May, Iiro Jääskeläinen & Miika Koskinen, opponent: Viljami Salmela (University of Helsinki), 02 February 2020.
• 52. Tero Hakala: . Supervising professor: Riitta Salmelin, thesis advisors: Annika Hultén & Minna Lehtonen, opponent: Alec Marantz (New York University, USA), 24 January 2020.

2019

• 51. Karita Salo: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisors: Risto Ilmoniemi & Selja Vaalto, opponent: Michel van Putten (University of Twente, Netherlands), 06 September 2019.
• 50. Hanna Kaltiainen (Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki): . Supervisors: Nina Forss & Hanna Renvall, opponent: Markus Butz (Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany), 03 May 2019.
• 49. Tomi Karjalainen: . Supervising professor: Mikko Sams, thesis advisors: Lauri Nummenmaa & Lauri Tuominen, opponent: Christian Büchel (Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany), 26 April 2019.
• 48. Timo Saarinen: . Supervising professor: Riitta Salmelin, thesis advisor: Jan Kujala, opponent: Joachim Gross (University of Münster, Germany), 28 February 2019.
• 47. Zuyue Chen (Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki): . Supervisors: Synnöve Carlson (Aalto University and University of Helsinki) & Yuan-Ye Ma (Kunming University of Science and Technology, China), opponent: Xiao-Jun Xu (Karolinska Institutet, Sweden), 25 January 2019.
• 46. Eero Huotilainen: . Supervising professors: Ari Koskelainen and Jouni Partanen, opponents: Timo Jämsä (Oulu University) and Antti Salminen (Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT), 18 January 2019.

2018

• 45. Juha Peltonen: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisor: Eero Salli, opponent: Atle Bjørnerud (Oslo University Hospital, Norway), 16 November 2018.
• 44. Juulia Suvilehto: . Supervising professor: Mikko Sams, thesis advisor: Lauri Nummenmaa, opponent: Francis McGlone (Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom), 15 November 2018.
• 43. Mikko Lilja: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisor: Petri Kotiluoto, opponent: Samuli Siltanen (University of Helsinki), 14 September 2018.
• 42. Juha Gogulski (Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki): . Supervisors: Synnöve Carlson (Aalto University and University of Helsinki) and Antti Pertovaara (University of Helsinki), opponent: Jari Karhu (University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio and Nexstim Plc, Helsinki), 24 August 2018.
• 41. Iina Aaltonen: . Supervising professor: Mikko Sams, thesis advisor: Jari Laarni, opponent: Chris Baber (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom), 17 August 2018.
• 40. Minna Pitkänen: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisors: Risto Ilmoniemi, Petro Julkunen and Elisa Kallioniemi, opponent: Sandro Krieg (Technical University München, Germany), 01 June 2018.
• 39. Johan Westö: . Supervising professor: Mikko Sams, thesis advisors: Patrick May and Hannu Tiitinen, opponent: Shihab Shamma (University of Maryland, United States), 18 May 2018.
• 38. Niko Mäkelä: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisors: Risto Ilmoniemi, Jukka Sarvas & Matti Stenroos, opponent: Laura Marzetti (University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy), 13 April 2018.
• 37. Eeva Parkkonen (Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki): . Supervisor: Nina Forss (University of Helsinki and Aalto University), opponent: Nick Ward (University College London, United Kingdom), 23 March 2018.
• 36. Dmitry Smirnov: . Supervising professor: Mikko Sams, thesis advisor: Lauri Nummenmaa, opponent: James Kilner (University College London, United Kingdom), 22 March 2018.
• 35. Onerva Korhonen: . Supervising professor: Jari Saramäki, thesis advisor: Mikko Sams, opponent: Javier Martín Buldú (Center for Biomedical Technology, Madrid, Spain), 02 March 2018.
• 34. Heini Saarimäki: . Supervising professor: Mikko Sams, thesis advisors: Lauri Nummenmaa & Iiro P. Jääskeläinen, opponent: Christian Keysers (Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience), 16 February 2018.
• 33. Anna Maria Alexandrou: . Supervising professor: Riitta Salmelin, thesis advisor: Jan Kujala, opponent: Sophie Scott (University College London, United Kingdom), 29 January 2018.
• 32. Kaisu Lankinen: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisors: Miika Koskinen & Riitta Hari, opponent: Laura Astolfi (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy), 19 January 2018.
• 31. Tuomas Mutanen: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisor: Risto Ilmoniemi, opponent: Fabio Babiloni (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy), 12 January 2018.

2017

• 30. Lari Koponen: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisors: Risto Ilmoniemi, Jaakko Nieminen & Matti Stenroos, opponent: Stefan M. Goetz (Duke University, USA), 27 October 2017.
• 29. Mikko Partanen: . Supervising professor: Jukka Tulkki, thesis advisors: Teppo Häyrynen & Jani Oksanen, opponent: Martijn Wubs (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark), 26 October 2017.
• 28. Ville Mäntynen: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisors: Juha Montonen & Matti Stenroos, opponent: Jens Haueisen (Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany), 20 October 2017.
• 27. Anni Nora: Supervising professor: Riitta Salmelin, thesis advisors: Riitta Salmelin & Elisabeth Service, opponent: Kate Watkins (University of Oxford, United Kingdom), 21 June 2017.
• 26. Ping Jiang (Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki): . Supervisors: Synnöve Carlson (Aalto University and University of Helsinki) & Yuanye Ma (Kunming University of Science and Technology, China), opponent: Vesa Kiviniemi (Oulu University Hospital), 21 June 2017.
• 25. Jaakko Hotta (Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki): . Supervisors: Nina Forss (University of Helsinki and Aalto University) & Riitta Hari (Aalto University), opponent: Christoph Maier (Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany), 19 June 2017.
• 24. Johanna Metsomaa: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisors: Risto Ilmoniemi & Jukka Sarvas, opponent: Guido Nolte (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany), 12 May 2017.
• 23. Matti Tillander: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisor: Heikki J. Nieminen, opponent: Cyril Lafon (Inserm – French National Institute of Health and Medical Research, France), 28 April 2017.
• 22. Eero Smeds (Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki): . Supervisors: Riitta Hari (Aalto University) & Lauri Parkkonen (Aalto University), opponent: James Kilner (University College London, United Kingdom), 24 March 2017.

2016

• 21. Petteri Hyvärinen: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisor: Antti Aarnisalo, opponent: Elina Mäki-Torkko (Linköping University, Sweden), 16 December 2016.
• 20. Silvia Bona (Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki): . Supervisors: Juha Silvanto (University of Westminster, United Kingdom) & Teija Kujala (University of Helsinki), opponent: Amanda Ellison (Durham University, United Kingdom), 14 September 2016.
• 19. Andrey Zhdanov: .Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisor: Jyrki Mäkelä, opponent: Richard Burgess (The Cleveland Clinic, USA), 07 July 2016.
• 18. Jussi Alho: . Supervising professor: Mikko Sams, thesis advisor: Iiro Jääskeläinen, opponent: Riikka Möttönen (University of Oxford, UK), 17 June 2016.
• 17. Joakim Pyyry: . Supervising professor: Lauri Parkkonen, thesis advisors: Kalevi Kairemo & Mikko Tenhunen, opponent: Mark Konijnenberg (Erasmus Medical Centre, Netherlands), 15 April 2016.
• 16. Arno Solin: . Supervising professor: Jouko Lampinen, thesis advisor: Simo Särkkä, opponent: Manfred Opper (Technische Universität Berlin), 08 April 2016.
• 15. Sini Merikallio: . Supervising professor: Jukka Tulkki, thesis advisors: Timo Nousiainen & Ari-Matti Harri, opponent: Gorden Videen (US Army Research Lab), 11 March 2016.
• 14. Juho Kokkala: . Supervising professor: Jouko Lampinen, thesis advisor: Simo Särkkä, opponent: Fredrik Gustafsson (Linköping Universitet), 04 March 2016.
• 13. Anne Mandel: . Supervising professor: Riitta Hari, thesis advisors: Riitta Hari & Lauri Parkkonen, opponent: Nathalie George (Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière), 08 January 2016.

2015

• 12. Enrico Glerean: . Supervising professor: Mikko Sams, opponent: Christopher J. Honey (University of Toronto), 18 December 2015.
• 11. Fariba Sharifian: . Supervising professor: Matti S. Hämäläinen, thesis advisor: Simo Vanni, opponent: Simon Thorpe (CNRS and Paul Sabatier University), 16 December 2015.
• 10. Siina Pamilo: . Supervising professor: Riitta Hari, thesis advisors: Riitta Hari & Mika Seppä, opponent: Fabrizio Esposito (University of Salerno), 04 December 2015.
• 9. Kimmo Sääskilahti: . Supervising professor: Jukka Tulkki, thesis advisor: Jani Oksanen, opponent: Konstantinos Termentzidis (CNRS and Université de Lorraine), 03 December 2015.
• 8. Julio César Hernández Pavón: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisors: Risto Ilmoniemi & Jukka Sarvas, opponent: Samu J. Taulu (University of Washington), 13 August 2015.
• 7. Ismo Miettinen: . Supervising professor: Mikko Sams, thesis advisors: Hannu Tiitinen & Patrick May, opponent: Carsten Eulitz (University of Konstanz), 12 June 2015.
• 6. Lotta Hirvenkari (Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki): . Supervisor: Riitta Hari, opponent: Kaisa Tiippana (University of Helsinki), 29 May 2015.
• 5. Elyana Saad (Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki): . Supervisor: Juha Silvanto (University of Westminster, United Kingdom, and Aalto University) & Teija Kujala (University of Helsinki), opponent: Antoni Valero-Cabre (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France), 05 May 2015.
• 4. Kalle Kotilahti: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisors: Ilkka Nissilä & Timo Kajava, opponent: Martin Wolf (University Hospital Zürich), 06 February 2015.
• 3. Kirsi Palmu: . Supervising professor: Risto Ilmoniemi, thesis advisor: Sampsa Vanhatalo, opponent: Ari Pääkkönen (Kuopio University Hospital, University of Eastern Finland) 30 January 2015.
• 2. Juha Lahnakoski: . Supervising professor: Mikko Sams, thesis advisors: Lauri Nummenmaa & Iiro Jääskeläinen, opponent: Andreas Bartels (University of Tübingen), 16 January 2015.
• 1. Tomi Peltola: . Supervising professor: Jouko Lampinen, thesis advisors: Aki Vehtari & Pekka Marttinen, opponent: Tom Heskes (Radboud University), 12 January 2015.