Marika Rissanen

Doctoral Researcher, M.Sc.

Personal Information

  • Room: Canthia 2069
  • Email: marika.rissanen[at]uef.fi
  • Year of birth: 1994
  • Current research interests: Pathophysiological characteristics between Obstructive sleep apnea and related cardiac comorbidities
  • Current and previous experience:
    • PhD Researcher, Department of Technical Physics, University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio, Finland), 1.9.2022–
    • Researcher, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Seinäjöki Central Hospital (Seinäjoki, Finland), 1.1.2023–
    • Researcher, Diagnostic Imaging Center, Kuopio University Hospital (Kuopio, Finland), 1.6.2019–31.12.2022
  • Education:
    • M.Sc. (Applied physics), Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio, Finland), 2022
    • B.Sc. (Applied physics), Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio, Finland), 2020
    • Graduate of Finnish Upper Secondary School, Kuopion Yhteiskoulun Musiikkilukio (Kuopio, Finland), 2013
  • Skills: Data Analysis, signal analysis, MATLAB, Basics of C# and Python
  • Language proficiency:
    • Finnish, native language
    • English, fluent
    • Swedish, fair
    • French, basics
  • Awards: 1st Prize for the best poster, Finnish Society for Medical Physics and Engineering (LFTY), Poster competition for the Best Master’s Thesis of 2022, Oulu.
  • Hobbies: Water polo, gym, outdoor exercising, dogs