Sami Nikkonen

Postdoctoral Researcher, Ph.D.

Personal Information

  • Room: Canthia 2071/2
  • Email: sami.nikkonen[at]uef.fi
  • Year of birth: 1992
  • Current research interests: Data-analysis and machine learning applications in sleep science and sleep diagnostics
  • Current and previous experience:
    • Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio, Finland), 20.11.2020–
    • Junior Researcher, Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio, Finland), Finland, 28.11.2017–20.11.2020
    • Researcher, Diagnostic Imaging Center, Kuopio University Hospital (Kuopio, Finland), 28.11.2017–
  • Education:
    • Ph.D. (Applied Physics), Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio, Finland), 2020
    • M.Sc. (Applied Physics), Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio, Finland), 2017
    • B.Sc. (Applied Physics), Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland (Kuopio, Finland), 2016
    • Graduate of Finnish Upper Secondary School, Savonlinnan Lyseon lukio (Savonlinna, Finland), 2011
  • Skills: Programming, data analysis
  • Language proficiency:
    • Finnish, native language
    • English, fluent
  • Hobbies: travelling, sports