Paivo Kinnunen

Ph.D. candidate
Applied Physics (2007-present)

Project:  Emerging Microbiological Sensor - Asynchronous Rotation of Magnetic Beads 
Advisor: Raoul Kopelman


About Paivo: Paivo received his BS from the University of Turku after completing a year long exchange program at the University of Michigan in 2007. He started Applied Physics program at the UofM the same year, joining Professor Kopelman's research group in 2008 where he currently is a doctoral candidate. 

Recent Publication:

McNaughton, B. H, P. Kinnunen, R. G Smith, S. N Pei, R. Torres-Isea, R. Kopelman, and R. Clarke. “Compact sensor for measuring nonlinear rotational dynamics of driven magnetic microspheres with biomedical applications.” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2009).

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