Pentti Karioja

Pentti Karioja received the M.Sc., Lic.Sc.(Tech.), and D.Sc.(Tech) degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland, in 1981, 1993, and 1997, respectively. After having worked for three years for Rauma Repola, he joined VTT Electronics, Oulu, in 1985. In 1993, he joined the Optical Sciences Center, University of Arizona, as a Visiting Scholar for a one-year period, where in 1996, he spent five months finishing his doctoral thesis. From 1998 to 2005, he was the Group Manager at VTT, where he was the Customer Manager in 2006 and 2007. In 2000, he was a Chief Research Scientist at VTT, where in 2006, he became a Research Professor for a five-year period with focus on module integration. In 2011, his position was renewed with the focus on photonics solutions. He has authored or coauthored 22 journal papers and has 5 patents or patent applications.