Riku Linna

Senior Researcher, Ph.D.

Postal Address:

Helsinki University of Technology

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science

P.O. Box 2200

FI-02015 HUT, FINLAND

Visiting Address:

Rakentajanaukio 2, 02150 Espoo

(Innopoli 2, 3rd floor, Room F347)

Tel.

+358 50 512 4356

Fax:

+358 9 451 4833

Email:

Riku.Linna@hut.fi

Teaching

• S-114.1100 Computational Science

• S-114.3250 Special Topics in Computational Science

Past Courses

• S-114.4270 Computational Cell Biology

Research Interests

Statistical physics, non-equilibrium processes, computational biophysics, complex and disordered systems, nanofluidics, polymer dynamics.

Publications

1. K. Sääskilahti, J. Oksanen, R.P. Linna, and J. Tulkki, Thermal conduction and interface effects in nanoscale Fermi-Pasta-Ulam conductors, submitted to Phys. Rev. E (2012). arXiv
2. R.P. Linna and K. Kaski, Event distributions of polymer translocation, Phys. Rev. E 85, 041910 (2012). arXiv
3. V.V. Lehtola, K. Kaski, and R.P. Linna, Pore-polymer interaction reveals nonuniversality in forced polymer translocation, Phys. Rev. E, 82, 031908 (2010). (Selected for the October 1, 2010 issue of Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research: http.vjbio.org)
4. V.V. Lehtola, R.P. Linna, and K. Kaski, Unforced polymer translocation compared to the forced case, Phys. Rev. E, 81, 031803 (2010).
5. V.V. Lehtola, R.P. Linna, and K. Kaski, Dynamics of forced biopolymer translocation, EPL, 85, 58006 (2009).
6. V.V. Lehtola, R.P. Linna, and K. Kaski, Critical evaluation of the computational methods used in the forced polymer translocation, Phys. Rev. E. 78, 061803 (2008). (Selected for the January 1, 2009 issue of the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research: http://www.vjbio.org)
7. R.P. Linna and K. Kaski, Analysis of the DNA elasticity, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 168104 (2008). (Selected for the May 1 issue of the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research: http://www.vjbio.org)
8. R.P. Linna, V. Lehtola, and K. Kaski, Coarse-grained Simulations of Biological Polymers and Related Processes, Computer Simulation Studies in Condensed Matter Physics XXI (2008).
9. R.P. Linna, J.A. Åström, and J. Timonen, Dimensional Effects in Dynamic Fragmentation of Brittle Materials, Phys. Rev. E 72, 015601(R) (2005).
10. J.A. Åström, R.P. Linna, J. Timonen, P.F. Möller, and L. Oddershede, Exponential and Power-law Mass Distributions in Brittle Fragmentation, Phys. Rev. E 70, 026104 (2004).
11. J.A. Åström, F. Ouchterlony, R.P. Linna, and J. Timonen, Universal Dynamic Fragmentation in D Dimensions, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 245506 (2004).
12. R.P. Linna, J.A. Åström, and J. Timonen, Unconstrained periodic boundary conditions for solid state elasticity, Comp. Phys. Comm. 158, 26 (2004).
13. J.A. Åström, R.P. Linna, and J. Timonen, Comment on scaling behavior in explosive fragmentation, Phys. Rev. E 62, 4742 (2002).
14. R. Wenedig, et al., Superconducting NbN Microstrip Detectors, Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 433, 646 (1999).