PhD in Physics in 2008, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, in the intersection of high energy (MeV) ion beam analysis and nanotechnologies 2008 - 2010: postdoc at Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland, development of high-aspect-ratio patterning of gold and diamond for applications in X-ray diffractive optics and plasmonics 2010 - 2016: Research Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland; development of MEMS sensors and actuators 2016 - present: Senior Researcher at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia: Development of advanced electron and optical imaging methods and technologies for single molecule characterisation; development and microfabrication of microfluidic sample delivery and preparation systems; development of novel microptical elements, diffractive optics, and X-ray optics; croygenic microscopy and correlative electron, ion and optical microscopies