Risto Ilmoniemi
Senior Advisor
Senior Advisor
T314 Dept. Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
I have built and designed multichannel MEG instruments and invented for MEG use the minimum-norm estimate (together with Matti Hämäläinen), the signal-space projection, formulas for the forward problem, the channel-capacity measure for comparing sensor arrays, and the triangle phantom. I have developed, together with many excellent students, several transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) techniques such as navigated TMS (nTMS), the combined use of TMS and EEG, and multi-locus TMS (mTMS). I am the founder and former CEO of Nexstim Plc, the company that brought nTMS and TMS–EEG to the market. Currently, I lead the development of mTMS and hybrid MEG–MRI systems and apply these technologies for neuroscience and clinical use. Much of my effort is devoted to the development of mathematical methods for improved brain-signal analysis and for data interpretation, often involving work on the bioelectromagnetic inverse problem.
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Biodesign, Aalto Ventures Program, Human brain imaging, Applied Physics, Neurophysics, Biophysics, Electromagnetism, Bioelectromagnetism, Neuroscience, Biomedical engineering, Medical Technology, Neurotechnology, Brain imaging, Electrical impedance tomography, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Magnetoencephalography, Electroencephalography, Brain Research, Neurostimulation, Ultra-low-field MRI, Brain stimulation, Navigated brain stimulation, Navigated TMS, Transcranial direct current stimulation, Transcranial magnetic stimulation, Brain connectivity, Brain modeling, Inverse problems, Signal analysis, SQUID magnetometers, Philosophy of mind, EEG, NIRS, TMS, NTMS, NBS, MMN, MRI, ULF MRI, MEG-MRI, MEGMRI, MEG, FMRI, EIT, M.Sc. programme Brain and Mind, BioMag Laboratory, BECS, Aalto Brain Centre (ABC), TDCS, TACS
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Towards real-time tractography-based TMS neuronavigation
Best poster award
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Jan 2021
Diffusion MRI processing pipeline for real-time tractography-based nTMS
Best abstract selected by the audience
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Nov 2019
Innovation of the Year Award
In recognition of exceptional work transferring research to innovation with both economical and societal impact.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Dec 2017
Fellow of EAMBES (European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering and Science)
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Jan 2015
Knight, First Class, of the Order of the White Rose of Finland
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Dec 2014
World Technology Award Finalist in Health & Medicine, The World Technology Network in association with TIME, Fortune, CNN, Science/AAAS, Kurzweil Technologies, and IEEE Spectrum
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Jan 2013
Fellow of ISFSI (International Society for Functional Source Imaging)
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Jan 2011
Member, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Jan 2008
Innosuomi 2004 Prize awarded by the President of Finland, Ms. Tarja Halonen, to Nexstim Ltd., a company founded and led by Risto Ilmoniemi
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Nov 2004
First prize in the invention competition organized by the Foundation for Medical Technology, Finland
Electromagnetic brain mapping device, worth 5000 FIM, Sept. 25, 1997.
Award or honor granted for a specific work
Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
Sep 1997
Julkaisut
Dogu Baran Aydogan, Victor H. Souza, Renan H. Matsuda, Pantelis Lioumis, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2025
Human Brain Mapping
Ida Granö, Tuomas P. Mutanen, Aino E. Nieminen, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Victor H. Souza, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Pantelis Lioumis
2025
Ida Granö, Tuomas P. Mutanen, Aino E. Nieminen, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Victor H. Souza, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Pantelis Lioumis
2025
Brain Stimulation
Roberto Guidotti, Alessio Basti, Giulia Pieramico, Antea D’Andrea, Saeed Makkinayeri, Mauro Pettorruso, Timo Roine, Ulf Ziemann, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Gian Luca Romani, Vittorio Pizzella, Laura Marzetti
2025
Journal of Neural Engineering
Pantelis Lioumis, Salla Autti, Dogu Baran Aydogan, Ida Granö, Juha Gogulski, Mia Liljeström, Hanna Renvall, Elena Ukharova, Selja Vaalto, Risto Ilmoniemi
2025
Brain Stimulation
Pantelis Lioumis, Timo Roine, Ida Grano, Dogu Baran Aydogan, Elena Ukharova, Victor H. Souza, Dubravko Kicic, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Nikos Makris
2025
Frontiers in Neuroscience
Saeed Makkinayeri, Roberto Guidotti, Alessio Basti, Mark W. Woolrich, Chetan Gohil, Mauro Pettorruso, Maria Ermolova, Risto J. Ilmoniemi, Ulf Ziemann, Gian Luca Romani, Vittorio Pizzella, Laura Marzetti
2025
Brain Stimulation
Hanna Pankka, Jaakko Lehtinen, Risto Ilmoniemi, Timo Roine
2025
Neural Computation
Heikki Sinisalo, Olli Pekka Kahilakoski, Victor H. Souza, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Robin Rantala, Timo Tommila, Isabel Usuga, Mikael Laine, Oskari Ahola, Eva Gallegos, Gábor Kozák, David Emanuel Vetter, Ilkka Rissanen, Andreas Jooß, Renan Matsuda, Ana M. Soto, Dezhou Li, Dania Humaidan, Matti Stenroos, Timo Roine, Dubravko Kičić, Ulf Ziemann, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2025
BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Heikki Sinisalo, Mikael Laine, Jaakko O. Nieminen, Victor H. Souza, Renan H. Matsuda, Ana M. Soto, Elena Ukharova, Tuomas Mutanen, Ilkka Rissanen, Matti Stenroos, Lari M. Koponen, Risto J. Ilmoniemi
2025
Brain Stimulation