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I'm a researcher who has worked cross fields first in medical research of eye diseases and now in engineering research of laser spark spectroscopy imaging. My research methodology is based on lazy pondering, mastery of computers, love of mathematics and physics, and principles of open science and free software. I make my work transparent and reusable and publish all my work under free licenses. Progress does not come from quickly solving every problem, it comes from slow understanding and education.

My CV short version (Finnish).

My ORCID is (0000-0002-1496-9862).

My research website on LIBS imaging (this website).

Helsinki Retina Research Group website for research work I've been doing with eye diseases, unrelated to these pages content.

Page on math curves unrelated to my other work but which I find cool.

Support Free Software Foundation Europe.

Contact me at firstname.lastname@aalto.fi.

CC BY-SA 4.0 Ilkka Laine. Last modified: August 19, 2026. Please contact me by email for any questions, suggestions or improvements.