CURRICULUM VITAE Anu Piipponen address: Justeerikatu 24 D 15 48910 KOTKA FINLAND e-mail: anu.piipponen@iki.fi tel. +358 50 352 1784 Education Master of Science (Engineering), Helsinki University of Technology, Department of Chemical Technology, majoring in inorganic chemistry, minoring in analytical chemistry, 1993-1999 Languages Mother tongue: Finnish Other languages: English (fluent), Swedish (good), French (fairly good), Japanese (basics) Work experience 2002- freelance translator, specialising in patents (chemistry, medical chemistry) from English to Finnish 1999 Helsinki University of Technology, researcher/teaching assistant, research area: growth of a thin film phosphor by ALE 1998-1999 Planar Systems Oy, Master's thesis on topic Wet chemical etching of metallic thin films 1998 Planar International Oy, development of patterning process for metallic thin films