Background
Ignatius was born on March 31, 1965 in Espoo, Finland; the son of Heikki Gustaf Ignatius and Vivi-Ann (Stromberg) Ignatius.
Ignatius was born on March 31, 1965 in Espoo, Finland; the son of Heikki Gustaf Ignatius and Vivi-Ann (Stromberg) Ignatius.
Ignatius received a Master of Science degree from the University of Helsinki in 1990. Three years later he earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the same university.
Ignatius began his career as a teaching assistant and then a research assistant at the University of Helsinki in 1987. Five years later he took the position of a junior researcher at the Academy of Finland. In 1993, Jan was appointed a research scientist at Research Institute of Theoretical Physics. Then in 1994, he held the same position at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron. In 1996 Ignatius has been a research scientist at Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Ignatius is a member of the American Physical Society and Finnish Physical Society.