Jackpot for Finland and Tampere University from the ECerS XIX 2025 conference

The University of Tampere was awarded a total of five individual prizes at the ECerS XIX 2025 conference. In addition to the exceptionally large number of awards going to Finland, Erkka Frankberg was elected to serve on the board of the European Ceramic Society (ECerS) for the 2025-2027 term. Below is a description of all the awards presented. Read the full article and see the photos on the Finnish Ceramic Society website.

• Prof. Erkki Levänen from Tampere University and Prof. Leena Hupa from Åbo Akademi were granted the prestigious ECerS Fellowship. The title of Fellow is awarded for long-term and significant work in the field of ceramic materials research.
• Dr. Erkka J. Frankberg, a Team Leader and Academy Research Fellow from Tampere University was granted the Young Scientist award of ECerS. The early career award is given every second year to a person under 40 years of age by reason of outstanding contributions to the ceramic sciences.
• Dr. Antonia Ressler from Tampere University was awarded the ECerS-ACerS Joint Young Professional Award. The ECerS–ACerS Joint Young Professional Award recognizes young individuals who foster international cooperation between the American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and the European Ceramic Society (ECerS).
• Doctoral Researcher Nonna Nurmi from Tampere University was awarded the shared 1st prize for the Best Paper Award in Open Ceramics journal's special issue ‘Young Ceramists Leading the Future’, in recognition of the paper ‘Improved Mechanical Quality of Ceramic Vat Photopolymerization Prints by Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Extraction.”
• Doctoral Reseacher Alireza Charmforoushan from Tampere University was awarded 3rd place in the Young Ceramists Network 2025 photo contest.