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About me

I am Professor of Physical Chemistry since 2008. My specialization is light matter interaction, and photoinduced phenomena in compex molecular and supramolecular systems, semiconductor nanostructures, and nano-hybrids. I am leader of Photonics Compounds and Nanomaterials Team (research.tuni.fi/photomat).

Responsibilities

  • teaching, master and doctor work supervision, photochemistry related courses
  • research, team and projects leading
  • member of the university Science Council and faculty doctor program steering group

Fields of expertise

  • optical spectroscopy, including ultrafast laser spectroscopy
  • photochemistry and photophysics of molecular systems, nanostructures and hybrids
  • photoinduced phenomena, e.g. charge separation, energy transfer, etc.
  • primary photoreactions in solar cells and photocatalysis

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Main positions of trust

  • member of the university Science Council
  • member of the faculty doctoral program steering committees
  • member of journal editoral boards: Nanomaterials, Materials, International Journal of Photoenergy
  • member of of international scientific organizations: European Photochemistry Association (EPA); International Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (ICPP, national representative); Electrochemical Society (ECS)

Research topics

  • primary photoinduced reactions in solar cells, such all-organic and perovskite solar cells
  • light initialization of photocatalytic reactions, e.g. water splitting
  • photoinduced reactions at interface, such as semiconductor-organic interface
  • quantum dots (QD) and QD-organic molecule hybrids 

Research unit

Chemistry and Advanced Materials (CAM) Group at MSEE unit, ENS faculty