About me
Doctoral Researcher in professor Minna Kellomäki's Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering research group. Working in the field of body-on-chip research in a Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence project. I am developing novel methods for hydrogel diffusion properties characterization and oxygen level measurements in 3D cell cultures for optimizing hydrogel scaffolds for cell culture applications.
Promoting science and working with students is an exciting part of my work. A generalist approach and curiosity aids me to develop a systemic view of our research topics and beyond!
Responsibilities
- Scientific research (PhD thesis and other collaborations)
- Student member of MET Doctoral program steering group
- Student supervision (BSc/MSc thesis, research projects and internships)
- Teaching (assisting)
- Responsible person for laboratory equipment (mostly for thermal processing of polymers)
- Commercial collaboration with industry
Top achievements
Awards
- Toni Montana award in 2022 from the CoEBoC community for promoting science especially to children and young students
Invention disclosures
- 3D Cell Co-culture Platform for Optical Projection Tomography (50%)
MSc Thesis supervision
- Emma Gschwentner 2022
- “Characterizing oxygen transport in hydrogel on a 3D microfluidic chip”
- Jan Sindélar 2022
- “Mechanical testing and in vitro degradation of composite materials for bone tissue engineering”
BSc Thesis supervision
- Sylvia Heikkilä 2022
- Characterization methods for mass transport in hydrogels”
- Tara Hämeensaari 2021
- Fluorescent materials for chemical sensing in 3D hydrogel cell cultures”
- Nanna Förster 2020
- Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging for Chemical Sensing”
- Anne Haapala 2018
- Kuitukankaat ja loimineulokset kudosteknologisissa sovelluskohteissa”
Selected publications
R. K. Layek et al., “Tailoring of the physical and mechanical properties of biocompatible graphene oxide/gelatin composite nanolaminates via altering the crystal structure and morphology,” Mater. Adv., vol. 2, no. 14, pp. 4781–4791, Jul. 2021, doi: 10.1039/D1MA00334H.
A. Palmroth, T. Salpavaara, I. Lyyra, M. Kroon, J. Lekkala, and M. Kellomäki, “Bioresorbable Conductive Wire with Minimal Metal Content,” ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng., vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 1134–1140, Feb. 2019, doi: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.8b01292.
M. Kroon, “A Comparative In Vitro Study of Cell Growth on Textile Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications,” Solujen kasvun vertailu tekstiili-skaffoldeilla in vitro kudosteknologisiin sovelluksiin, 2017, MSc Thesis. Available: https://trepo.tuni.fi/handle/123456789/25379
M. Kroon, “Kolmannen ja neljännen kompressioluokan painesukat : Valmistusmenetelmät, rakenteet ja paineen mallintaminen,” 2013, BSc Thesis. http://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/61256.