Satu Häkkinen
Assistant Professor, polymer chemistry
Tampere University
satu.hakkinen [at] tuni.fi (satu[dot]hakkinen[at]tuni[dot]fi)
phone number+358505750132
About me
Satu Häkkinen received her M.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Helsinki in 2017 and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Warwick in 2022. After completing her studies, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Minnesota under the NSF Center of Sustainable Polymers. In January 2024, she started as an Assistant Professor at Tampere University. Satu leads the Polymer chemistry and materials research group.
Fields of expertise
- Polymer synthesis (e.g., CRP, ROP, photopolymerization, post-modification)
- Homogenous and heterogenous polymerization processes
- Complex architectures (e.g., block copolymers, branched copolymers)
- Polymer self-assembly
- Sustainable polymers
- Chemical recycling of plastics
- Polymer characterization
- Structural analysis (NMR, SEC, FTIR, X-ray/neutron scattering)
- Thermal analysis (TGA, DSC)
- Mechanical analysis (DMA, tensile testing)
- Imaging (AFM, electron microscopy)