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Responsible supervisors in the Doctoral Programme in Engineering and Natural Sciences

Here you can find the list of ENS faculty members, who can act as a responsible supervisor of a doctoral researcher as stated in the degree regulations of Tampere University. However, please note that there are also other group leaders in the faculty, who can act as co-supervisors.

Get familiar with the research units and groups in the ENS faculty

Bioengineering

Suvi Santala

Tampere University

molecular and metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, bacterial metabolism

Academy Research Fellow

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Ville Santala

Tampere University

bioengineering, synthetic biology

Professor

biotekniikka

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Chemistry

Alexander Efimov

Tampere University

organic chemistry, synthesis of chromophores, functional and self-assembling materials, NMR spectroscopy

University Lecturer

Adjunct Professor

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Terttu Hukka

Tampere University

computational chemistry, polymer chemistry, thermoanalytical methods, IR spectroscopy, computational chemistry (e.g. organic and hybrid solar cells)

University Lecturer

Docent

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Satu Häkkinen

Tampere University

polymer chemistry

Assistant Professor

polymer chemistry

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Timo Laaksonen

Tampere University

physical chemistry, functional materials, drug delivery

Research Director

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Nonappa Nonappa

Tampere University

functional nanomaterials, biomaterials, optical fibers, colloids, electron microscopy, cancer tissue culture

Associate Professor

Material Chemistry, specifically Nanochemistry

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Arri Priimägi

Tampere University

functional materials, supramolecular materials, photonics

Professor

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Tero-Petri Ruoko

Tampere University

photochemistry, electrochemistry, organic electronics, light-emitting materials

Assistant Professor

kemia

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Paola Vivo

Tampere University

materials chemistry: halide perovskites, lead-free, hybrid solar cells, perovskite nanocrystals, organic photovoltaics

Professor

Material Chemistry, specifically Solar-Driven Chemistry

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Elina Vuorimaa-Laukkanen

Tampere University

photochemistry, biological applications of supramolecular nanostructures, mechanisms of drug delivery

University Lecturer

kemia

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Hao Zeng

Tampere University

stimuli-responsive materials, optics, micro robots, soft robots, flying robots, soft mechanics, non-equilibrium, micro-fabrication, soft matter robotics

Associate Professor

Soft matter robotics

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Energy and Environmental Technology

Chao He

Tampere University

sewage sludge management, waste to energy, resource recycling, biomass waste biorefinery, catalytic processing, thermochemical conversion

Associate Professor

Environmental and energy engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Marika Kokko

Tampere University

bioprosesses in environmental and energy technology

Professor

bio- ja kiertotalous

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Jukka Konttinen

Tampere University

chemistry of biorefining, liquid biofuels, power production

Professor

biojalostuksen kemia

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Marja Palmroth

Tampere University

drinking water characterization and treatment processes, disposal of hazardous materials, remediation of contaminated environment, applications of online measurements, treatment of industrial and process wastewaters

University Lecturer

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Malgorzata Szlachta

Tampere University

environmental engineering

Associate Professor

environmental engineering

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Henrik Tolvanen

Tampere University

energy technology

Assistant Professor

ympäristötekniikka

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Physics - Aerosol Physics

Miikka Dal Maso

Tampere University

aerosol physics, atmospheric aerosol, aerosol modelling

Professor

fysiikka

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Panu Karjalainen

Tampere University

aerosol instrumentation and emissions

Assistant Professor

Aerosolifysiikka

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Jorma Keskinen

Tampere University

aerosol science and technology, environmental engineering

Professor

Head, Aerosol Physics Laboratory

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Matti Rissanen

Tampere University

organic oxidation reactions, gas-phase aerosol precursor formation and chemical ionization mass spectrometry

Associate Professor

aerosolianalytiikka

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Topi Rönkkö

Tampere University

particle emissions, air quality, and aerosol measurement techniques

Professor

aerosolifysiikka

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Physics - Computational Physics

Jaakko Akola

Tampere University

computational physics, materials and molecular modelling

Professor

laskennallinen fysiikka

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Matti Javanainen

Tampere University

biomembrane structure and dynamics, lipid monolayer structure and dynamics, pulmonary surfactant, lipid–protein interactions, force field development, simulation methodology development

Assistant Professor

Computational Physics

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Lasse Laurson

Tampere University

computational physics, statistical physics of materials

Professor

laskennallinen fysiikka

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Jouko Nieminen

Tampere University

computational materials physics, topological materials

University Lecturer

Docent of computational materials physics.

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Teemu Ojanen

Tampere University

theoretical physics, quantum matter, topological matter

Professor

laskennallinen fysiikka

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Sami Paavilainen

Tampere University

computational physics: modelling of bio- and nanomaterials

University Lecturer

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Esa Räsänen

Tampere University

computational and multidisciplinary physics, quantum phenomena, electronic structure, chaos theory, time-series analysis

Professor

Head of Physics Unit

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Physics - Photonics

Robert Fickler

Tampere University

quantum optics, structured photons, quantum plasmonics, quantum information, light-matter interactions

Professor

Optics and photonics

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Goery Genty

Tampere University

fiber optics, ultrafast phenomena, nonlinear optics

Professor

Director of Flagship for Photonics Research and Innovation

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Mircea Guina

Tampere University

optoelectronics, molecular beam epitaxy, semiconductor lasers, solar cells, semiconductor nanostructure

Professor

Optoelectronics technology and applications

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Regina Gumenyuk

Tampere University

laser physics, high power lasers, optical fiber, soliton dynamics

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Teemu Hakkarainen

Tampere University

quantum nanostructures

Senior Research Fellow

Tampere Institute for Advanced Study

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Mikko Huttunen

Tampere University

nonlinear optics

University Instructor

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Tapio Niemi

Tampere University

nanotechnology, nanophotonics, nanofabrication

Associate Professor

nanofotoniikka

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Marco Ornigotti

Tampere University

theoretical classical and quantum optics, structured light, accelerating light, photonic nano-structures, nonlinear optics

Associate Professor

Theoretical Optics and Photonics

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Laeticia Petit

Tampere University

glasses and glass-ceramics, crystallization, nanoparticles, fiber, luminescence

Professor

Photonic Glasses

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Juha Toivonen

Tampere University

applied optics and optical spectroscopy

Professor

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Markku Vainio

Tampere University

laser physics, optics, nonlinear optics, molecular spectroscopy

Senior Research Fellow

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Mika Valden

Tampere University

surface science, photon science, nanoscience

Professor

Vice Dean for Education

Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences