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LIBER COE includes almost 40% doctoral students, and each year several students defend their doctoral dissertations and graduate.

Public defence of doctoral students

Exploring Condensate Properties of Engineered Proteins in Cellular and in vitro Systems for Materials Design

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Doctoral student:
Jianhui Feng
Supervisor:
Prof. Markus Linder
Location:
Ekonominaukio 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland
Date:
10 October 2025

Light-Fueled Self-Sustained Soft Robotics

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Doctoral student:
Zixuan Deng
Supervisor:
Prof. Arri Priimägi
Location:
Tampere University, Hervanta Campus, Tampere, Finland
Date:
4 September 2025

Zwitterionic polymer-based soft composites in sensing applications

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Doctoral student:
Ziyue Miao
Supervisor:
Prof. Olli Ikkala
Location:
Maarintie 8, 02150 Espoo, Finland
Date:
18 August 2025

Virus-mimetic structures through protein engineering and nucleic acid origami

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Doctoral student:
Iris Seitz
Supervisor:
Prof. Mauri Kostiainen
Location:
Aalto University School of Business, Ekonominaukio, Espoo, Finland
Date:
18 June 2025

Using lasers to decode the solar potential of light-activated 2D carbon-based materials

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Doctoral student:
Jokotadeola Odutola
Supervisor:
Prof. Arri Priimägi/Prof. Tero-Petri Ruoko
Location:
Tampere University, Hervanta Campus, Tampere, Finland
Date:
3 June 2025

Molecular Simulations of Crystalline Cellulose Interfacial Interactions

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Doctoral student:
Zhennan Kou
Supervisor:
Prof. Maria Sammalkorpi
Location:
Aalto University, Otakaari, Espoo, Finland
Date:
21 March 2025

Modeling of charged polymers in aqueous solutions in the presence of salt ions and substrates

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Doctoral student:
Hossein Vahid Dastjerdi
Supervisor:
Prof. Maria Sammalkorpi & Prof. Tapio Ala-Nissilä
Location:
Aalto-yliopisto Kide, Konemiehentie, Espoo, Finland
Date:
13 December 2024

Synthesis of cellulose based self-sterilizing materials via solid-state reactions

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Doctoral student:
Daniel Langerreiter
Supervisor:
Prof. Mauri Kostiainen
Location:
Aalto University School of Business, Ekonominaukio, Espoo, Finland
Date:
25 October 2024

Assembly of silk-like proteins towards functional bio-inspired materials

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Doctoral student:
Yin Yin
Supervisor:
Prof. Markus Linder
Location:
Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, Kemistintie 1, Espoo, Finland
Date:
18 October 2024

Investigations of Ionic Functional Soft Matter

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Doctoral student:
Lotta Gustavsson
Supervisor:
Prof. Olli Ikkala
Location:
Aalto University, Otakaari, Espoo, Finland
Date:
31 May 2024

Magnetic field-induced particle assembly and jamming

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Doctoral student:
Xianhu Liu
Supervisor:
Prof. Olli Ikkala
Location:
Aalto University, Otakaari, Espoo, Finland
Date:
22 May 2024

Functional Liquid-Fluid Interfaces Based on Hydrophobin Proteins: An Experimental Study for Medical Applications

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Doctoral student:
Hedar Al-Terke
Supervisor:
Prof. Robin Ras
Location:
Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, Kemistintie 1, Espoo, Finland
Date:
13 May 2024

Switchable hydrogel networks based on natural polysaccharides

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Doctoral student:
Amanda Eklund
Supervisor:
Prof. Olli Ikkala
Location:
Aalto University, Otakaari, Espoo, Finland
Date:
10 May 2024

Analytical ultracentrifugation as a tool to understand interactions in biomolecular materials

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Doctoral student:
Dmitrii Fedorov
Supervisor:
Prof. Markus Linder
Location:
Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, Kemistintie 1, Espoo, Finland
Date:
3 May 2024

Cellodextrin and β-D-1,3-glucan phosphorylases as biocatalysts for novel glucan structure synthesis

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Doctoral student:
Robert Pylkkänen
Supervisor:
Prof. Merja Penttilä
Location:
Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, Kemistintie 1, Espoo, Finland
Date:
22 April 2024

Holographic Recording in Azobenzene Films : A Digital Holographic Microscopy Approach

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Doctoral student:
Alex Berdin
Supervisor:
Prof. Arri Priimägi
Location:
Tampere University, Hervanta Campus, Tampere, Finland
Date:
19 April 2024

Exploring silk protein assembly mechanisms for high-performance materials

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Doctoral student:
Teemu Välisalmi
Supervisor:
Prof. Markus Linder
Location:
Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, Kemistintie 1, Espoo, Finland
Date:
1 March 2024

Droplet friction on heterogeneous surfaces

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Doctoral student:
Sakari Lepikko
Supervisor:
Prof. Robin Ras
Location:
Aalto University, Otakaari, Espoo, Finland
Date:
9 February 2024

Exploring structural diversity in quorum sensing signalling systems and strategies to control prokaryotic community-wide behaviour.

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Doctoral student:
Christopher Jonkergouw
Supervisor:
Prof. Markus Linder
Location:
Aalto University, Otakaari, Espoo, Finland
Date:
19 January 2024

Critical study of contact angle goniometry

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Doctoral student:
Tommi Huhtamäki
Supervisor:
Prof. Robin Ras
Location:
Aalto University, Otakaari, Espoo, Finland
Date:
12 January 2024

Computational modelling of adsorption and aggregation in bio oils at multiple length scales

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Doctoral student:
Maisa Vuorte
Supervisor:
Prof. Maria Sammalkorpi
Location:
Aalto University School of Business, Ekonominaukio, Espoo, Finland
Date:
12 December 2023

DNA Origami as a Tool for Assembling Functional Biohybrid Nanomaterials

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Doctoral student:
Sofia Julin
Supervisor:
Prof. Mauri Kostiainen
Location:
Aalto University, Otakaari, Espoo, Finland
Date:
8 December 2023

Hybrid Architectures at the Nanoscale: Constructing Materials through Electrostatic Interactions

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Doctoral student:
Ahmed Shaukat
Supervisor:
Prof. Mauri Kostiainen
Location:
Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, Kemistintie 1, Espoo, Finland
Date:
10 November 2023

Strategies for Red-Light Photoswitching

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Doctoral student:
Kim Kuntze
Supervisor:
Prof. Arri Priimägi
Location:
Tampere University, Hervanta Campus, Tampere, Finland
Date:
1 September 2023

Photoluminescent Gold Nanoclusters in Soft Matrices

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Doctoral student:
Shaochen Zhou
Supervisor:
Prof. Robin Ras
Location:
Aalto University, Otakaari, Espoo, Finland
Date:
29 June 2023

Superhydrophobic metrology and applications

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Doctoral student:
Heikki Nurmi
Supervisor:
Prof. Robin Ras
Location:
Aalto University, Otakaari, Espoo, Finland
Date:
13 January 2023

Molecular Simulations of Reverse Micelles

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Doctoral student:
Sampsa Vierros
Supervisor:
Prof. Maria Sammalkorpi & Kari Laasonen
Location:
Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, Kemistintie 1, Espoo, Finland
Date:
11 November 2022

Polyhydroxyalkanoate production in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

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Doctoral student:
Anna Ylinen
Supervisor:
Prof. Merja Penttilä
Location:
Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, Kemistintie 1, Espoo, Finland
Date:
2 September 2022

Molecular assembly routes for biological materials

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Doctoral student:
Laura Lemetti
Supervisor:
Prof. Markus Linder
Location:
Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, Kemistintie 1, Espoo, Finland
Date:
10 June 2022

Polymer and gel networks - From self-assembly to structure, properties, and application

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Doctoral student:
Kia Bertula
Supervisor:
Prof. Olli Ikkala
Location:
Aalto University, Otakaari, Espoo, Finland
Date:
4 March 2022

Self-assembly and Pattern Formation - From Nanoconfined Ion Transport in Liquid Crystals to Dissipative Pattern Formation in Electroferrofluids

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Doctoral student:
Tomy Cherian
Supervisor:
Prof. Olli Ikkala
Location:
Aalto University, Otakaari, Espoo, Finland
Date:
4 February 2022
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