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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

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

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

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

Investigations of Ionic Functional Soft Matter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Critical study of contact angle goniometry

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

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

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

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

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

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

Superhydrophobic metrology and applications

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

Molecular Simulations of Reverse Micelles

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
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