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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

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

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
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