Ruxia Fan defended her doctoral dissertation on Friday, 6.3.2026 , at Aalto University. Title of the thesis:   Harnessing biomolecular click reactions for modular protein engineering and functionalization Opponent: Prof. Jan Johansson, Karolinska Institute, Sweden Supervisor: Prof. Sesilja Aranko, Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering The summary of the thesis: Proteins are essential building blocks for advanced biological and bioinspired materials due to their extr

Kourosh Hasheminejad defended her doctoral dissertation on Friday, 6.2.2026 , at Aalto University. Title of the thesis:   Computational modelling of block copolymer surface coatings at multiple length scales Opponent: Professor Philip J. Camp, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Supervisor: Prof. Maria Sammalkorpi, Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering The summary of the thesis: This doctoral thesis investigates how block copolymer coatings form on hydrophilic surface

Maria Heilala defended her doctoral dissertation on Friday, 30.1.2026 , at Aalto University. Title of the thesis : Hydrogel-based 3D culture systems for modeling breast cancer Opponent : Prof. João F. Mano, University of Aveiro, Portugal Supervisor : Prof. Olli Ikkala, Aalto University School of Science The summary of the thesis: Breast cancer is the most common cancer type in women and a significant cause of cancer-related death. Treatment of advanced breast cancer remains

Henri Savolainen defended his doctoral dissertation on Monday 19.1.2026, at Aalto University. Title of the thesis: Topological effects in polymer networks for adhesion, resilience, and sustainability Opponent: Professor André Studart, Eidgenössische technische Hochschule Zuerich, Switzerland Supervisor: Prof. Olli Ikkala, Aalto University School of Science The summary of the thesis: The thesis treats the topic of functional properties of hydrogels, i.e., aqueous polymeric

Aalto University’s Assistant Professor Matilda Backholm has been awarded the prestigious Väisälä Prize, a recognition granted annually by the Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters to distinguished researchers in mathematics and natural sciences. Backholm received the award for her groundbreaking research into the physics of microscopically small organisms, focusing on how physical forces shape behaviour in soft, fluid, and biological systems. According to the Academy’s awar

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Professor Arri Priimägi from Tampere University has been selected as Finland’s Ambassador for the European Research Council (ERC), part...

Dr. Hongshuang Guo have been awarded a four-year Academy Research Fellowship funded by the Research Council of Finland. The project will...

Academy Research Fellow, Dr.  Maja   Vučkovac  and the leader of the Soft Adhesion and Interfaces Research Group  at Aalto University has...

Photo: Hongshuang Guo Zixuan Deng defended his doctoral dissertation on Thursday, 4.9.2025 , at Tampere University, Faculty of...

Assistant Professor Matilda Backholm  appeared on Yle Areena’s Efter Nio , where she discussed her research on the motion and forces of microscopically small organisms such as brine shrimp. In the Swedish‑language interview segment, she explained how her work focuses on understanding extremely small forces—down to just a few nanonewtons—and how these physical insights deepen scientific understanding of how tiny organisms move and interact with their surroundings. Backholm’s

Iris Seitz defended her doctoral dissertation on Wednesday, 18.6.2025 , at Aalto University. Title of the thesis: Virus-mimetic...

Photo: Jokotadeola Odutola Jokotadeola Odutola defended her doctoral dissertation on Tuesday, 3.6.2025 at Tampere University, Faculty of...

Sakari Lepikko and Mariia Kiesleva, winners of the innovation Prize at Department of Applied Physics Every year, the Department of...

Zhennan Kou defended his doctoral dissertation on Friday 21.3.2025 at Aalto University. Title of the thesis: Molecular Simulations of...

The surface characterization equipment developed by the Ultraforce project team. On March 6, 2025, the Aalto Start-Up Center organized a...

Hossein Vahid will defend his doctoral dissertation on Friday 13.12.2024 at Aalto University Title of the thesis: Modeling of charged...

Dr. Hang Zhang, a Research Fellow and leader of the Life-Inspired Soft Matter group at Aalto University, was granted a prestigious ERC...

Five researchers from the LIBER Centre of Excellence (CoE) have been awarded the highly competitive Academy Fellowship by the Research...

Daniel Langerreiter defended his doctoral thesis on October 25th, 2024 at Aalto University. Title of his thesis: Synthesis of cellulose...

Yin Yin defended her doctoral dissertation on Friday 18.10.2024 at Aalto University. Title of the thesis: Assembly of silk-like proteins...

Sesilja Aranko has been appointed to a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at Aalto University, Department of Bioproducts and...

Welcome to the public doctoral defence of Lotta Gustavsson on Friday, May 31st at Aalto University. In the dissertation, ionic...

We are excited to share the highlights from the LIBER Symposium 2024, held in May. Jennifer, Sharadhi, and Mathias received the Best...