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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

Welcome to the public doctoral defence of Hedar Al-Terke on Monday May 10th at Aalto University. Title of the thesis: Functional...

Welcome to the public doctoral defence of Dmitrii Federov on Friday 10th May 2024 at Aalto University. Title of the thesis: Switchable...

Welcome to the public doctoral defence of Dmitrii Federov on Friday May 3rd at Aalto University. Title of the thesis: Analytical...

Title of the doctoral thesis: Cellodextrin and β-D-1,3-glucan phosphorylases as biocatalysts for novel glucan structure synthesis...

Title of the doctoral thesis: Holographic Recording in Azobenzene Films: A Digital Holographic Microscopy Approach. When: Friday...

Teemu Välisalmi defended his doctoral dissertation on the 1st of March 2024. The title of the thesis is Exploring Silk Protein Assembly...

Friction measurement of a water droplet on a superhydrophobic surface. Photo Sakari Lepikko Title of the doctoral thesis: Droplet...

Title of the doctoral thesis: Exploring structural diversity in quorum sensing signalling systems and strategies to control prokaryotic...