Spring 2026
29 Jan 2026
Kemistintie 1, KE2
Location:
Chair:
Arri Priimägi
Presenters
Group
Group leader
João F. Mano
University of Aveiro
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Friedrich Stricker
Harvard University
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12 Feb 2026
Kemistintie 1, KE2
Location:
Chair:
Géza Szilvay
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Otso Luotonen
Biohybrid Materials
Mauri Kostiainen
Henning Meteling
Smart Photonic Materials
Arri Priimägi
Harry Boer
VTT
Merja Penttilä
26 Feb 2026
Ekonominaukio 1, U006
Location:
Chair:
Laura Bothof
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Fred Sammalisto
Biomolecular Materials
Markus Linder
Artem Boichuk
Smart Photonic Materials
Arri Priimägi
Jukka Vaari
VTT
Merja Penttilä
12 Mar 2026
Ekonominaukio 1, T004
Location:
Chair:
Sourov Chandra
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Laura Bothof
Biomolecular Materials
Markus Linder
Antti Mäkynen
Soft Materials Modelling
Maria Sammalkorpi
Negar Hosseinzadeh
Molecular Materials
Olli Ikkala
26 Mar 2026
Ekonominaukio 1, U006
Location:
Chair:
Johannes Haataja
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Anagha Datar
Living, Fluid, & Soft Matter
Matilda Backholm
Nea Möttönen
Cellular Engineering
Sesilja Aranko
Sofia Böling
Active Matter
Jaakko Timonen
09 Apr 2026
Ekonominaukio 1, T004
Location:
Chair:
Karunakaran Bhuvaneshwari
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Dom Corbett
Active Matter
Jaakko Timonen
Jalal Razavi
Soft Matter & Wetting
Robin Ras
Jenni Vannas
Bioprocess engineering
Rahul Mangayil
23 Apr 2026
Ekonominaukio 1, U006
Location:
Chair:
Tero-Petri Ruoko
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Simo Rantamäki
Spectroscopy & Light-Active Materials
Tero-Petri Ruoko
Mohammad Doostaran
Living, Fluid, & Soft Matter
Matilda Backholm
Tugce Guvenc
Smart Photonic Materials
Arri Priimägi
21 May 2026
Ekonominaukio 1, U006
Location:
Chair:
Maria Sammalkorpi
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Dmitry Tolmachev
Soft Materials Modelling
Maria Sammalkorpi
Carmine D'Amico
Biohybrid Materials
Mauri Kostiainen
Weiwei Zheng
Soft Matter & Wetting
Robin Ras
04 Jun 2026
Ekonominaukio 1, U006
Location:
Chair:
Matilda Backholm
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Donna McNeale
Biohybrid Materials
Mauri Kostiainen
Anna Huttunen
Living, Fluid, & Soft Matter
Matilda Backholm
Maximilian Hagemann
Molecular Materials
Olli Ikkala
Autumn 2026
17 September 2026
Ekonominaukio 1, U006
Location:
Chair:
Mauri Kostiainen
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Alireza Cheshmak
Soft Matter and Wetting
Robin Ras
Akif Tezcan
University of California San Diego
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-
-
-
1 October 2026
Ekonominaukio 1, U006
Location:
Chair:
Donna McNeale
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Johannes Parikka
Biohybrid Materials
Mauri Kostiainen
Maaria Malkamäki
Biomolecular materials
Markus Linder
Ali Eftekhari
Smart Photonic Materials
Arri Priimägi
15 October 2026
Ekonominaukio 1, U006
Location:
Chair:
Maria Sammalkorpi
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Efstathia Mantzari
Soft Matter Modelling
Maria Sammalkorpi
Pekka Peljo
Aalto University
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-
-
-
12 November 2026
Maarintie 8, TU1
Location:
Chair:
Guillen Campos
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Bijesh Sekaran
Spectroscopy and Light-Active Materials
Tero-Petri Ruoko
Pedram Tootoonchian
Smart Photonic Materials
Arri Priimägi
Fred Sammalisto
Biomolecular materials
Markus Linder
26 November 2026
Otakaari 1, U6
Location:
Chair:
Dom Corbett
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Mikhail Laktionov
Soft Matter Modelling
Maria Sammalkorpi
Owies Wani
Molecular Materials
Olli Ikkala
Sachin Rathod
Active Matter
Jaakko Timonen
10 December 2026
Otakaari 3, F239a
Location:
Chair:
Sesilja Aranko
Presenters
Group
Group leader
Maaria Malkamäki
LIBER Coordinator
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Katariina Knuuttila
Cellular Engineering
Sesilja Aranko
Bin Zhao
Molecular Materials
Olli Ikkala