Professor Jari Koskinen concludes his distinguished career
Jari Koskinen, Professor of Material Science, retires on 31 March 2023. Koskinen, who has studied the physical properties of functional materials and, in particular, surfaces and interfaces, spent the past 14 years in his career as a researcher at the School of Chemical Engineering and served as the head of the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science in from 2014 to 2022.
Academy of Finland autumn call moved to January – Aalto internal deadline December 7th
The deadline for the next application round of Academy Project Funding, Academy Research Fellowships and Clinical Researcher Funding will be on 17.1.2024. Aalto has an internal deadline on 7.12.2023.
Open call for Heureka X Aalto joint exhibition – make creativity in research visible!
Research breakthroughs can be radically creative. Make your research process visible to 40 000 visitors in Heureka – submit your proposal to the joint exhibition by 30 April 2023.

What’s new in ACRIS
ACRIS, Aalto University Research Information System, is constantly being developed.

Datasets of Aalto University researchers are collected to ACRIS
Data Monitor tool integrated to ACRIS research information system harvests research data, software, and code of Aalto University’s researchers from more than 2000 repositories. If we missed your published data, software, or code, please let us know! Openness of data will be considered in the Open Science Monitoring in 2024.

Register for training in research data management and open science in spring 2023
Registration is open for the spring 2023 training!

Towards a sustainable packaging industry – Madhawa Basnayaka develops ecological and intelligent packaging
Basnayaka’s doctoral research conducted at Aalto University’s Bioinnovation Center aims to find intelligent packaging solutions, in which biomaterial replaces electronics parts made of plastic.

Re-evaluation of Publication Forum (JUFO) levels 2 and 3 completed
The Publication Forum (JUFO) panels decided on a total of about 1500 new upgrades to levels 2 and 3. The classification of book publishers will tighten from 2024.

Increase your visibility by creating a profile on the national Research.fi portal (beta)
The new profile tool of Research.fi portal is open for beta access. You can choose what information you want to display in your profile from ORCID, your home organization and research outputs in Research.fi.

F. M. Mahafugur Rahman receives TEK’s and TFiF’s best dissertation award
In his dissertation, Aalto University alumnus presented real-time control algorithms for next-generation renewable energy production

How can the Aalto Data Agents help you?
Data Agents extend Aalto University's data support services with discipline-specific expertise.

Doctoral education hub opened at aalto.fi
A new starting place for doctoral education at aalto.fi published
Two new staff scientists at the School of Chemical Engineering
Starting on 1st October 2022, Wenwen Fang is appointed as a Staff Scientist at Aalto University, School of Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems.

If you want to foster peace, study business!
Doctoral researcher Tilman Bauer studies peace at the School of Business. According to him, the purpose of business in society is to promote peace.

Learn How to Properly Manage Research Data
We offer free training in research data management and open science. Register now!

New and improved ACRIS instructions were published
Instructions pages were reorganized to make finding instructions related to different content types easier.

Professor Lasse Murtomäki has been appointed Head of Department and Assistant Professor Antti Karttunen Vice Head
Professor Lasse Murtomäki has been appointed Head of the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science at Aalto University, School of Chemical Engineering as of 1.9.2022.

Mari Lundström appointed Vice Dean for Research and Innovation at the School of Chemical Engineering
Associate professor (tenured) Mari Lundström has been appointed as the Vice Dean for Research and Innovation at the School of Chemical Engineering as of 1 September, 2022.

The title of the employed Doctoral candidate will be changed to a Doctoral researcher
The new title will be introduced for all employed Doctoral candidates as of September 1, 2022.
