Appointments
Lucie Hradecká starts as Information Specialist in Research Services
Lucie Hradecká works in Open Science and ACRIS team.

Jukka Pekola announced as acting director of InstituteQ
Professor Pekola will lead the Institute as it starts its operations

Aalto University emphasises sustainable development and publishes appointments
Jussi Impiö appointed to lead sustainable development activities as Head of Sustainable Solutions and Katja Rönkkö appointed as Senior Communications Specialist.

Riikka Mäkikoskela, Doctor of Arts, appointed as Head of Radical Creativity
Creativity is an important capability as we spark the game changers of tomorrow, and renew our society. A culture of radical creativity supports learning from exploration, experimentation and failure.

Eveliina Peltola: Mathematics is beautiful because in it everything falls into place in a natural way
Assistant Professor Eveliina Peltola sees mathematics as a universal language that people need to get into before they can use it.

Jussi Nikander appointed chair of the Finnish University Network for Geoinformatics FIUGINET
The network serves as a forum for Finnish collaboration in university-level geoinformatics research, teaching and societal impact.

Cooperative business veteran Taavi Heikkilä starts his new post at Aalto University
Heikkilä’s Executive in Residence position has been established with donated funds. Cooperative business is stronger in Finland than anywhere else in the world, which is why donors believe it is important to invest in research and teaching in this field and in collaboration between businesses and the university.

Elina Karvonen appointed development manager at the School of Engineering
Karvonen is specialised in the administration and management of higher education and is working on a doctoral dissertation at the University of Tampere.

Helsinki GSE strengthens economic expertise in transport and education with three new professorships
Prottoy Aman Akbar and Pablo Ernesto Warnes will take up their positions at Aalto University at the beginning of August, Kristiina Huttunen started already in March.

New Senior Program Manager for the Information Technology Program
Regina Casteleijn-Osorno is the new Senior Program Manager for the Information Technology Program at Aalto University.

New Marketing Specialist for Summer School
Johanna Fagerström is the new Marketing Specialist for Aalto University Summer School.

Eliisa Lotsari appointed assistant professor of water engineering
Lotsari will reinforce water engineering teaching and research in the fields of water resources engineering and hydraulic engineering while also expanding its scope to cover the challenges of northern river environments.

Former Nokia executive Tero Ojanperä believes intelligent platforms could be next success story for Finland
New professor of practice wants to apply his AI expertise and make sure usable innovations are brought from research papers into practical use.

From picoseconds to decades: modelling materials for future energy
Professor Andrea Sand tells us about her work modelling how radiation affects materials, and how this can help develop new energy sources for the future

Hanna Renvall: Being a professor and working in the emergency room at the same time teaches ‘what kinds of questions our research should seek to answer’
Hanna Renvall has a shared professorship at Aalto University and the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS), she serves as Director at the BioMag laboratory and is also the Deputy Director of the Philomela choir

Jani Romanoff appointed vice dean at the School of EngineeringÂ
Romanoff is a highly accomplished teacher and developer of teaching.

Anouar Belahcen appointed Vice Dean for Education at the School of Electrical Engineering
Starting in his new role at the beginning of 2021, Belahcen wants to focus on issues such as student well-being and digitalisation of teaching.

Monika Österberg starts as Head of Department at BIO2
Professor Monika Österberg has been nominated as the Head of Department at the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems (BIO2), starting January 1, 2021. Her term is for three years. She has acted as Vice Head of Department since the beginning of the year 2020.
This autumn, three new Assistant Professors of Economics started at the Department of Economics
Let Ciprian Domnisoru, Miri Stryjan and Daniel Hauser introduce themselves to our Aalto community.

Newly appointed Adjunct Professor Nora Sillanpää studies urban stormwater
D.Sc. (Tech.) Nora Sillanpää has been named Adjunct Professor at the Aalto University School of Engineering from 1 December 2020 to 30 November 2025.
