Scientists in Schools
You can book an Aalto University researcher to visit your school and talk about their research in an inspiring way. The visiting researcher will organise a short science session in your class, where they introduce their research area, talk about their work as a researcher and answer the pupils’ questions.
Book a researcher to visit and talk about their research area
The researcher visits are free of charge to the school and there is a variety of topics available for each level of education. Read more about the researchers and their research topics below.
You can request for a certain researcher and plan the contents of the visit in more detail with the researcher. We always aim to tailor the contents to the audience’s knowledge level.
Visits for spring 2026 can be booked from January 7th.
For more information about the researcher visits, contact junior@aalto.fi.
Department of management studies
Berit Virtanen-Thewlis
Entrepreneurship and working life skills
Levels: All. Languages: Finnish, English.
Daniela Pyhäjärvi
Work-life narratives and psychology.
Levels: all. Languages: Finnish, Swedish, English.
Design
Elina Lewe
Fashion/Textiles Futures. 1. Consumer engagement for sustainable clothing consumption and circular economy in textiles. 2. Clothing consumption and how to extend the lifetimes of our clothing
Levels: 10 yo and older. Languages: englanti.
Biochemistry
Silvan Scheller
Biochemistry, Eating CO2 and hydrogen: How microbes may help to address energy-related problems. - English, high school.
Carmine D'Amico
How mRNA Vaccines Work: Turning Our Cells into Medicine Factories
Kesto: 45 min (30 min esitys + 15 min Q&A). Kohderyhmä: yläkoulu ja lukio. Kielivaihtoehdot: englanti.
Biotechnology
Rahul Mangayil
Weaving with Bacteria: Crafting the Materials of Tomorrow, One Microbe at a Time! - English, all schools levels.
Physics
Imran Asghar
Energy is future, make it bright! New energy technologies: Solar cells, fuel cells, lithium ion batteries, pico grid systems. English, Urdu.
Ondrej Krejci
Surfaces on the atomic scale and their simulations: Where individual atoms lies and how to name them? - English
Jani-Petri Martikainen
Fysiikan perusteet (peruskoulu). Aine ja kvanttimekaniikka (lukio ja 2.aste). Ilmastonmuutos ja fysiikka (kaikki).
Kielivaihtoehdot: suomi, englanti.
Jonatan Slotte
Materials Science with Antimatter. Kvanttimekaniikan perusteita. Sovellettua fysiikkaa: mm nestetyppikokeita ja induktiodemoja sähkökitaralla.
Level: high school. Languages: swedish, english, finnish.
Geoinformatics
Jussi Nikander
Satelliittipaikannus, paikkatiedon jakaminen, ja yksityisyys (45-60min)
Level: high school. Languages: finnish, english.
Engineering
Markou Athanasios
Structures (1h - 2h). Everything around us has a structure, but how engineering structures function? Let’s explore altogether, with hands-on approach by using physical models. Can be adjusted to any level. Languages: English.
Xinyi (Joyce) Tu
Step Into the Factory of Future: Discover Virtual Worlds and Smart Machines
Level: middle and high school. Languages: English
Chemistry
Benjamin Wilson
Circular Economy, Sustainability and Me: Battery recycling, waste valorisation, and the importance of metals for the Green Transition
Level: high school. Languages: English
Helena Westerback
Fashion and climate change: 45 min 3.-6. primary school, 60 min middle school, 60-90 min high school. It is possible to combine a 30-minute lab visit in Otaniemi with the high school visit. Language options: Finnish, Swedish, English.
Atmadeep Bhattacharya
Burning science: engines, atmosphere, astronomy, and super-computers. I'll present how the car engine chemistry is related to the reactions occurring in the earth’s and other planets’ atmosphere and how we use super-computers to understand that chemistry.
Duration: 45 min for 3-6 primary school, 60 min for middle school, 60-90 min for high school
Language option: English
Machine engineering
Kaur Jaakma
Tietokoneavusteinen suunnittelu. suomi, English.
Petri Kuosmanen
Future machines. Industrial Internet.
Level: primary school, high school. Languages: Finnish, English
Mathematics
Björn Ivarsson
Mathematics.
Level: elementary school, high school. Languages: Swedish, English
David Radnell
A wide variety of mathematical topics for students of any age. Fractals. Puzzling things in 3D space. What is infinity? … English.
Aleksis Koski
A variety of topics around areas such as geometry and analysis, digested to entertaining packages for all levels of education.
Kohderyhmä: alakoulu, yläkoulu, lukio. Kielivaihtoehdot: suomi, englanti.
Neuroscience
Enrico Glerean
Human brain networks in healthy and clinical populations. English.
Riitta Hari
Miten ihmisaivot toimivat? Aivot ja mieli. Aivotutkimus. Aivokuvantaminen. suomi.
Johan Westö
Computational Neuroscience, Exploring the behavior of single neurons through machine learning. svenska, English.
Electronic and radio technology
Visa Koivunen
Tietoliikenne, tutkatekniikka, päätöksenteko- ja estimointiteoria, signaalinkäsittely, sovellettu matematiikka ja data-analyysi, älykkäät sähköverkot. suomi, English.
Anu Lehtovuori
Sähkötekniikan monet mahdollisuudet, langaton viestintä ja 5G.
Level: high school. Languages: Finnish, English
Vesa Välimäki
Akustiikka ja audiotekniikka sekä niiden sovellukset äänentoistossa ja musiikkiteknologiassa. Acoustics and audio technology with applications to sound reproduction and music technology. suomi, English
Computer science
Alex Jung
Why does Facebook know more about you than your friends? German, English.
Casper Lassenius
Miksi IT-hankkeet ovat niin kalliita ja epäonnistuvat niin usein? Appseilla miljonääriksi: miksi juuri sinun kannattaisi oppia tietotekniikkaa? Esimerkkeinä Rovio ja Supercell. Miksi ihmisten ymmärtäminen on keskeistä. suomi, svenska, English.