New Academy Research Fellows and Academy Projects
A total of 44 Aalto researchers received Academy Research Fellowship and Academy Project funding from the Research Council of Finland – congratulations to all! Find below all new Academy Research Fellows and Academy Projects at Aalto
Overall, Aalto University's researchers succeeded extremely well in the Research Council of Finland's 2025 winter call. This autumn, 20 new Academy Research Fellows will start at Aalto. Also, the university's researchers are involved in 20 different research projects. The total amount of funding awarded by the Research Council will strengthen Aalto University’s research with EUR 26,3 million.
Both Academy Research Fellow and Academy Project grants are for four years.
Congratulations to all grant recipients!
Below, you will find all new Academy Research Fellows and Academy Projects at Aalto. In the listing, after the recipient, there are names of the department and research topic or project.
Academy Research Fellows 2025–2029
| Abaei, Mohammad Mahdi | Energy and Mechanical Engineering | Innovating Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring for Offshore Wind Operations: The Dynamic Equation-Free Model |
| Akbar, Prottoy | Economics | Resilient road networks: Evidence from worldwide travel disruptions |
| Cao, Nan | Applied Physics | Designer magnetic molecular systems on 2D van der Waals layers (DEMANDS) |
| Domnisoru, Ciprian | Economics | The role of firms in shaping the work, study, and graduation choices of student employees |
| Fricker, Pia | Architecture | Adaptive Design for AI-Driven Processes in Transforming Dynamic Landscapes (ADAPT) |
| Guckelsberger, Christian | Computer Science | ACAI: Autotelic Creative Artificial Intelligence |
| Ibragimova, Rina | Chemistry and Materials Science | Simulation of complex organics in astrophysical environments using machine learning (SpaceML) |
| Iivanainen, Joonas | Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering | Portable magnetoencephalography with optically pumped magnetometers (PORTAMEG) |
| Koshida, Shinji | Mathematics and System Analysis | Vertex operator algebras arising from lattice systems |
| Kulshrestha, Juhi | Computer Science | Mental Health & Wellbeing in the Age of Polarizing Web Content |
| Mäkinen, Jere | Applied Physics | Building Blocks of Turbulence |
| Otero Fumega, Adolfo | Applied Physics | FUN-VAN: Designing Functional quantum materials based on multiferroic Van der Waals heterostructures |
| Premsankar, Gopika | Information and Communications Engineering | DecAI: Decarbonizing AI through Long-term Impact Assessment and Optimization |
| Rinta-Kahila, Tapani Valtteri | Information and Service Management | LeverageAI: Uusi viitekehys tekoälyn haittojen ymmärtämistä ja korjaamista varten |
| Silveira Júnior, Orlando | Applied Physics | Structural machine learning for high resolution tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy |
| Wang, Shennan | Bioproducts and Biosystems | Harnessing the cooling power of wood: Sustainable wood nanotechnology for passive cooling (COOLWOOD) |
| Wang, Ziying | Applied Physics | Controlling Quantum Magnetism in 2D materials Using Gate-tunable Scanning Tunneling Microscopy |
| Wu, Nian | Applied Physics | Autonomous, interpretable and precise nanofabrication on transition metal dichalcogenides |
| Xu, Yaolin | Applied Physics | Prolonging Future Battery Lifetime with Pulse Charging (PULSE) |
| Zhang, Jin | Electronics and Nanoengineering | Non-Hermitian Moiré Photonics |
Academy Projects 2025–2029
| Ala-Laurinaho, Juha | Electronics and Nanoengineering | Challenging the Massive MIMO: from the Theoretical Radio Frequency Performance Bound to Volumetric Arrays and Signal-Guiding Metasurfaces |
| Ala-Nissilä, Tapio | Applied Physics | Multiscale Modeling of Structure and Dynamics of van der Waals Materials |
| Aledavood, Talayeh | Computer Science | POLEMIC: POLarization Entangled with Mental well-being: Integrated and Computational approach to quantifying the underlying feedback loop |
| Diehl, Marjo-Riitta | Management | Fair Play – Better Bosses, Better Workplaces: Resolving Conundrums in Justice Enactment |
| Eltsov, Vladimir | Applied Physics | Time crystals in topological materials |
| Gustafsson, Robin | Industrial Engineering and Management | AI-Driven Compliance Capabilities: The Impact and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in RegTech and SupTech Solutions |
| Hautamäki, Ranja | Architecture | Sustainable Energy Landscapes of Hydrogen Valleys |
| Järvinen, Mika | Energy and Mechanical Engineering | Sustainable Energy Landscapes of Hydrogen Valleys |
| Karppinen, Maarit | Chemistry and Materials Science | Luminescent ALD/MLD thin films towards FRET-based bioassay application (ALD/MLD-BioA) |
| Kivelä, Mikko | Computer Science | POLEMIC: POLarization Entangled with Mental well-being: Integrated and Computational approach to quantifying the underlying feedback loop |
| Lado, Jose | Applied Physics | Atomic scale optoelectronic control of van der Waals quantum materials |
| Liljeroth, Peter | Applied Physics | Atomic scale optoelectronic control of van der Waals quantum materials |
| Lotsari, Eliisa | Built Environment | Changing River Ice: integrating (cryo-) laboratory flume experiments with seasonal field measurements for detecting impacts of environmental changes on fluvial systems (CRIce) |
| Nypelö, Tiina | Bioproducts and Biosystems | Biomass 2.0 - Upgrading biomass using cation exchange |
| Ollila, Esa | Information and Communications Engineering | Advances in sensor array processing: from theory-driven methods to data-driven inference |
| Paler, Aleksandru | Computer Science | Distributing Quantum Computations using Defect-Free Graph States |
| Remes, Heikki | Energy and Mechanical Engineering | HyFAT: Multiscale Continuum Damage Mechanics Framework for Hydrogen-Assisted FATigue in FCC Materials |
| Saarimaa, Tuukka | Economics | Societal Impacts of Homeownership |
| Scheller, Silvan | Bioproducts and Biosystems | Functional expression of C1-enzymes that evolved for the conversion of multi-carbon substrates (Multi-C1) |
| Uitto, Jara | Computer Science | Distributing Quantum Computations using Defect-Free Graph States |
| Vanni, Noferini | Mathematics and System Analysis | Matrix nearness problems via Riemannian optimization |
| Vuorinen, Ville | Energy and Mechanical Engineering | Hydrogen and Methane combustion in Argon |
| Välimäki, Vesa | Information and Communications Engineering | Restoring Music Recordings Using Generative Models (REMUS) |
| Wickström, Alice | Management | Organizational politics and practices of sunset enterprising |
Read more about the funding decisions in the Research Council of Finland's press releases and Research.fi portal
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