ERC Starting Grant funding
Matilda Backholm
Project: "Direct measurements of collective swimming forces at the mesoscale"
Duration: 2024 - 2028
Matilda Backholm aims to understand the complex movement of brine shrimp - a gateway to physics on an unfamiliar scale.
Daniel Hauser
Project: "Modeling Misspecification: Incorporated Information Processing Biases into Economic Models"
Duration: 2025 - 2030
Daniel Hauser works on game theory and the economics of information. His work is primarily focused on model misspecification of information and the role it plays in economic decision-making.
Junhe Lian
Project: "Hierarchical gradient metals by additive manufacturing"
Duration: 2023 - 2028
Eveliina Peltola
Project: "Interplay of structures in conformal and universal random geometry"
Duration: 2023 - 2027
Eveliina Peltola's Starting Grant project uses symmetries to build links between random phenomena. The goal is to create connections between different areas of mathematics and bring new tools to the research of random geometry and mathematical physics models.
Andrea Sand
Project: "Comprehensive multiscale modelling of atomistic and electronic structure of radiation-induced defects in semiconductors"
Duration: 2023 -2028
The aim of this five-year research is to improve the prediction of radiation damage in semiconductors. The new method could increase the lifetime of equipment and promote the introduction of new materials in various electronic components.
Person profile Andrea SandNews: Research project develops method for predicting radiation damage in semiconductors
Jaakko Timonen
Project: "Interacting with Active Particles"
Duration: 2019 -2023
This five-year research project Interacting with Active Particles will design a new kind of magnetic tweezers with which to control and study the interaction of moving active particles. The tweezers could be used in microbiological research, for example, to separate and differentiate between various types of cells.
The new extensive research projects led by Professor Jaakko Timonen seek a breakthrough in controlling microscopic active particles with magnetic tweezers. The research focuses on particles that move in different ways: bacteria, microalgae, and synthetic active particles.
The aim is to develop a new type of magnetic tweezers to manipulate rapidly moving active particles in real-time and also to study the mechanisms underlying the interaction between the particles.
Person profile Jaakko TimonenNews: New multi-million euro projects design magnetic tweezers to explore interaction and swarming dynamics of moving particlesWatch the Youtube video
Jaana Vapaavuori
Project: "Autonomously adapting and communicating modular textiles"
Duration: 2021 - 2025
Jaana Vapaavuori carries out pioneering research with functional fibres. The study aims to develop smart materials that react to changes in their environment, exploring how soft materials change colours or move in response to changes in light or temperature. These fibres will be built into modular multifunctional textiles using traditional techniques, which enable more complex networks when compared to widely used knitting and weaving techniques.
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Hang Zhang
Project: "Life-inspired physical feedback coupling in multidimensional hydrogels"
Duration: 2025 - 2030
With the grant, Zhang and his team will create hydrogel systems that are powered by a laser beam controlled by built-in feedback mechanisms. The feedback mechanism will help the hydrogels sense external stimuli and respond correspondingly, resulting in adaptivity, self-regulation, and life-inspired responses.
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