Heikki Nieminen

Assistant Professor

T314 Dept. Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering

Key interest: research and innovation in medical physics and biomedical engineering.

Research interests: biomedical high-intensity ultrasound applications, e.g. ultrasonic drug delivery & therapy, acoustic trapping, cancer diagnostics.

Innovation interests: new diagnostic and interventional platforms, translation of research findings into clinic via commercialization, Biodesign innovation process

Full researcher profile

https://research.aalto.fi/...

E-post

heikki.j.nieminen@aalto.fi

Telefonnummer

+358505019280

Utmärkelser

Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, € 497,000.00

Developing an ultrasonic method to overcome shortcomings of ex vivo gene therapies.

Granted funding (public project funding) Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering May 2022

Winner of pitching competition at Y Science at Slush 2021 side event

Awarded to Auroptic Medical Oy (company established after academic project Lightopsy): Pitching event Y Science at Slush side event, category: Health and Pharma; role: team leader of Aalto Part of the Lightopsy project; co-founder of Auroptic Medical Oy.<br/><br/>https://www.aalto.fi/fi/uutiset/auroptic-medicalille-slush-voitto

Invitation or ranking in competition Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering Jan 2021

Publikationer

Accuracy and robustness of an air-ultrasound method for non-contact heart rate and heart rate variability measurements

William Cailly, Raimundo Gonzalez-Diaz, Heikki J. Nieminen 2025 Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

ADAMTS5-specific gapmer release from an albumin biomolecular assembly and cartilage internalization triggered by ultrasound

Marwa Elkhashab, Goncalo Barreto, Maxime Fauconnier, Yohann Le Bourlout, Laura B. Creemers, Heikki J. Nieminen, Kenneth A. Howard 2025 Drug Delivery

Fast capillary waves on an underwater superhydrophobic surface

Maxime Fauconnier, Bhuvaneshwari Karunakaran, Alex Drago-Gonzalez, William S. Y. Wong, Robin H. A. Ras, Heikki J. Nieminen 2025 Nature Communications

CT-optimal touch modulates alcohol-cue-elicited heart rate variability in Alcohol Use Disorder patients during early abstinence: a randomized controlled study

Juliana Harkki, Pauli Tuovinen, Veikko Jousmäki, Goncalo Barreto, Pekka Rapeli, Jussi Palomäki, Jonne Annevirta, Anna-Helena Puisto, Francis McGlone, Heikki Nieminen, Hannu Alho 2025 Alcohol

Cavitation activity induced by spring-loaded core needle biopsy devices

Jussi Kiviluoto, Maxime Fauconnier, Heikki J. Nieminen 2025 Scientific Reports

Ultrasound-enhanced fine-needle biopsy improves tissue yield in head and neck tumors ex vivo

Minna Rehell, Yohann Le Bourlout, Jetta Kelppe, Jaana Rautava, Emanuele Perra, Jouni Rantanen, Gösta Ehnholm, Nick Hayward, Kristofer Nyman, Kenneth P.H. Pritzker, Jussi Tarkkanen, Timo Atula, Heikki J. Nieminen, Katri L.S. Aro 2025 Scientific Reports

Ultrasonic Healing of Plastrons

Alex Drago-González, Maxime Fauconnier, Bhuvaneshwari Karunakaran, William S.Y. Wong, Robin H.A. Ras, Heikki J. Nieminen 2024 Advanced Science

Ultrasound-Enhanced Fine-Needle Biopsy Improves Yield in Human Epithelial and Lymphoid Tissue

Yohann Le Bourlout, Minna Rehell, Jetta Kelppe, Jaana Rautava, Emanuele Perra, Jouni Rantanen, Gösta Ehnholm, Nick Hayward, Kristofer Nyman, Kenneth P.H. Pritzker, Jussi Tarkkanen, Timo Atula, Katri Aro, Heikki J. Nieminen 2024 ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY

Development of Focused Ultrasound-Assisted Nanoplexes for RNA Delivery

Sanjeev Ranjan, Stef Bosch, Hannamari Lukkari, Johanna Schirmer, Niina Aaltonen, Heikki J. Nieminen, Vesa Pekka Lehto, Arto Urtti, Tatu Lajunen, Kirsi Rilla 2024 Nanomaterials

Evaluation of bone growth around bioactive glass S53P4 by scanning acoustic microscopy co-registered with optical interferometry and elemental analysis

Axi Holmström, Antti Meriläinen, Jere Hyvönen, Anton Nolvi, Tuomo Ylitalo, Kari Steffen, Robert Björkenheim, Gustav Strömberg, Heikki J. Nieminen, Ivan Kassamakov, Jukka Pajarinen, Leena Hupa, Ari Salmi, Edward Hæggström, Nina C. Lindfors 2023 Scientific Reports