Bahar Mostafiz from the University of Turku won the top prize at the 2024 Millennium Young Scientist Contest. In her winning pitch, Mostafiz talked about developing a small chip that could measure dopamine levels in the brain and help detect Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases much earlier than current methods.
The People of TECH series presents personnel from various departments and functions at the Faculty of Technology, the newest and fastest growing faculty at the University of Turku. First, let us introduce Emilia Peltola.
The universities in Turku launched in autumn 2021 a joint webinar series focusing on technology and sustainable development. Aboa Tech Talks will highlight new technologies and innovative technological research that can offer solutions to the complex global challenges of our time.
The Faculty of Technology organises UTU Tech Webinar with Alfred Ludwig, Professor for Materials Discovery and Interfaces at the Institute for Materials of Ruhr University Bochum (RUB). Discovery of new materials is a key challenge in materials science. We need new and efficient methods for design of functional materials. This webinar will discuss materials libraries and data-driven discovery of complex materials. The webinar is open for all and no registration is required. Welcome!
The Academy of Finland has decided to fund six research consortia (in all 17 subprojects) and two individual projects under the Academy Programme Critical Materials in Circular Economy of Cities (Romulus). University of Turku professor Kati Miettunen and assistant professor Milica Todorović received funding.
Our research focus is in understanding the interface of materials in biomedical applications.