Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology - News

Polina Abushik, Anni Hartikainen, Soila Lemmetty, Iuliia Pilipenko, Isabell Rumrich, Atte Eskelinen and Henri Hyvönen were appointed to three-year UEF Research Fellow positions.

With early monitoring and identification of symptoms, sleep disorders could be treated more effectively.

Tuulikki Halla transitioned from a long career at Metsähallitus to become a doctoral researcher in Forest Sciences and a project researcher in the UNITE Flagship Programme.

Valentina Eremina, MSc, explored how light interacts with advanced nanomaterials: carbon nanotubes, perovskites, and two-dimensional semiconductors.

"AI is a bigger change than the internet," Karttunen says. He will start as Principal Investigator at the ELLIS Institute Finland and as Professor and PS Fellow at the University of Eastern Finland in September 2025.

Rector Tapio Määttä has appointed the Heads and Deputy Heads of Departments and Schools of the faculties. The Head and Deputy Heads of UEF Law School was appointed by Vice Rector Jussi Pihlajamäki.

FM Juho Halonen studied tropical Nevanlinna theory and its applications to ultradiscrete equations.

Nacir Bouali, MSc, investigated the creation of virtual reality content from textual input.

The nine newly recruited professors will join ELLIS Institute Finland as principal investigators during the 2025-2026 academic year. The principal investigators will also include PS Fellows funded by Foundation PS.

The Excellent Teaching Practitioner 2025 Awards were presented at the UEF Learning Environment Seminar on 19 August.