Department of Technical Physics - News

Teollisuusneuvos Heikki Väänänen Fund awards grants for wood-related scientific research at the University of Eastern Finland.

Compounds emitted by trees, diterpenes, could have a previously unconsidered impact on the formation of particles in the atmosphere.

The new Kuopio-based technology company has acquired the rights to an innovation emerging from research conducted at the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital.

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.

"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.

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.

“Investing in hearing care can also help prevent memory disorders,” Professor Aarno Dietz pointed out in a workshop organised by the Hearing Valley project and the UEF Brain Research Unit.

YUFE Ideas Lab is championing a new wave of European student entrepreneurs.