Other Academic Partners

Academic Collaborators

National

University of Eastern Finland
  • Prof. Janne Jänis — Organic Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry
University of Jyväskylä
  • Dr. Katja Pulkkinen — Recovery of nutrient and CO2 in algal biomass, RAS systems
  • Prof. Karoliina Honkala — Computational Chemistry
  • Prof. Kari Rissanen — Solid State Structures
  • Prof. Karoliina Honkala — DFT modeling
  • Prof. Ilkka Pölönen — Machine Learning for Sensor Data Analysis
University of Helsinki
  • Prof. Ilkka Kilpeälainen — Organic Chemistry
  • Prof. Maija Tenkanen — Biotechnology
  • Prof. Tuula Teer — Wood Science and Technology
  • Prof. Tuula Jyske — Biocomposites
  • Prof. Jari Yli-Kauhaluoma — Synthetic Chemistry
  • Prof. Arto Klami — AI
Oulu University
  • Prof. Henrikki Limatainen — Bio-based colloids and materials
  • Prof. Päivö Kinnunen — Fiber and particle engineering
  • Prof. Vladimir Zhivonitko — NMR studies
  • Prof. Ulla Lassi — Carbonaceous electrode materials for MES and their characterization
  • Docent Juha Ahola — Techno-economic analysis
  • Prof. Mika Ruusunen — Plant wide models for automation and control
LUT University
  • Prof. Risto Soukka — LCA, TEA
  • Prof. Amit Bhatnagar — Water treatment and algal biotechnology
  • Prof. Mika Mänttäri — Membrane technologies
Aalto University
  • Prof. Ville Alopaeus — Chemical Engineering
  • Assoc. Prof. Silvan Scheller — Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology
  • Asst. Prof. Rahul Mangayil — Bioprocess engineering
  • Assoc. Prof. Paula Jouhten — Metabolic modelling
  • Prof. Juho Rousu — Machine learning approaches applied to synthetic biology and metabolomics
Tampere University
  • Prof. Erkki Levänen — Ceramic materials
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
  • Principal Scientist Saija Rasi — Production of SCFA

International

Italy
University of Messina
  • Prof. Mauro Prestipino
University of Campania
  • Prof. Dino Musmarra — Chemical Plants
University of Sannio
  • Prof. Francesco Pepe
Sapienza University of Rome
  • Assoc. Prof. Marianna Villano — Bioelectrochemical systems and labelled carbon compounds
University of Naples
  • Prof. V. Russo — Thermodynamics
Germany
University of Freiburg
  • Prof. Wolfgang Hess — Molecular mechanisms regulating gene expression in cyanobacteria
University of Rostock
  • Prof. Martin Hegemann — Metabolites and regulation of carbon metabolism
Technical University of Munich
  • Prof. Patrick Rinke — Modelling and AI, Bayesian optimisation methods
Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology
  • Prof. Tobias Erb — AI for digital optimization frameworks
RWTH Aachen
  • Jörn Viell — Implementing optical sensors in bioprocesses
University of Stuttgart
  • Prof. Ralf Takors — Automation of bioprocesses
The Netherlands
Twente University
  • Prof. Boelo Schuur — Separation technology
  • Prof. Wim Brilman — CO2 capture and multiphase reaction technology
TU Delft
  • Assoc. Prof. Ludovic Jourdin — Modeling of MES
  • Prof. Evgeny Pidko — DFT
Wageningen University
  • Asst. Prof. Sanne de Smit — Online controlling in MES
  • Prof. Vitor Martins dos Santos — Bioprocessing and sensorics
  • Assoc. Prof. Nico J. Claassens — CO2 and one-carbon substrates
University of Utrecht
  • Prof. Alexander Katz — Catalyst development
Sweden
KTH
  • Prof. Paul Hudson — Enhancement of CO2 fixation, CRISPRi libraries, systems biology, modeling
  • Prof. Eva Malmström — (Director of WWSC) Polymer and coatings
Linköping University
  • Assoc. Prof. Eleni Stavrinidou — CO2 capturing nanoparticles in plants and cyanobacteria
Stockholm University
  • Prof. Mika Sipponen — Bio-based materials
Chalmers University of Technology
  • Prof. Merima Hasani — Surface analysis
France
Nantes University
  • Dr. Guillaume Cogne — Process modelling and optimization in cyanobacterial and microalgal cultivations
LCC CNRS Toulouse
  • Prof. Dominigue Agustin — Green chemistry, catalysis, MOF
INSA-Rouen
  • Prof. S. Leveneur — Reaction calorimetry
Université Paris-Saclay (MICALIS Institute)
  • Prof. Jean-Loup Faulon — Hybrid mechanistic-AI modelling
United Kingdom
University of Liverpool
  • Prof. Luning Liu — Assembly and regulation of carboxysomes, engineering of proteins and enzymes
University of East Anglia
  • Prof. David Lea-Smith — Bacterial cell biology, fast growing cyanobacteria
Norway
UiT Arctic University of Norway
  • Prof. Laura Jaakola — Phenotyping
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
  • Assoc. Prof. Pauliina Salmi — Non-invasive sensorics
University of Tromsø
  • Prof. Kathrin Hopmann — DFT calculations and CO2 chemistry
University of Oslo
  • Prof. Ainara Nova — DFT calculations
Spain
University of Cantabria
  • Prof. Raul Fernandez-Lopez — Rapidly growing cyanobacteria
Alga Development Engineering and Services, Cadiz
  • Prof. Jesus Ruiz Gonzalez — TEA of microalgae production; Partner in EU REALM
University of Almería
  • Prof. Jose Luis Guzman Sanchez — Automatic control and system engineering with focus on microalgae; Partner in EU REALM
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • Prof. Albert Guisasola — Piloting of bioelectrochemical systems
CSIC Madrid
  • Research Fellow Isabel Pardo Mendoza — Polymer biotechnology
University of Girona
  • Assoc. Prof. Sebastià Puig — Bench scale MES
Japan
University of Tsukuba
  • Prof. Iwane Suzuki — Signaling in cyanobacteria
Meiji University
  • Asst. Prof. Takashi Osanai — Carbon catabolic reactions in cyanobacteria
Latvia
Riga Technical University
  • Prof. Francesco Romagnoli — LCA, c-LCA of algal bioproduction
Greece
International Hellenic University (CERTH)
  • Asst. Prof. Giannis Penloglou — Modelling, Digital Twin
NTUA
  • Prof. Antonis Kokossis — Metabolic modelling and Digital Twin
USA
University of Minnesota
  • Assoc. Prof. Katarzyna Adamala — Synthetic biology and cyanobacterial engineering. UTU joint papers
Michigan State University
  • Prof. Jeff Barrick — Synthetic biology and biotechnology
University of Georgia
  • Prof. Ellen L. Neidle — Molecular microbiology
NYSE
  • Prof. Chang Geun Yoo — Bioproducts
Austria
BOKU University
  • Prof. Thomas Rosenau — Biomass characterization
China
Dalian Polytechnic University
  • Prof. Run-Cang Sun — Bio-based materials
Canada
Lakehead University
  • Prof. Pedram Fatehi — Biorefinery
University of British Columbia
  • Prof. Kwang Ho Kim — Bioproducts
Belgium
Ghent University
  • Prof. Christian Stevens — Green Chemistry and Technology
VITO
  • Wouter Van Hecke — Bioprocess intensification
Czech Republic
Tomas Bata University in Zlín
  • Prof. Vladimir Sedlarik — Polymer technology, bio-based materials
Denmark
DTU
  • Prof. Kim Dam-Johansen — Coating material evaluation
Aarhus University
  • Assoc. Prof. Jo Phillips — Pure culture MES
Hungary
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • Prof. Imre Papai — DFT modeling and catalysis
Jordan
The Hashemite University
  • Prof. Feda'a Al-Qaisi — CO2 chemistry
University of Jordan
  • Asst. Prof. Abdussalam K. Qaroush — CO2 Chemistry
Slovenia
NIC Ljubljana
  • Prof. B. Likozar — Modelling
University of Ljubljana
  • Prof. Marjan Jereb — Organic chemistry
Switzerland
ETH Zurich
  • Prof. Javier Perez-Ramirez — Catalyst shaping, life cycle assessment