Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems

Group led by Professor Orlando Rojas

Group led by Professor Thaddeus Maloney

Group led by Professor Silvan Scheller

Group led by Professor Mauri Kostiainen

Group led by Professor Rahul Mangayil

Group led by Professor Markus Linder

Group led by Professor Michael Hummel

Group led by Professor Monika Österberg

Group led by Professor Juha Lipponen

Group led by Professor Olli Dahl

Group led by Professor Tiina Nypelö

Group led by Professor Jouni Paltakari

Group led by Professor Emma Master

Group led by Professor Maria Sammalkorpi

Group led by Professor Ali Tehrani

Group led by Professor Tapani Vuorinen

Group led by Professor Lauri Rautkari

Group led by Professor Mark Hughes

Led by Senior Scientist Bruno Mattos

Group led by Research Fellow Paavo Penttilä

Group led by Research Fellow Eduardo Anaya

Group led by Senior Scientist Sesilja Aranko

Headed by Academy Research Fellow Jinze Dou

Group led by Emeritus Professor Herbert Sixta

Group led by Emeritus Professor Patrick Gane

Here you can find the contact information for the research groups.

Here you can find contact information for teaching staff in the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems.

Paula Jouhten, D.Sc., started her five-year fixed-term professorship at the Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems at the beginning of 2022. Jouhten leads the Microbial Physiology research group at Aalto University.

The Professor of Molecular biotechnology has harnessed a hardy workforce for tasks such as manufacturing cheap medicines and biofuels.

Researchers are shaping the future. If you want to become a researcher, it is important to be curious and question everything, says Professor Silvan Scheller.

Professor of Materials Chemistry of Cellulose relaxes by reading scientific articles and makes no distinction between work and free time.

Saving the environment via businesses.

Mixing people with different backgrounds is a nutrient for creativity, says professor Tapani Vuorinen.

Michael Hummel had plans to stay in Finland for only a year or so. In the end, he enjoyed his work at Aalto so much that he decided to stay.

Researchers need to be team players, says Professor of Biopolymer Chemistry and Engineering.

Associate Professor of Bioproduct Chemistry Monika Österberg wants to see her innovations change the world.

Associate professor Ali Tehrani, who works at Aalto University's School of Chemical Engineering Bioproducts and Biosystems Department, has an impressive background in textile research already before joining Aalto. And he also enjoys guiding and supporting his students in their research and careers.

An interview of the new Professor of Practice Juha Lipponen from the School of Chemical Engineering.

Paltakari wants to show all the incredible things we can do with chemical engineering. At the very core of all of our actions are sustainable development and problem solving.

Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems