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Tenure Track Committees appointed

President Tuula Teeri has appointed the following professors to the Tenure Track Committees

The appointed Tenure Track Committees of the Schools and of Aalto University for the period 1 January 2017–31 December 2019.

School of Business

  • Professor Timo Saarinen, Chair
  • Professor Seppo Ikäheimo, Department of Accounting
  • Professor Markku Kaustia, Department of Finance
  • Professor Eric Arnould, Department of Marketing
  • Professor Marko Terviö, Department of Economics
  • Professor Virpi Tuunainen, Department of Information and Service Economy
  • Professor Rebecca Piekkari, Department of Management Studies

In addition, the Chair of the Teaching Competence Assessment Committee of the School of Business is always a member of the Tenure Track Committee of the School of Business ex officio.

School of Chemical Technology
(name in English changes to School of Chemical Engineering as of 1 January 2017)

  • Professor Maarit Karppinen, Chair, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science
  • Professor Ville Alopaeus, Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering
  • Professor Sami Franssila, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science
  • Professor Kari Laasonen, Department of Chemistry and Materials Science
  • Professor Mark Hughes, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems
  • Professor Markus Linder, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems

School of Electrical Engineering

  • Professor Sergei Tretyakov, Chair, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
  • Professor Seppo Ovaska, Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation
  • Professor Valeriy Vyatkin, Department of Electrical Engineering and Automation
  • Professor Kari Halonen, Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering
  • Professor Patric Östergård, Department of Communications and Networking
  • Professor Risto Wichman, Department of Signal Processing and Acoustics

School of Engineering

  • Professor Olli Varis, Chair, Department of Built Environment
  • Professor Petri Kuosmanen, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  • Professor Terhi Pellinen, Department of Civil Engineering
  • Professor Kauko Viitanen, Department of Built Environment

School of Science

  • Professor Matti Kaivola, Chair, Department of Applied Physics
  • Professor N. Asokan, Department of Computer Science
  • Professor Harri Ehtamo, Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis
  • Professor Kimmo Kaski, Department of Computer Science
  • Professor Markku Maula, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
  • Professor Jukka Pekola, Department of Applied Physics
  • Professor Riitta Salmelin, Department of Neuroscience and Biomedical Engineering
  • Professor Lauri Savioja, Department of Computer Science

Aalto University

  • Provost Ilkka Niemelä, Chair
  • Professor Sanna Syri, School of Engineering
  • Professor Jukka Tuhkuri, School of Engineering
  • Professor Marko Terviö, School of Business
  • Professor Eero Vaara, School of Business
  • Professor Kari Laasonen, School of Chemical Technology
  • Professor Orlando Rojas, School of Chemical Technology
  • Professor Matti Kaivola, School of Science
  • Professor Lauri Savioja, School of Science
  • Professor Visa Koivunen, School of Electrical Engineering
  • Professor Patric Östergård, School of Electrical Engineering
  • Professor Lily Díaz, School of Arts, Design and Architecture
  • Professor Jyrki Sinkkilä, School of Arts, Design and Architecture

At the School of Arts, Design and Architecture, the term of the current Tenure Track Committee continues until the end of 2017.

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