Appointments
Kristiina Kruus appointed Dean of School of Chemical Engineering
Kristiina Kruus' five-year period as dean started on 1 December 2018.
Ossi Naukkarinen appointed Vice President for Research
The five-year term of office will start on 1 November 2018.
Natalia Vuori appointed as Assistant Professor as of 1 September 2018
D.Sc. (Tech) Natalia Vuori has been appointed as Assistant Professor (Term I) at the Aalto University School of Science, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management. The area of the professorship is entrepreneurial leadership.
Petri Suomala appointed as Vice President for Education
Professor Suomala joins Aalto from the Tampere University of Technology.
Kirsi Virrantaus and Pentti Kujala continue as vice deans at School of Engineering
The area of responsibility for Professor Virrantaus is teaching and her term runs from 1 July 2018 to 31 July 2021. Professor Kujala's area of responsibility is research, and his term runs from 1 July 2018 to 31 December 2021.
Peter Liljeroth appointed as Academy Professor
The Academy of Finland has granted funding for ten new Academy Professors in different fields of science. Aalto University has recently also received Academy funding for seven Academy Fellows and eight Postdoctoral Researchers.
Professor Otto Toivanen and Professor Hannu Vartiainen to lead Helsinki Graduate School of Economics
The Governing Board of Helsinki GSE has selected Professor Toivanen to be Academic Director and Professor Vartiainen to be Academic Deputy Director.
Board chosen for Helsinki Graduate School of Economics
Erkki Liikanen, the Governor of the Bank of Finland has agreed to serve as the chair of the board of the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics (Helsinki GSE)
The first installation talks of 2018 now available on video
Aalto's newly tenured professors reveal the secrets of carbon nanomaterials for health applications and origins and beneficiaries of invention.
Greger Lindén awarded Success Contributor - current matters discussed at Provost’s Coffee
Senior Adviser Greger Lindén received Aalto’s Success Contributor award. HR Director Tiia Tuomi and joint services HR manager Rita Heinrichs presented a certificate to Greger during the Provost’s Morning Coffee on 1 June.
Robin Ras begins as Professor in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Robin Ras has been appointed as tenure track Assistant Professor for second term the Aalto School of Science for four years starting October 1, 2013.
Esko Aho named to Executive in Residence post at Aalto University
Prime Minister from 1991 to 1995 will work at the Department of Management Studies at the School of Business.