People

Our group has usually about 10 senior members and postdoctoral scientists, 5-10 PhD students, and 5-10 MSc/BSc thesis workers.

Additionally, we have several international members focusing on theoretical (Ralf Metzler) and biomolecular simulation (Hector Martinez-Seara, Fabio Lolicato) as well as experimental (Lukasz Cwiklik) research on living systems.

Our group is a member of the and also linked to the in ophthalmology.

Our group has a very strong and active network with numerous first-class partners. For instance, during the last 5 years, we have published more than 40 joint articles with more than 30 different experimental groups (and more than 18 joint papers with more than 15 theory/simulation groups).

Ilpo Vattulainen

CONTACT INFORMATION

Prof. Ilpo Vattulainen (group leader)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G217 (Physicum building)
E-mail: 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics & Soft Matter
  • Membrane Biophysics & Lipid-Protein Interactions
  • Signaling and Protein Dynamics
  • Lipoproteins, Transfer Proteins & Trafficking
  • Drug-Membrane & Drug-Receptor Interactions
  • Scientific Computing & Computational Sciences
Ralf Metzler

CONTACT INFORMATION

Prof. Ralf Metzler (international member)

Theoretical Physics 

Institute for Physics & Astronomy 

University of Potsdam 

Karl-Liebknecht-Str 24/25, Haus 28 

D-14476 Potsdam-Golm

RESEARCH INTERESTS

See: 

Lukasz Cwiklik

CONTACT INFORMATION

Prof. Lukasz Cwiklik (international member)

J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry CAS

Dolejskova 2155/3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic

E-mail:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

See:

 

Tomasz Rog

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Tomasz Rog (university researcher)

Deceased

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics & Soft Matter
Artturi Koivuniemi

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Artturi Koivuniemi (university researcher)

Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki 

P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 5), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland

E-mail: 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics & Soft Matter
Waldemar Kulig

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Waldemar Kulig (university lecturer)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G218 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

See:

Sami Paavilainen

CON­TACT IN­FORM­A­TION

Dr. Sami Paavilainen (lecturer)

Computational Physics Laboratory, Tampere University

P.O. Box 692, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland

Office: SG205

E-mail: 

RE­SEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Ultrathin insulating films: density functional calculations
  • Nanocellulose: classical molecular dynamics simulations
  • Artificial graphene
  • Scanning tunneling microscopy: tight binding and density functional calculations
Sanja Pöyry

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Sanja Pöyry (lecturer)

Computational Physics Laboratory, Tampere University

P.O. Box 692, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland

Office: SG318

E-mail:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Cardiolipin oxidation
  • Cytochrome bc1 complex
Hector Martinez-Seara

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Hector Martinez-Seara (international member)

Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS

Flemingovo náměstí 2, CZ-166 10 Prague 6, Czech Republic

E-mail:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics & Soft Matter
Fabio Lolicato

CON­TACT INFOR­MATION

Dr. Fabio Lolicato (international member)

Biochemistry Center (BZH), Heidelberg University

Im Neuenheimer Feld 328, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics & Soft Matter
Giray Enkavi

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Giray Enkavi (post-doctoral research scientist)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G206 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Biological membranes
  • Membrane transporters, channels, and peripheral membrane proteins

 

Xavier Prasanna Anthony Raj

CON­TACT INFOR­MATION

Dr. Xavier Prasanna Anthony Raj (post-doctoral research scientist)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 

P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland

Office: C116 (Exactum building)

E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics and Soft Matter
Shreyas Kaptan

CON­TACT INFOR­MATION

Dr. Shreyas Kaptan (post-doctoral research scientist)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G215 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics & Soft Matter
Ksenia Korshunova

CON­TACT IN­FOR­MA­TION

Dr. Ksenia Korshunova (post-doctoral research scientist)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G215 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics and Soft Matter
Topi Karilainen

CONTACT INFORMATION

Topi Karilainen (Ph.D. student)

Computational Physics Laboratory, Tampere University

P.O. Box 692, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland

Office: SG304A

E-mail:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • High-density lipoproteins
  • Radical oxidation
  • Fullerenes
Edouard Mobarak

CONTACT INFORMATION

Edouard Mobarak (Ph.D. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 

P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland

Office: C114 (Exactum building)

E-mail:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Effect of lipids on the behaviour of proteins of the immune system
  • Behaviour of lipids in membranes when attached to dyes

 

Juho Liekkinen

CONTACT INFORMATION

Juho Liekkinen (Ph.D. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 

P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland

Office: B114 (Exactum building)

E-mail:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Pulmonary surfactant and pulmonary surfactant associated proteins
  • SAPLIP proteins
Joona Tynkkynen

CONTACT INFORMATION

Joona Tynkkynen (Ph.D. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G219 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Biological physics, physics in living organism
  • Transmembrane protein functions
  • Computational Science

 

Santeri Paajanen

CON­TACT IN­FORM­A­TION

Santeri Paajanen (Ph.D. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G208 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Computational Sciences
  • Programming & data-analysis
Veera Hägg

CON­TACT IN­FORM­A­TION

Veera Hägg (Ph.D. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G215 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics & Soft Matter
Cecilie Hjernøe Sønnichsen

CONTACT INFORMATION

Cecilie Hjernøe Sønnichsen (Ph.D. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G215 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics and Soft Matter
Felix Eurasto

CON­TACT IN­FOR­MA­TION

Felix Eurasto (Ph.D. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G208 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics and Soft Matter
Micaela Roschier

CON­TACT IN­FOR­MA­TION

Micaela Roschier (M.Sc. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G219 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics and Soft Matter
Atte Martikainen

CON­TACT IN­FOR­MA­TION

Atte Martikainen (M.Sc. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G219 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics and Soft Matter
Julius Kiuru

CON­TACT IN­FORM­A­TION

Julius Kiuru (Ph.D. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G208 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics and Soft Matter
Matti Torniainen

CON­TACT IN­FORM­A­TION

Matti Torniainen (M.Sc. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G219 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics and Soft Matter
Aino Nyman

CON­TACT IN­FORM­A­TION

Aino Nyman (Ph.D. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G208 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics and Soft Matter
Saana Vihuri

CON­TACT IN­FORM­A­TION

Saana Vihuri (M.Sc. student)

Department of Physics, University of Helsinki 
P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Office: G208 (Physicum building)
E-mail:

RESEARCH IN­TERESTS

  • Biological Physics, Biophysics and Soft Matter
Collaborators

We collaborate very actively with a variety of groups, whose backgrounds range from physics to chemistry, medical sciences, pharmacology, computational sciences, and so forth, including both experimental and theoretical partners. Some of the most recent ones with whom we have joint recent publications or work currently in progress include the following ones:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

 

Alumni

Previous postdoctoral scientists

   Dr Bart Bruininks
   Dr Chetan Poojari
   Dr Maria Kalimeri
   Dr Moutusi Manna
   Dr Oana Cramariuc
   Dr Pekka Postila
   Dr Anirban Polley
   Dr Marja Hyvönen
   Dr Mohsen Pourmousa
   Dr Otto Punkkinen
   Dr J. H. Jeon
   Dr Giulia Rossi (with Aalto Univ / Tapio Ala-Nissila)
   Dr Luca Monticelli
   Dr Andrea Catte
   Dr Emppu Salonen
   Dr Jarmila Repakova
   Dr Andrei Gurtovenko
   Plus many supervised jointly with other teams (not listed here)


Previous PhD students

   Dr Hanna Korolainen
   Dr Mykhailo Girych
   Mats Punt
   Hanna Juhola
   Dr Riku Paananen
   Dr Joni Vuorio
   Dr Tuomo Nieminen
   Dr Fabio Lolicato
   Dr Sami Rissanen
   Dr Matti Javanainen
   Dr Timo Vuorela
   Reinis Danne
   Tarja Parkkinen
   Dr Karol Kaszuba
   Dr Pipsa Kulovesi (Primary supervisor: Juha Holopainen (Univ Helsinki)
   Dr Adam Orlowski
   Dr Miroslava Franova
   Dr Jelena Telenius
   Dr Artturi Koivuniemi
   Dr Anette Hall
   Dr Sanja Poyry
   Dr Santtu Ollila
   Dr Jarnila Repakova
   Dr Olli Punkkinen
   Dr Teemu Murtola
   Dr Perttu Niemela
   Dr Emma Terama
   Dr Emma Falck


Previous BSc/MSc students

   Many, to be listed here later.