Alexei Khokhlov, Lomonosov Moscow State University: Computer-Aided Conformation-Dependent Design of Copolymer Sequences.
Foreign member of the Finnish Society of Sciences and Letters. Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vice-Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University. His research areas include: Polymer science, Statistical physics of macromolecules, Biomimetic polymers and proton-conducting polymer membranes.
Harm-Anton Klok, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL): Interfacing Synthetic Materials and Biology.
Professor at the Institutes of Materials and Chemical Sciences and Engineering at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Research interests: Peptide/protein-based materials and peptide/protein-polymer hybrids; Surface-initiated polymerization and polymer brushes; Controlled/"living" polymerization and macromolecular engineering.
Helge Lemmetyinen, Tampere University of Technology: Photochemistry in organised thin films.
Helge Lemmetyinen is Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering of Tampere University of Technology and leader of the research group Supramolecular Photochemistry. He obtained his PhD in Physical Chemistry at Helsinki University in 1983. After postdoctoral work at the Hahn-Meitner Institute in Berlin and at Leiden University in 1983 - 1984, he worked in industry and was subsequently Lecturer and Associate Professor at Helsinki University until 1993. He was elected Ordinary Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters in 2002. His research interests are electron transfer reactions in solutions and in artificially or self-assembled molecular systems and their application in molecular devices and solar cells. In 2011 he was awarded the Millenium Distiction Award for his pioneering development work in solar power.
Markus B. Linder, Aalto University: Biomimetic materials.
Professor of biomolecular materials, whose research areas include: nanofibrillated cellulose, protein coatings for bioelectronics and sensors, nanocomposite materials and bioinspired lubrication.
Kari Rissanen, University of Jyväskylä: Molecular Self-Assembly of Nano-sized Supramolecules.
Academy Professor, on leave from the professorship of Organic Chemistry. The research of the Rissanen group focuses on the design, synthesis and structures of supramolecular and nano-sized assemblies and the weak intermolecular interactions they manifest. One major area is the synthesis of receptors for cations, anions and ion-pairs and their recognition properties. A growing topic is the design and synthesis of ligands for self-assembled multinuclear coordination compounds e.g. molecular spheres, helicates, cubes, triangles and cages, also MOFs are of interest. The above is based on relatively simple ligands, transition metal ion coordination supplemented with sub-component self-assembly.
Françoise Winnik, University of Montreal: Functions of self-assembled soft materials designed through materials nanoarchitectonics
Professor at the Department of Chemistry and Faculty of Pharmacy.
Finnish Distinguished Professor, University of Helsinki, Helsinki. Principal Investigator, WPI PI International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, Executive Editor, Langmuir (American Chemical Society). Her research areas include: Synthesis and solution properties of water-soluble polymers, Self-assembly of amphiphilic polymers, polysaccharides, nanoparticles and interfaces for nanomedicine.
