Materials Chemistry Research Group | University of Turku

• • Dr. Pia Damlin(on the right) has presented her research on obtaining electricity from cyanobacteria under article “Photosynthetic bacteria can generate enough electricity to charge the Internet of Things” on Sciencenews DK . The news referred to the publication in January: “Optoelectronic enhancement of photocurrent by cyanobacteria on sustainable AP-VPP-fabricated PEDOT electrodes”
    • Sachin Kochrekar (on the right) won the best poster award in RSC-FLS seminar on sustainable solutions in chemical sciences.

• • The “Photo-e-Mat” project, titled “A bio-inspired generator of green electricity using photosynthetic bacteria and sustainable materials,” is being financially supported by the Academy of Finland for the duration of four years (from 2023 – 2027). This collaborative endeavor involves multiple research groups, namely the Photomicrobes Laboratory and the Laboratory of Materials Chemistry from the University of Turku (UTU), as well as the Laboratory of Natural Materials Technology from Åbo Akademi University (ÅAU). The principal investigators involved in this projects are: Prof. Yagut Allahverdiyeva (UTU), Adjunct Prof. Pia Damlin (UTU), and Prof. Chunlin Xu (ÅAU).
• • Adefunke O. Koyejo was awarded a research grant from Magnus Erhnrooth for the continuation of her research on CO2 conversion to renewable fuel.

• • Adefunke O. Koyejo talks about her UNICOM industrial place at Comptek Solutions Oy

• • Adefunke O. Koyejo joins Comptek Solutions Oy for the UNICOM Industry placement
  • Dr. Pia Damlin was awarded a research grant from Turun Yliopistosäätiö for the continuation of her work on CO2 electrocatalysis.
  • MCRG Researchers (Dr. Pia Damlin, Prof. Carita Kvarnström, and MSc. Adefunke Koyejo) were awarded funding from the Alfred Kordelin Foundation for the purchase of electrodes for use in MCRGs recent project which aims at the use of economical methods for the quick detection of products from CO2 reduction.
  • Open position as Doctoral Researcher / Project Researcher in Materials Chemistry. Are you interested in the improvement of sustainable approaches to modern industrial challenges? Do you have a background in materials chemistry and electrochemistry? or hold a master’s degree in chemistry or a related field? Are you research-oriented? If yes! Then this fixed-term position may be for you. The doctoral candidate/project researcher will be working at MCRG on a research project InsBIOration – Bio-inspired interfaces for the development of next-generation degradable multi-phase materials. A project funded by the EU M-ERA-NET which holds amazing opportunities for academic and industrial collaboration. Further information and method of application are on the UTU webpage. Deadline is on the 2nd of May 2022.
• • Eu M-ERA.Net has sponsored a collaborative project consisting of several research groups from Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden, Institut Charles Sadron, Institutul National De Cercetare-Dezvoltare Pentru Tehnologii Izotopice Si Moleculare, National Institute of Chemistry (SI), Kunststofftechnik Bernt GmbH and the University of Turku. The project is titled InsBioration (Bio-Inspired interfaces for the development of next-generation degradable multi-phase materials). The aim of the project is to create green/ sustainable materials production processes. The research at the University of Turku is carried out in the Materials Chemistry research group (MCRG) under the supervision of Adjunct Professor Mikko Salomäki.
• • MCRG visited the School of Chemical Engineering at Aalto University. Special thanks to Prof. Tanja Kallio and Assocoate Prof. Jaana Vapaaavuori of the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science for hosting us. Adefunke O. Koyejo, Ashwini Jadhav and Sachin Kochrekar from MCRG presented their ongoing research. Members of Tanja Kallio”s group also presented their latest findings. We look forward to an exciting collaboration as we contribute our quota towards achieving SDG 13.

• • Sachin Kochrekar was interviewed by TYLKKÄRI-Turun ylioppilaslehti. He talks about his research project on the convertion of carbon dioxide into fuel.

• • Sachin Kochrekar speaks at the Aboagora symposium organised for Doctoral Candidates in sciences, humanities and art.
  • Sachin Kochrekar won the first-ever Millennium Pitchin Contest. He talks about converting carbon dioxide into fuel using renewable energy sources, which then mitigates climate change and closes the carbon cycle
  • Adefunke Koyejo and Sachin Kochrekar attended a virtual conference on “Material Advances in CO2 Electrochemsitry”, organized by The Interreg 2 Seas E2C Project
  • Sachin Kochrekar gave a presentation on “The Electrochemical synthesis of copolymers containing porphyrin derivatives and their activity towards CO2” at the First virtual Bilateral conference on Functional Materials (BiC-FM) (09/10/2020)
  • Doc. Mikko Salomäki delivered a lecture on “Closing the human induced carbon cycle: How could we use and produce carbon based fuels in a sustainable way” at the Sustainability is ME pop up event organized by the University of Turku. (01/10/2020)
  • Professor Carita Kvarnström has been chosen as a new member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters 2020.(10/09/2020)
  • Ashwini Jadhav attended a virtual conference- Mxene 2020, organized by Drexel University, USA. W
• • Sergio E. Domínguez will defend his doctoral thesis titled “Studies on cationic polythiophenes with hydrogen-bonding donor capabilities” on Friday 8th of November, in Auditorium Pub4 (Publicum, Assistentinkatu 7), at 12 o’clock noon.
    The opponent is Professor Matti Knaapila, from theTechnical University of Denmark (DTU) and custos Professor Carita Kvarnström from Laboratory of Materials Chemistry and Chemical Analysis (University of Turku).
    The electronic copy of the thesis is available here:
    https://www.utupub.fi/handle/10024/148316

Experiment pictures from Serbia

Experiment pictures from Serbia

(14/06/2019)