Research Unit of Sustainable Chemistry / Kestävän kemian tutkimusyksikkö

Johanna visited University College Cork, Ireland, where she participated in 8th ICASE World Conference on Science and Technology Education. She presented her research about teachers’ subject interest in chemistry and physics.

MSc Venla Rantala defended her PhD thesis “Development of sustainable purification methods for natural graphite and spent graphite for battery use” last Friday. Opponent was Professor Saeed Chehreh Chelgani from the Luleå University of Technology and Custos was Docent Sari Tuomikoski. Congratulations Venla!

Last week, Prof. Cataldo De Blasio from Åbo Akademi visited us in Innogate in Kokkola.

If you happen to see a group of people wearing blue hoodies with a Suschem logo, it is us! Go team Suschem!

Suvi Lapinkangas was awarded as laboratory teacher of the year and Jarkko Sulasalmi as lecturer of the year in Maljis 2026 🎉🥇

Last week our Sustainable Nutrients project had an interesting day as we visited Puolanka, “the capital of the world pessimistic thinking”, together with our colleagues from Kajaani University of Applied Sciences and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Heikki Kanniainen (Business manager of Puolanka) introduced us to the local biogasification plant where they produce heat and electricity from municipal sludge. We also got to collect some water samples for our nutrient removal testing.

Today on 31.03.2026 Tomi Parviainen defended his PhD thesis "Discovery and development of small-molecule inhibitors for ADP-Ribosyl hydrolyzing enzymes". Opponent was Professor Jari Yli-Kauhaluoma from University of Helsinki and Custos was Docent Juha Heiskanen. Congratulations Tomi on successful defense! 🎉