Current news at the Department of Chemistry

Ylistönrinne renovation project is on schedule. The project is constantly advancing and changing, so you should be particularly careful when moving in the vicinity of the site.

On Friday, 27 September 2024, the European-wide Researchers’ Night will once again come to JYU.

Shreya Mahajan in her dissertation studies how direct air capture (DAC) technology holds the potential to limit planetary warming by withdrawing CO2 straight from the air around us through physicochemical means. Mahajan defends on Friday 13.9.2024.

Jyväskylä Summer School, organized at the University of Jyväskylä this year for the 33rd time. School offers participants the chance to advance their academic expertise in STEM and also opportunity to spend time in an international science community.

A new joint study by Aleksei Emelianov, Mika Pettersson from the University of Jyväskylä uncovers the remarkable potential of ultrafast lasers. Ultrafast lasers are a new tool for manipulating the properties of 2D materials.

The Research Council of Finland’s Scientific Council for Natural Sciences and Engineering has selected 6 researchers of the University of Jyväskylä to receive Academy Research Fellowship funding and 10 projects to receive Academy Project Funding.

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä and the University of Helsinki have developed a new dissolution approach to recover gold, silver and copper from waste electrical and electronic equipment.

Computational chemistry days is an annual event showcasing Finnish computational chemistry research. The event provides an opportunity for students and young researchers in the field to network and present their work.

In his dissertation, Romain Chevigny studied how different material’s formation conditions affect the outcome of material properties and to which extent.

The University of Jyväskylä is involved in an extensive cooperation project to promote the circular economy of plastics. Everyone can participate in the A million trash bags campaign.

The European Research Council has granted a significant ERC Advanced Grant to Professor Hannu Häkkinen at the University of Jyväskylä. The five-year funding is for 2.5 million euros.

HyPER is a consortium project coordinated by VTT. The University of Jyväskylä's sub-project will develop materials suitable for hydrogen storage, contributing to the goal of moving towards safe and cost-effective hydrogen storage.