Current news at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science

In his doctoral research, M.Sc. Jaakko Litmanen used biomolecule-based modelling to study the composition of the phytoplankton community in Lake Vesijärvi, as well as the diets of water fleas and calanoid copepods over a seven-year period.

Doctoral Researcher Andrea Raggio investigated in his dissertation thesis the development of laser and decay spectroscopy experiments and improving the production of radioactive ion beams of actinides. The doctoral dissertation will be held on 28.3.2025.

Research collaboration brings added value to companies, writes Pasi Raiskinmäki, vice rector responsible for social interaction and and partnerships at the University of Jyväskylä.

The Oikos-Finland 2025 conference will be held at the University of Jyväskylä on 11-14 March 2025. The conference will bring together current basic and applied research in ecology and evolutionary biology.

The traditional annual celebration of the University of Jyväskylä was held on 5 March. At the event, various awards were presented to distinguished researchers and teachers from the University.

How did you end up in your field? What inspires and motivates you in your field? Why would you encourage applicants to study with us at the University of Jyväskylä?

In the academic year 2025-2026, a peer mentoring programme will be implemented to inspire post doctoral researchers for their academic path. It will be implemented by the multidisciplinary JYU.Well, the welfare research community.

In the academic year 2025-2026, a peer mentoring programme will be implemented to inspire post doctoral researchers for their academic path. It will be implemented by the multidisciplinary JYU.Well, the welfare research community.

PrecisionPhage aims at furthering the utilisation of phage research and innovative phage technologies against global health threat of antibiotic resistance.

The global SuperC consortium wants to realize a superconductor capable of operating at room temperature within a decade. If all its objectives are met, it will have a huge impact on global energy consumption.

Ville Heilala, PhD, has started as a senior researcher in the School of Wellbeing in JYU.Well profiling area of the University of Jyväskylä.

Doctoral Researcher Anton Bannykh developed a new catalytic system to promote reactions in an organocatalytic fashion without the help of metal-containing reagents. Bannykh defends his doctoral dissertation on 7.2.2025.