Current news at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science

Work on mainstreaming biodiversity footprint accounting is already well underway. The biodiversity footprint of the average Finnish consumer has been calculated for the first time.

Weeefiner Oy, led by our chemistry alumni Mikko Hänninen and Elmeri Lahtinen, provides circular economy solutions for companies in water purification and recovery of critical raw materials.

The members of the Young Academy Finland for the 2025-2029 term have been elected. The Board of the Finnish Academy of Sciences selects the members for a four-year term by a call for nominations from the Academy's scientific sub-groups

Researchers at the University of Jyväskylä have received a funding of €1.4 million from the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation. The aim is to develop enabling technology for a robotic prosthesis.

The heaviest nucleus decaying via proton emission has been measured in the Accelerator Laboratory. Exotic nuclei of this kind are extremely challenging to study due to their short lifetimes and low production cross sections.

A ground-breaking paleolimnological method developed at the University of Jyväskylä provides new insights into the historical elemental cycles of Finnish lakes.

Jani Nykänen's doctoral thesis in the field of mathematics studies mean-field SDEs that have discontinuity in the so-called diffusion coefficient function, which determines how strong the random movement is.

The work of Arthur Jaries was conducted at the Accelerator Laboratory within the IGISOL group, utilizing the JYLFTRAP double Penning trap setup to perform precision mass spectrometry of exotic neutron-rich rare-earth isotopes. Jaries defends on 5.6.2025.

Doctoral Researcher Kameyab Raza Abidi investigated the fundamental behavior of atomically thin metallenes using state-of-the-art computational approaches. Kameyab Raza Abidi debates on Friday 6.6.2025.

Postdoctoral researcher Visa Ruokolainen has received €30,000 funding from the Sakari Alhopuro Foundation to study intranuclear processes of herpesvirus infected cells. The herpes simplex virus 1 is also used as an oncolytic viral drug to combat cancers.

Associate Professor Paavo Penttilä's research focuses on wood and plant materials as well as products made from them. In April 2025, Penttilä was awarded significant funding of €1,500,000 from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for his research.

Researchers studied the number of butterfly species in Finnish municipalities using over three million butterfly observations reported to the Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility. Kotka was shown to be the most biodiversity-rich municipality.