Current news at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science

Professor Jouni Taskinen is a walking database of freshwater pearl mussel research and will be answering the audience’s questions at the Science for All -event on September 16..

University Teacher Tuomo Äkkinen at the University of Jyväskylä is the new director of the Central Finland LUMA Centre. One goal is to get all departments of the faculty more involved in science education to achieve a unified approach.

This year, the University launched a new research profiling area that seeks more comprehensive approaches to foster older people’s functional capacity and recovery from illnesses.

The book "A Practical Course on Quantum Monte Carlo” covers the quantum Monte Carlo method. The book was written by Senior Researcher Vesa Apaja from the Department of Physics.

Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä and the Natural Resources Institute Finland find out how does addition of ash affect the biogas production in anaerobic digestion of biowaste and how are the fertilizing properties of the digestate affected.

Three new professors started at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics during the autumn. They believe that mathematics is one of humanity’s greatest achievements because it can be used to change the world.

Professor Tuomas Grahn is an expert of experimental nuclear physics. He investigates the nuclei of heavy, neutron-rich atoms. Research is often conducted by colliding accelerated atoms with target atoms in the particle accelerator.

Harri Parkkinen's a doctoral dissertation provides theoretical tools for analyzing neutrinos in other environments as well, for example in accelerator and reactor neutrino experiments.

For the first time, Mikko Mäkinen experimentally examined in his doctoral dissertation examined the sulfate tolerance of Finnish fish species and produced essential and highly timely background information for water protection needs.

The University of Jyväskylä has participated in an international research project that has developed a superconducting switch for magnetic devices.

Particle research feels like detective work, says Doctoral researcher and physicist Philson-Amanda Aden from the University of Jyvaskyla.

Recent research shows that lignin can be an environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic microbe-repellent substances. The work was done under tight collaboration between University of Jyväskylä, Spinnova Oy and CH Bioforce.