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Light and Matter seminars

Light and Matter seminars feature presentations by dynamic early-career members of the spectroscopy community from the departments of Chemistry, Physics, and Biology, as well as LASERLAB-NSC. These talks cover a wide range of topics, including spectroscopy across various timescales- ultrafast, fast, slow, and steady-state and its applications in understanding chemical, physical, and biological phenomena.

Light & Matter seminar2026: Research seminars are organized every second Tuesday at 14:00–14:30 at the Nanoscience Center (with some exception which will be well notified in advance). The presentation are of 20 minutes MAX and 10 minutes of Questions and Answers. See the schedule below for more details. The seminars are aimed at students, staff and all interested parties. Anyone interested in the topic is warmly welcomed!

Previously, a part of the seminars was given by the qCSI Consortium partners from the University of Helsinki (HY) and the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) but in 2026 edition, part of the seminar will be given by spectroscopy community which are not associated with LASERLAB-NSC.

Aim of the Light and Matter -seminars

  1. Reinforce collaboration between vibrant and expanding communities in JYU.
  2. Discuss thoroughly the spectroscopic results of the projects
  3. Learn to give presentations and to discuss scientific problems
  4. Learn about new techniques and methods in spectroscopy
  5. Get/give new ideas on your/colleague´s research
  6. Learn to respect the rooms and devices in laser/spectroscopy laboratory
  7. Get to know each other´s project at the Laserlab-NSC

Research groups

  • University of Jyväskylä (associated with LASERLAB-NSC): 
    Mika Pettersson, Janne Ihalainen, Gerrit Groenhof, Jussi Toppari, Juha Muhonen,  Heikki Takala and Andreas Johansson
  • Department of Chemistry, Biology and Physics research groups will also participate.
     

Procedure

  • Send the title and abstract of your presentation to the chairpersons by the preceding Thursday. The chairperson will send the reminder including the details of the presentation.
  • Current chairpersons: Amar Raj (backed by Janne Ihalainen)

Timetable & speakers

The tentative schedule is given below. If you cannot attend on the date of your talk, try to change the seminar slot with another group and inform the chairpersons accordingly. 

L&M 2026 Schedule

Welcome/Tervetuloa to the speaker list.

2026-01-200.5 hr- Jussi group- Heini Järvinen (YNC122, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-02-030.5 hr- Andreas group- Maryam Naderpour (YNC330, 15:00 to 15:30(±5 min))
2026-02-180.5 hr- Gerrit group- Santiago Agudelo Gomez (YNC330, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-03-030.5 hr- Mika group-  Gour Das* (YNC122, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-03-170.5 hr- Janne group- Roosa Vanhatalo (YNC122, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-03-310.5 hr- Gerrit group- Arun Kanakati* (YNC122, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-04-140.5 hr- Jussi group- Arpan Dutta* (KEM3, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-04-280.5 hr- Mika group- Satu Sutinen (KEM3, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-05-121 hr- Juha group- Charles Rambo + Pratheek Malol (KEM3, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-05-260.5 hr- Gerrit group- Daniel Rodriguez (KEM3, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-06-020.5 hr- Fabien group- Louise Miton/  Prachi Verma (KEM3, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-09-080.5 hr- Mika group- Aleix Gomez (YNC122, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-09-290.5 hr- Juha group- Harsh Kashyap (YNC122, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-10-130.5 hr- Janne group- Amar Raj* (YNC122, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-10-270.5 hr- Jussi group- Thiwangi Rajapaksha (YNC122, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-11-100.5 hr- Gerrit group- Priyam De* (YNC122, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-11-240.5 hr- Juha group- Nima Nematimansur (YNC122, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))
2026-12-080.5 hr- Jussi group- Udit Paramanik (YNC122, 14:00 to 14:30(±5 min))

*means that these people could be replaced with the pilot PhD students, if needed.

Past seminars

See also

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Research at the Nanoscience Center

Nanoscience Center (NSC) is an interdisciplinary research unit where physicists, chemists and biologists work together to study nature at the nanoscale.
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Department of Chemistry

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Department of Physics

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Department of Biological and Environmental Science

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