Our group consist of typically 10-15 people including professors, laboratory engineers, university lecturers, university researchers, Ph.D. students and M.Sc. students. We do a large amount of interdisciplinary and collaborational research with people from various backgrounds, i.e. biology, chemistry, health sciences, archaeology to name a few.
René Bes
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University researcher, Ph.D.
Office: B220 (Physicum building)
Email: rene.bes@helsinki.fi
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Research interests
- X-ray absorption spectroscopy and related techniques
- Spectroscopy and other x-ray methods for thin films
- Nuclear materials including nuclear fuel physico-chemistry
- Actinide physico-chemistry
Merja Blomberg
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Senior laboratory engineer, Ph.D., Title of Docent
Office: B219 (Physicum building)
Email: merja.blomberg@helsinki.fi
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Research interests
- Radiation protection
- Instrumentation
- X-ray diffraction
Heikki Suhonen
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Laboratory engineer, Ph.D. (Head of the group)
Office: B218A (Physicum building)
Email: heikki.suhonen@helsinki.fi
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Research interests
- X-ray microscopy
- X-ray phase contrast imaging
- Machine learning in image segmentation
Kirsi Svedström
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University lecturer, Ph.D. (Vice-head of the group)
Office: B221 (Physicum building)
Email: kirsi.svedstrom@helsinki.fi
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Research interests
- Small and wide angle x-ray scattering
- Polymeric and nanomaterials
- Thin films and interfaces
Ryan Trevorah
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Postdoctoral researcher, Ph.D.
Office: B217 (Physicum building)
Email: ryan.trevorah@helsinki.fi
Research interests
- Grazing incidence x-ray diffraction and x-ray reflectivity
- Thin films and interfaces
- X-ray absorption fine structure and related synchrotron techniques
Henrik Mäkinen
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Ph.D. student, M.Sc.
Office: B225 (Physicum building)
Email: henrik.makinen@helsinki.fi
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Research interests
- X-ray and other types of imaging
- Medical and biological physics
- Computer science
Antti-Jussi Kallio
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Ph.D. student, M.Sc.
Office: B218B (Physicum building)
Email: antti-jussi.kallio@helsinki.fi
Research interests
- Solid-matter properties following extreme excitation
- X-ray spectroscopy
- Inelastic x-ray scattering
Sai Li
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Ph.D. student, M.Sc.
Office: B222 (Physicum building)
Email: sai.li@helsinki.fi
Research interests
- Materials characterization
- Industrial materials
- Wide- and small angle x-ray scattering
Simon Orlat
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Ph.D. student, M.Sc.
Office: B224 (Physicum building)
Email: simon.orlat@helsinki.fi
Research interests
- X-ray absorption spectroscopy
- Nuclear materials including nuclear fuel physico-chemistry
- Instrumental development
Vesa-Matti Leino
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M.Sc.
Office: B225 (Physicum building)
Email: vesa-matti.leino@helsinki.fi
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Research interests
- X-ray microtomography
- Bioactive glasses
- Bone microstructure
Samuel Väisänen
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M.Sc. student, B.Sc.
Office: B225 (Physicum building)
Email: samuel.vaisanen@helsinki.fi
Research interests
Previous members
Mira Viljanen (ORCID)
Patrik Ahvenainen (ORCID, Researchgate)
Hanna Help (ORCID)
Szabolcs Galambosi (ORCID)
Pekka Suortti
Collaborators
Inverse Problems, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki
Samuli Siltanen (Researchgate)
Alexander Meaney (Researchgate)