Department of Chemistry and Materials Science

The Department of Chemistry and Materials Science focuses on micro-, nano- and atomic scale engineering of compounds and materials. Our work in these areas encompasses synthesis, characterization and computational research.

Department's administration

Atomically Controlled Materials Engineering

Research group led by Professor Ville Miikkulainen

Photo-ALD copper film on patterned tantalum oxide

Computational Chemistry

Research group led by Professor Kari Laasonen

Data-driven Atomistic Simulation (DAS)

Research group led by Miguel Caro

Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage

Research group led by Professor Tanja Kallio

Electrochemical Materials and Applications

Group led by Professor Daniel Martín-Yerga

Experimental and Theoretical Organic Synthesis

Research group led by Professor Juha Siitonen

Inorganic Materials Chemistry

Research group led by Professor Maarit Karppinen

Assistant Professor Antti Karttunen and the research group combined electronic materials with cotton. Photo: Mikko Raskinen, Aalto University

Inorganic Materials Modelling

Research group led by Professor Antti Karttunen

Microfabrication

Research group led by Professor Sami Franssila

Multifunctional Materials Design

Group led by Professor Jaana Vapaavuori

MMD webpage main image. GIF image by Aalto University, Giulnara Launonen

Nanochemistry and Nanoengineering

Research group led by Professor Mady Elbahri

Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry

Research group led by Professor Lasse Murtomäki

Soft Materials Modelling

Group led by Professor Maria Sammalkorpi

Synthesis Technologies

Group led by Professor Sandra Kaabel

Photo of stainless steel milling jars and balls, and biomaterials cotton and branch.

A lecturer sits at a desk in front of a classroom full of students, with computer screens and a periodic table on the wall.

Our teaching staff

Department of Chemistry and Materials Science

Scientists in a lab using a glove box to handle materials, surrounded by scientific equipment and containers.

We are educating chemical engineers for the sustainable future.
We are catalysts of change, an attractive educator, and a forerunner in chemical engineering education. We educate experts who will develop breakthrough technologies in the changing world of energy transition, climate change, and limited material resources.

Department of Chemistry and Materials Science

Students in a lecture hall, viewing a periodic table of elements on the wall, with laptops open on their desks.

The Department of Chemistry and Materials Science provides high-quality teaching and pedagogical research. We develop innovative and efficient approaches to enhance the learning and wellbeing of chemical engineering students.

Department of Chemistry and Materials Science

Are you interested in studying at the School of Chemical Engineering? Here are our Chemistry and Material Science programmes:

Aalto Bachelor's Programme in Science and Technology:
- Chemical Engineering
- Kemian tekniikka (in Finnish)
Master's Programmes at the School of Chemical Engineering:
Joint international Master's Programmes:
- Advanced Materials for Innovation and Sustainability (EIT Raw Materials)
- Energy Storage (EIT InnoEnergy)

See all our school's programmes

Doctoral studies: Aalto Doctoral Programme in Chemical Engineering

The MMD research group is mapping the spaces between disciplines

The Multifunctional Materials Design research group (MMD) led by professor Jaana Vapaavuori focuses on experimental studies of soft materials, as well as inorganic-organic hybrids. The group’s ultimate goal is to combine multiple functionalities in the same material. Central to the group’s success are their efforts to stay open to ideas outside their own field, as well as the academic community itself.

Get to know us: Associate Professor Maria Sammalkorpi

Sammalkorpi received her doctorate from Helsinki University of Technology 2004. After her defence, she has worked as a researcher at the Universities of Princeton, Yale and Aalto.