
Team members
The group is constantly seeking self-motivated students and early-career researchers to join our ambitious team. Information about open positions will be publicly posted on the university website and advertised on this site and via the group's social media platforms.

Mika Sipponen
PI, group leader
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2019 – Present: Assistant Professor, Stockholm University, MMK, Sweden
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2016 – 2019: Post-doctoral researcher, Academy of Finland (Aalto University & University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy)
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2016 – 2016: Research scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
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2010 – 2015: D.Sc. (Tech.), Aalto University, Finland
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2002 – 2010: M.Sc. (Tech.), Aalto University, Finland
Ievgen Pylypchuk
Researcher, PhD

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2021 – (present) Researcher, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden
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2021 – 2022 Postdoctoral researcher, Stockholm University, Sweden
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2019 – 2021 Postdoc at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
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2017 – 2019 Postdoctoral researcher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden "Magnetic nano adsorbents for complex water purification"
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2015 – 2017 Research cooperation with UMCS (Lublin, Poland) and Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry (Krakow, Poland).
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2009 – 2013 Junior researcher, Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry NAS, Ukraine
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2009 – 2013 PhD in physics and chemistry of surface, Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry NAS, Ukraine
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20XX – 2009 MSc (polymer chemistry), Kyiv National University
Alberto José Huertas Alonso
Postdoctoral Scholar, PhD

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April 2022 – Present: Carl Trygger Stiftelse Postdoctoral fellow, Stockholm University, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry , Sweden.
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January 2022 – April 2022: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Department of Inorganic, Organic and Biochemistry, Spain.
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2017 – 2021: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Department of Inorganic, Organic and Biochemistry, Spain.
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2015 – 2016: MSc in Organic Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
Liyang Liu
Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD
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2022 – (present) Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden
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2020 – 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of British Columbia, Canada
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2015 – 2020 Ph.D. The University of British Columbia, Canada
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2012 – 2015 MSc, Dalian University of Technology, China


Jinrong Liu
PhD Student
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2020 – present, PhD student, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden
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2017–2020, M.S. in Chemistry, Zhejiang University, China
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2013–2017, B.S. in Chemistry, Sichuan University, China
Mohammad Morsali
PhD student
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2020 – present: PhD student in Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden.
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2017 – 2019: M.Sc. in Chemistry, Bilkent University, Turkey.
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2010 – 2015: B.Sc.. in Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Iran.


Unnimaya Thalakkale Veettil
PhD Student
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Sep-2021 – Present: PhD Student, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden.
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Sep-2020 – Sep-2021: MS in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, France
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Aug-2018 – Aug-2020 - MSc in Chemistry (Specialization in Polymer Science), School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India
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Aug-2015- May 2018 – BSc in Chemistry, Kannur Univerity
Matilda Andersson
PhD student
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2022 – Present: PhD Student, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden.
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2020 – 2022 – Laboratory Engineer, SSAB, Sweden
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2015 – 2020 – M.Sc. in Bioresource Engineering, Umeå University, Sweden


Fengyang Wang
PhD Student
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2022 – Present: PhD student, MMK, Stockholm University, Sweden
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2020 – 2022: M.Sc. (Tech.), Aalto University, Finland
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2018 – 2021: BE, Tampere University of Applied Sciences
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2016 – 2020: BE, Qilu University of Technology