Team
Our team currently includes 13 PhD students, 5 postdocs, 2 senior researchers, and the PI. Each year, we also host several MSc and visiting students. The group engages in active collaborations with research teams worldwide.
Mika Sipponen
PI, group leader
-
2025 – Present: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden
-
2019 – 2024: Assistant Professor, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden
-
2016 – 2019: Post-doctoral researcher, Academy of Finland (Aalto University & University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Italy)
-
2016 – 2016: Research scientist, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
-
2010 – 2015: D.Sc. (Tech.), Aalto University, Finland
-
2002 – 2010: M.Sc. (Tech.), Aalto University, Finland
Ievgen Pylypchuk
Researcher, PhD
-
2021 – (present) Researcher, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Sweden
-
2021 – 2022 Postdoctoral researcher, Stockholm University, Sweden
-
2019 – 2021 Postdoc at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
-
2017 – 2019 Postdoctoral researcher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden "Magnetic nano adsorbents for complex water purification"
-
2015 – 2017 Research cooperation with UMCS (Lublin, Poland) and Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry (Krakow, Poland).
-
2009 – 2013 Junior researcher, Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry NAS, Ukraine
-
2009 – 2013 PhD in physics and chemistry of surface, Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry NAS, Ukraine
-
20XX – 2009 MSc (polymer chemistry), Kyiv National University
Alberto José Huertas Alonso
Postdoctoral Scholar, PhD
-
April 2022 – Present: Carl Trygger Stiftelse Postdoctoral fellow, Stockholm University, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry , Sweden.
-
January 2022 – April 2022: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Department of Inorganic, Organic and Biochemistry, Spain.
-
2017 – 2021: Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Department of Inorganic, Organic and Biochemistry, Spain.
-
2015 – 2016: MSc in Organic Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain.
Alexandros Alexakis
Postdoctoral Fellow
-
2023-present: Post-doctoral researcher at Stockholm University, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Sweden
-
2019-2023: PhD student at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
-
2017-2018: MEng at DTU Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
-
2016-2017: MSc at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
-
2012-2016: BSc at University of Crete, Greece
Ioanna Sapouna
Postdoctoral Fellow
-
2023 – present, Postdoctoral Researcher, Stockholm University, ERC-STG project CIRCULIG, colloidal lignin chemistry
-
2018 – 2023, PhD in Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Wallenberg Wood Science Centre & Division of Glycoscience, native lignin structure, polymerization, and interactions with cell wall components
-
2016 – 2018, MSc in Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Molecular Science and Engineering program, cellulose nanocrystal membranes for vanadium redox flow batteries
-
2012 – 2016, BSc in Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Department of Analytical Chemistry
Mahmoud Mazarji
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow
-
2024 – present, MSCA Postdoc, Stockholm University
-
2023-2024, Postdoctoral Researcher, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, magnetic biochar-based materials for anaerobic digestion.
-
2020-2023, Postdoctoral Researcher, Southern Federal University, soil remediation techniques in polluted areas, targeting PAHs and heavy metals;
-
2017-2018, Visiting PhD Student, Technical University of Denmark, lignin valorization and phenolic chemicals production
Joyce Cavalcante Da Silva
Postdoctoral Fellow
-
2025 – Present: Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry. Stockholm University, Sweden
-
2024 – 2025: Postdoctoral researcher, Red Sea Research Center. Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
-
2020 – 2023: PhD in Material Science and Engineering. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
-
2019 – 2020: MSc in Material Science and Engineering. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Brazil
-
2017 – 2019: BSc in Material Science and Engineering. Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. Natal, Brazil
-
2015 – 2016: BSc in Chemistry and Biotechnology. Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Budapest, Hungary
PhD Students
Unnimaya Thalakkale Veettil
PhD Student
-
Sep-2021 – Present: PhD Student, Stockholm University
-
Sep-2020 – Sep-2021: MS in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour, France
-
Aug-2018 – Aug-2020 - MSc in Chemistry (Specialization in Polymer Science), School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India
-
Aug-2015- May 2018 – BSc in Chemistry, Kannur Univerity
Matilda Andersson
PhD student
-
2022 – Present: PhD Student, Stockholm University
-
2020 – 2022 – Laboratory Engineer, SSAB, Sweden
-
2015 – 2020 – M.Sc. in Bioresource Engineering, Umeå University, Sweden
Fengyang Wang
PhD Student
-
2022 – Present: PhD student, Stockholm University
-
2020 – 2022: M.Sc. (Tech.), Aalto University, Finland
-
2018 – 2021: BE, Tampere University of Applied Sciences
-
2016 – 2020: BE, Qilu University of Technology
Ruslan Gryaznov
PhD Student
-
2023 – Present: PhD Student, Stockholm University
Yasmini Portes
PhD Student
-
2023 – Present: PhD Student, Stockholm University
Carla Caponio
PhD Student
-
2023 – Present: PhD Student, Stockholm University
Giulia Piciullo
PhD Student
-
2023 – Present: PhD Student, Stockholm University
Sukaina Ben Taleb Ikutza
PhD Student
-
2023 – Present: PhD Student, Stockholm University
Siri Talme
PhD Student
-
2024 – Present: PhD Student, Stockholm University
Vu Thanh Truong
PhD Student
-
2021 – present, PhD Student, Stockholm University
-
2019 – 2021, MSc, University of Science and Technology (UST) & Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), biomass-based, biodegradable, and compostable polymers
-
2019, BSc in Materials Technology, Ho Chi Minh University of Technology (HCMUT)
Prajakta Narhari Manal
PhD Student
-
2024 – Present: PhD Student, Stockholm University
Vasileios Tsampallas
PhD Student
-
2025 – Present: PhD Student, Stockholm University
Yongxue Chen
PhD Student
-
2025 – Present: PhD Student, Stockholm University