Faculty of Science, Forestry and Technology - News

Projects of Professor Antti Poso and Associate Professor Timo Lähivaara received over 800,000 euros funding from the Research Council of Finland.

The UEF Research Group Leader training helps researchers who are setting up their own research group to succeed in their leadership role. The next application round will be organised in spring 2026.

The University of Eastern Finland is supporting researchers who have applied for ERC funding in a new way.

Valerio Lucarini is Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Leicester, UK.

This year’s awardees are Senior Researcher Hanna Laako, Project Manager Anna Logrén, the SOLDEX project, the Peat & Trees – Peatland and Soil Ecology Research Group, and the Department of Nursing Science.

The exceptional donation from the estate of Martti Miettinen, a farmer from Lapinlahti, supports doctoral researchers at the Kuopio campus.

MSc Jie Guo's doctoral research focuses on the valorization of agricultural waste, specifically citrus fruit peels, and berry pomaces.

Assistant Professor Merve Atasoy’s project aims to transform wastewater treatment plants from cost centers into resource recovery hubs.

The Research Council of Finland has granted funding to strengthen R&D activities in wellbeing services counties, for clinical research, and for research into forest biomass in Finland and into sustainable energy solutions of the future.

MSc Federico Malato's doctoral dissertation explores a novel approach to augment decisions made by autonomous agents via active recall of past experiences.