Kvantum Science Days 2022

Kvantum Science Days are held on Tellus Stage in Linnanmaa campus. The events are free of charge and open for all interested.

Global Challenges - November 2, 2022

Program

Chair: Scientific Director Seppo Vainio

9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and opening words. Professor Seppo Vainio, Scientific Director of Kvantum Institute

9:10 – 10:20 Arctic environment

9:10 – 9:40 Keynote speech. Arctic Interactions: Examples from across the North. Professor Jeffrey Welker, Ecology and Genetics, Faculty of Science; UArctic Research Chair

9:40 – 10:00 Arctic amplification impacts on the Greenland ice sheet and global sea-level rise. Professor Alun Hubbard, Geography Research Unit, Faculty of Science

10:00 – 10:20 Arctic climate change: Local impacts and cultural consequences. Postdoctoral researcher Inkeri Markkula, Ecology and Genetics, Faculty of Science

10:20 – 10:40 Coffee

10:40 – 11:20 Biology

10:40 – 11:00 Detection of genomic and population ecological signals of decreasing and increasing populations. Doctoral Researchers Diego Rondon, Mathematical Sciences, Faculty of Science; and Ekaterina Karabanina, Ecology and Genetics, Faculty of Science

11:00 – 11:20 Abundance changes in moths. Doctoral Researcher Mahtab Yazdanian, Ecology and Genetics, Faculty of Science

11:20 – 11:30 Discussion

11:30 – 12:30 Buffet lunch in Tellus Stage (free of charge for registered participants)

12:30 – 14:40 Space research

12:30 – 13:00 Keynote speech: Extreme solar eruptive events and related hazards for our modern technological society. Professor Ilya Usoskin, Space Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science

13:00 – 13:20 Challenges and future solutions of Space Weather prediction. Postdoctoral Researcher Lauri Holappa, Space physics and astronomy, Faculty of Science

13:20 – 13:40 Ionospheric Situational Awareness (ISaw). Dr., Geophysicist Alexandre Kozlovski, Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory

13:40 – 14:00 Application of deep learning for ionogram recognition. Postdoctoral Researcher Ruslan Sherstyukov, Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory

14:00 – 14:45 Coffee and poster session 'Global Challenges'

Posters: 'Global Challenges

Temporal changes in pollination ecosystem service in high-latitude environments. Doctoral Researcher Petteri Kiilunen, Geography, Faculty of Science

Conservation genetics of the Finnish wolf population. Postdoctoral Researcher Suvi Ponnikas, Ecology and Genetics, Faculty of Science

Modelling the occurrence of retrogressive thaw slumps across the circumpolar permafrost area. Doctoral Researcher Eirini Makopoulou, Geography, Faculty of Science

Impacts of herbivory on understory CO2 exchange. Doctoral Researcher Noora Kantola, Ecology and Genetics, Faculty of Science

Multidisciplinary Solutions - November 3, 2022

Program

Chair: Coordinator Riitta Kamula

9:00 – 9:10 Welcome and opening words. Scientific Director Seppo Vainio, Kvantum Institute

9:10 – 10:40 Materials, circular economy and climate

9:10 – 9:40 Keynote speech: Role of science in addressing metacrisis. Associate Professor Päivö Kinnunen, Fibre and Particle Engineering, Faculty of Technology

9:40 – 10:00 Utilization of mineral side streams and CO2 problem of cement. Senior Researcher Priyadharshini Perumal, Fibre and Particle Engineering, Faculty of Technology

10:00 – 10:20 CO2 capturing and utilization in magnesia-based materials. Postdoctoral Researcher Hoang Nguyen, Fibre and Particle Engineering, Faculty of Technology

10:20 – 10:40 Towards Carbon-Neutral Steelmaking Through Hydrogen Reduction and Application of Clean Steels. Postdoctoral Researcher Tuomas Alatarvas, Process Metallurgy, Faculty of Technology

10:40 – 11:20 Coffee and poster session 'Multidisciplinary Solutions'

11:20 – 12:20 NMR

11:20 – 11:40 Hydrogen research – a bridge between NMR and catalysis. Associate Professor Vladimir Zhivonitko, NMR Research Unit, Faculty of Science

11:40 – 12:00 NMR of two-dimensional carbon materials. Postdoctoral Researcher Petr Stepanek, NMR Research Unit, Faculty of Science

12:00 – 12:20 Advanced Laplace NMR methods to study biomaterials. Postdoctoral Researcher Otto Mankinen, NMR Research Unit, Faculty of Science

12:20 – 13:00 Argumenta speech: How to popularise research which benefits both researchers and funders. Case: ELIXIR infrastructure in Finland. Science editor and non-fiction writer Ari Turunen, introduction by Journalist, PhD Petri Laukka

13:00 – 14:00 Buffet lunch in Tellus Stage (free of charge for registered participants)

14:00 – 15:50 Sensors

14:00 – 14:30 Keynote speech: Next generation biosensors. Professor Caglar Elbuken, Disease Networks, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

14:30 – 14:50 Microfluidics and the problem of Separation. Doctoral Researcher Seyedamirhosein Abdorahimzadeh, Disease Networks, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

14:50 – 15:10 Potential application of extracellular vesicles for intracellular pH sensing. Postdoctoral Researcher Feby Pratiwi, Disease Networks, Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

15:10 - 15:30 Conductive composites of engineered nanomaterials with excellent gas sensing properties. Doctoral Researcher Jin Zhou, Microelectronics, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

15:30 – 15:50 TMD nanomaterials in sensor applications. Doctoral Researcher Topias Järvinen, Microelectronics, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering

15:50 - 16:00 Discussion and closing up

Posters: 'Multidisciplinary Solutions'

Dissolution studies of phlogopite-mine tailing. Doctoral Researcher Mahtab Akbarzadeh, Fibre and Particle Engineering, Faculty of Science

Effect of acetate on magnesium carbonation Doctoral Researcher Nirrupama Kamala Ilango, Fibre and Particle Engineering, Faculty of Technology

Comparison of H2 and CO Reduction of Iron Ores: Technology and Metallurgy. Doctoral Researcher Aidin Heidari, Process Metallurgy, Faculty of Technology

Modelling the size distribution of non-metallic inclusions in steel during refining and continuous casting. Associate Professor Qifeng Shu, Process Metallurgy, Faculty of Technology

Xenon NMR biosensors: towards molecule-selective sensing in low-concentration environments. Doctoral Researcher Perttu Hilla, NMR Research Unit, Faculty of Science

Modelling NMR in porous materials. Doctoral Researcher Tiia Jacklin, NMR Research Unit, Faculty of Science

Technology and Natural Sciences Research Seminar

Date Friday, November 4, 2022
Place: Tellus Stage Linnanmaa, University of Oulu. Remote access available
Applicable for research plan seminar course (1 cr)

Scope

The research seminar and workshop consists of presentations of doctoral researchers and other researchers, and a separate workshop. The seminar is part of the activities of the Kvantum Institute, and the related Technology and Natural Sciences Doctoral Programme.

Program

Chair Coordinator Riitta Kamula, Kvantum Institute

10.00 - 10.05 Opening words. Coordinator Riitta Kamula, Kvantum Institute

Keynote presentation
10:05 - 10:45 Environment, future and everything. Docent of Astronomy Pertti Rautiainen

Presentations of the Doctoral Researchers

Oral presentations

10:45-11:05 Statistical study of fast ionospheric phenomenal variabilities using a rapid run SGO ionosonde by implementing deep learning approach. Samson Moges, Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory

11:05-11:25 Effect of geomagnetic storms on ionospheric electron density. Gopika Prasannakumara Pillai Geethakumari, Space Physics and Astronomy Research Unit, University of Oulu

11:25-11:45 About some issues in sub-polar region due to the violent Sun. Alexander Mishev, , Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory

11:45-12:30 Buffet lunch in Tellus Stage (free of charge for registered participants)

12:30-12:50 Carbonation of Mg-based cements. Nirrupama Kamala Ilango, Fibre and Particle Engineering Research Unit, University of Oulu

12:50-13:10 Deep learning application in the management of tailings dams and leaching waste ore disposal. Nelson Herrera Nelson Herrera Nuñez, Oulu Mining School

13:10-13:30 Searching for pollutant recycler bacteria in mining waste: Identification, isolation, and characterization of metal associated bacteria for bioremediation and biomining in cold climates. Francisca Prieto-Fernández, Water energy and environmental engineering, University of Oulu

13:30-14:10 Poster session and coffee

Simultaneous Control of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Phosphorus Leaching in Drained Peatlands. Iida Höyhtyä, Water energy and environmental engineering, University of Oulu

Oral presentations

14:10-14:30 eDNA and other molecular based methods as a tool for biomonitoring and bioremediation of Arsenic and antimony. Tiina Laamanen, Water energy and environmental engineering, University of Oulu

14:30-14:50 Phosphorus Recovery in the Context of Circular Economy. Aida Hosseinian, Water energy and environmental engineering, University of Oulu

14:50 Wrap-up and closing of the seminar

Discussion and wrap-up of the seminar

Because of coffee and lunch serving, we ask you to register to the event by 31 October. Welcome!
Link to the registration