Tero Luukkonen

Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Geopolymers and water treatment technology

Fibre and Particle Engineering
Faculty of Technology

Tero Luukkonen

Assistant Professor Tero Luukkonen has 10+ years experience from R&D and project management within small companies and academia. His research interests are related to high-value utilization of inorganic industrial side streams: for example, using alkali-activated materials (AAMs) in environmental applications. Specific research topics include:

  • Preparation and modification methods for AAMs
  • Characterization and chemistry of AAMs
  • Water and wastewater treatment applications (e.g., adsorbents/ion-exchangers, catalysts, filter materials)

In addition, Dr. Luukkonen has studied alkali-activated binders for construction and organic peracids in wastewater treatment.

Research interests

  • Geopolymers
  • Alkali-activated materials
  • Water and wastewater treatment

Researcher information

72

publications

895

citation count of most cited publication

3386

citations

28.00

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Tero Luukkonen

Contact information

E-mail

tero.luukkonen@oulu.fi

Phone number

+358505298276

Postal address

P.O. Box 8000, FI-90014 University of Oulu